Topic : Career Goals

Rely on your talent.  Do what you love and the money will follow...then the women. 

I am finally on a passionate career path! Passion is so much more fun than just a regular job. It doesn't even seem like work. It is like challenge after challenge and I love it! 

I landed one of the best jobs I have had my whole life. My career goals are to finish my civil engineering degree for sure! I am so happy. Well, gotta go watch the NCAA finals. Man ... life is soooo good right now. 

Follow your passions within your career, it makes all the difference in the world! 

Set goals that you can obtain. For example, I like chemical and mechanical engineering but I know civil engineering is for me. I just know that! Don't let negative things discourage you either. Life is full of them and you just have to press forward and don't ask why ... just play defense ... then you can score when you get the ball in your court!  

Everything ends up in basketball terms with me. I don't mean to, it is something very sacred to me. I have learned valuable lessons that confidence is everything! 

Always believe in yourself and know you can do it! 

"Life is a basketball game in overtime, you gotta make the shot to win the game!"  

-Michael Snider 

I have the, by far, the best job of my career!  

I work around some very, very smart people and feel like I am finally growing a professional network. 

Life is very good right now but it is going to get better. I can feel it!!! 

I haven't got to use my calculator yet? Heck , they even have statistics in the bathroom ... lol ... I am a mathematical nerd I guess? 

I can't believe I actually know so much about the electrical industry  ... it is so cool I can talk to my dad about stuff he and I only understand. My mom just shakes her head cause it all sounds like Japanese to her ... that's funny. 

My grandmother is in town and I am going to see her. She is the only granma I ever had, because my other one died right after I was born. Another day, another challenge. 

Finally, I feel like I am kinda unique in my family. It is sad, but true! 

There are so many people that are so unhappy in their life of what they are doing (jobs).  You think you are the only one until you read all the messages and it puts you into perspective of your own problems and you are not the only one.  So many are looking for their purpose in life including me.  I too have gone out (for now) a dead end unsatisfying job situation.  When you are so unhappy with what you are doing in life it is so hard to get up in the mornings and it affects your whole life.  I am reading Dr. Phils book on self matters and it is good reading and has a good workbook with it.  It sure helps a lot.  I am going down the road of life purpose and finding out so much about myself.  I hope in the end I find what I am looking for and everyone else here to posting.  I think just writing here about it helps me and everyone else.  We are all in the same boat and I want to say 'GOOD LUCK' and there is something at the end of the rainbow. 

I like this little jingle: 

"ROW ROW ROW YOUR BOAT' 

GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM 

MERRILY MERRILY MERRILY LIFE IS BUT A DREAM" 

Interesting anyway!!! 

Rayken 

 I am 50 years old. I worked at one company most of my working life(25 years). During my time there I went to college part time hoping to advance in my field(CNC Programming). I was laid off in 2001, so I finished up my schooling. I graduated at the top of my class in 2002.  

  Since this time I have run into something that I cant put my finger on. Employers seem to assume that because of my degree, that I know everything there is to know about my field. There also seems to be a tendency to be overlooked because of my age. I think I'm going through a mid life crisis, or a depression.   

  I am working, but I work graveyard shift (11:00PM-7:00am). I dont like it but it pays the bills. Any reflections on this would be helpful.  

                                                                         Thanks  

                                                                       Midlife 830 

Hello Rayken 

It is indeed so comforting to realize that we are not alone. I just wanted to say Hello to you because I am in the same boat and have spent the last 3-4 months speculating on and off about how to find my purpose because something is just eating me up inside, telling me that I am completely off track. My heart is just not into my work and every morning feels absurd to me when I go to work. The worst part is, that not many people seem to relate and I feel bad sometimes, knowing there are many people out there who would want my job. 

After lots of thinking and tons of time spent researching the net, I finally went to a life coaching session, and acquired a few selected self help books. I think I finally understand that the real answer lies within one's self. No matter how much you ask around and seek for help, it seems like the secret to finding your purpose is to connect with yourself from within. Connect with your body and soul, reach for the child within you once were, before you were conditioned through life. Then you will finally hear your inner voice. 

It is a very tedious process though and I am having a hard time waiting, because I just feel like I am wasting every single day of my life waiting. But I know I shouldn't be saying that. Every day is a learning experience. Nevertheless I can't wait to finally be able to break free of my current 'prison' and fly towards the beginning of the new chapter in my life, the one where I fulfill my purpose in life which I feel in my heart has to do with helping others, make a difference in the world. I just can't wait for my inner voice to manifest. 

Good luck to you 

Caroline 

Hi, I am fixing to start applying for Ph.D. school. I predict I will graduate with my Ph.D. when I'm 41 years of age. The problem I have is that I've heard that tenure track positions are very competitive and even moreso for women. I even read today from a Yale review that women who have children early in their career are less likely to make tenure over their male counterparts! I do not even have kids yet and I thought the perfect time to do that would be either while in Ph.D. school or my early years teaching.   

It's just devestating to me to think that I would sacrafice so much and obtain the highest degree possible (a Ph.D.) to only then find myself in a temporary teaching position. I don't know what to do now?   

Dear all 

I have for the past 8months being living in europe in a country where english is the second language.  I am marrried for 8months but do not have children.   A few years ago I left my teaching job to work voluntarily in another part of the world and though it was hard, it made me feel worthwhile.   

Now I have married i moved to europe and because of the language problem, i cant get a job in a field i would be able to if i was at home.  I get bouts of feeling really down.  i have started some part-time work in an international school, but even though this school is fine, i find no joy in teaching.  I am torn between learning the language which i am doing (and will not be able to do over night) and finding a full time job.   if i dont learn thelanuage my job prospects reamin limited and i cnnot get to really communicate wiht my parents - in -law.  This is the first time in my life i have been without work.  The comments I have had from some people do not help.  E.g.  one of the class mates from my language course asid he was concerned that i get a job as he was working so that i could stay at home!  Another person from a sports club that I was going to join, said to me after i had explained that it was my husband and not i that worked at the company,  "so what do you do, nothing?"  What their preocupation with my financial status is, i do not know. 

My husand's sister and mothe are both ill and when i chose to move here, it was them more than me i was thining about.  Now i feel so lost.  it is so difficiult o make friends here.  People are just not interested i being friendly.  It sounds weird but it is true.  I have lost so much confidence sometimes i dont even want to go to the shop.  i am afraid that if we moved to my country, my husband  would have problems leaving his famil and his family would have even more problems wihtout hi,m.  i feel my life stopped the day I came here and i regret it.  i know some advice will be to hang in there, but i dont know how much longer I can do this.    

Your suggestions as to how to cope or any ideas for work from home, or work I could seek out that wouldnt need language would be great.      Ps  At the moment I am living in Holland.