find a career

My mother and I were talking last week about what I’m going to do when I get out of high school. I’m still not sure what exactly I want to do, and I’m getting a little anxious. What I would like to do is decide so that I can spend my last two years of high school preparing for it.

Mom said, “Close your eyes, don’t think about money, or making a bad decision, because you’ll always have a second chance. What do you truly want to do?”

Me: “I want to make movies.”

I think my problem is that I would excel in many areas, but I just do not care to be tied down to any one of them. I’m going to start affirming that the perfect job/career will find me, and soon!

I know what I want to do… but I am not there yet. I have recently convocated with my BA in psych. I have been applying for jobs that appeal to me, but time is running short and I will need to find a job, any job soon. I am re-focusing on how to get to the place I need to be in order to have the career I have always wanted. There are at least 4 (plus) routes for me to take- all require further education- and I am in the process of determining which way to go while keeping in mind all of my other responsibilities (kids, mortgage, etc). At this time, this is my greatest challenge.

When I graduate College I want to have no limitations. I’ll have the degree and I’ll throw out my resume all over the nation and I want that excitement of not knowing where one will ‘hit’ or where I could possibly move to next to start that new part of my life.

I am working fulltime and I know i don’t want to do this for the rest of my life so I am searching for something i would LOVE to do!!!

Here we go. It’s been 7 years (upcoming in May) since High School. I’m really tired of feeling like I’m not accomplishing anything with my life.

I have worked in some kind of retail environment my entire working life. I hate retail and it is the only type of job I have been able to get. I want to do something that I love. I am not so sure of what I want to do. I need to decide very quickly as I will be off to a university come next fall. I am leaning towards becoming a counselor but I do not know if that career is something that I would be able to do for the rest of my life. I need to do some serious reflection and figure my life out.

I’m in my second semester in college. It’s getting me nowhere while i’m spending lots of money on it. Each semester I spend about 1500 on books and tuition. So about a third of my income is going towards schooling i also have a car payment and rent along with a son and other things. I think next semester i will be changing my major to something i can get done faster istead of going to school for 5 or more year with no promising career. Im thinking dental assistant or ortho assistant but i think i would be going for just about the same thing.

I may have an answer at least to what I can do right now to make more money and get back into the swing of life.. It is working for my old employer of two years ago and it may mean that I can go back to school, or take some classes to improve my computer art and see if that is what i really want to do eventually. The hours are great and the atmosphere seems almer than I am used to. Crossing my fingers I get the job.

But I’d like something that paid me more than 30k a year, and included benefits.

I’m an insanely hard worker. I’ll put in long hours for the craziest reasons, all I’m trying to find is a place where I can be appreciated.