Career paths

Janice, thank you so much for the wonderful things you said. It really means a lot to me! And I totally agree because I'm already starting to see changes in myself. Plus, I just feel more fulfilled, like I finally have something to do just for me. Thank you again!
 
I don't know if this helps or not. I have my degree in accounting and got really bored doing just the accounting stuff. I went into to working as an analyst which was ok (side note, I made more money being an analysts). Maybe you could look more into the financial side of accounting. It is not as boring. Or also look into a position in marketing.

The good thing about an accounting degree is you are open to several areas not just accounting.

Does that help any?
 
I'm a special education teacher and I LOVE so many aspects of my jot like the teaching aspect and the lesson preparation, BUT the paperwork and evaluation notebook is taking over teaching. I feel like the papwerwork I do daily and the paperwork I have to keep in a notebook to "prove" what a good teacher I am has taken over so that teaching has become secondary. Then add difficult parents into the mix who fight you on everything (not last year or this year...awesome parents...very supportive) and it's enough to send me over the edge. I've thought about getting out but I have no idea what I would do. It's so sad b/c I get frustrated b/c I feel like I'm not as good a teacher as I would like to be b/c of all the paperwork and meetings. I actually do more paperwork as a teacher then I ever did when I worked in an office full time. And when I say paperwork, I'm not talking about the student's work.
:-(
Angela
 
AT 18,I was going to get out of the life of the working poor..watching my mom, a single social worker break her back for a few bucks more than minimum wage. To make a long story short..worked my way to an International studies degree, MBA Finance, first woman in International Operations at AT&T in the 80's, Alpha Romeo by 25, single gal condo on an estate by 27, limos to Broadway openings of Les Mis and Phantom by men old enough to be my Dad, but rich enough to limo me to the Plaza and Broadway and Caribbean....membership at the most exclusive health club,Yoga in NY, ......and I wanted to put my head in an oven.........I gained the world and lost my soul.....SOOOO - by 30, ditched Condo,alpha, and AT&T for a career in medicine as a Critical Care Nurse....Now 45 - married,homeschool 2 kids, live in Virginia now,teach yoga, work with the sickest of the sick,have a bunch of adopted critters, grow herbs, grind wheat and bake bread...sew, cook, exercise my brains out with videos and live....I don't have the world anymore....but I have my soul.....don't just look at yuppy things to make you happy! Be open and meditate or pray on it..."ask and you will be answered." Good Luck and keep us posted!
 
Cheers to you rnyogamom!

That was very inspiring because I can easily see myself going down that road. My friends and family look at me, with my condo and mercedes benz, and a salary that almost doubles theirs, and they ask me what the heck I'm complaining about. At the end of the day, none of that matters if you're not happy.

I'm beginning to read the books recommended above and exploring other areas in accounting, in the meantime, and praying for an epiphany!!
 
I was an accountant for a few years after college and just hated it. Except I was doing GL accounting for a small company, then a large company, then switched to cost accounting for a construction company to try a different area...hated that too. I decided I did not want to work behind a desk with a computer anymore EVER. Went to school to be an esthetician to work in a Spa. Loved it but after a year felt I should be doing more with my brain. Then I fell into marketing in real estate and loved it. Today I am a property manager for an apartment community and I feel like I run my own little business plus I get to do quite a bit of marketing and advertising at times. I think that's what I liked about accounting from the beginning...the business aspect...always wanted to own my own business. Now I just run one. There is usually some aspect of anything you feel drawn to that gives you a clue even if it doesn't work out. Write down what you like to get a better feel for aspects. I think that's really the key. Do you like to work alone, with people? Be autonomous, the decision maker? Do you like/need creativity, problem solving, etc? Keep asking the questions.
 
Did you have to go back to school for nursing?
How do you make time to be a nurse, teach yoga AND homeschool you children?Just curious however, why did you opt to homeschool???
I went back to nsg school with a lofty attitude,afterall,I was a National Merit Scholar...after 1st semester, I was, "well, just because one gets a C, doesn't mean one is a bad person!" YOU ARE RIGHT! NSG SCHOOL is HARD!!! It took me 2.5 years part time and through summer.....I work Fri,Sat,Sun, weekend program,dayshift-the old bod can't do nights anymore....then homeschool Mon-thurs,and Hubby picks up on Friday, (he works early,he's a golfer,so he's home early)..Yoga is a couple nights a week at a new local hot yoga studio...and every morning is exercise! Email me at [email protected] and I'll talk lots about homeschool - its a better lifestyle and MUCH more efficient way of learning!

Oh...and how do I do it without going nuts? I've made no secret in other posts that I am not ashamed to admit that I will not live with the anxiety and mood swings of middle age that drive husbands and children away...so after every herbal cure,hours of yoga...the trick for me was Vitamin Z (zoloft!) - and a glass of wine at night (no more than that, can't afford the calories anymore) - can't do it all totally sober!

Also, I don't do anything particularly well..except keep tryin'!!!

Blessings to all of you brave enough to question what you do for a living. Its not ALL about your bank account! The minutes of your days COUNT!!
Ps-a fellow yoga teacher just ditched a DC architecture job to teach yoga and work at Jamestown...an L&D nurse at our hospital used to be an engineer, then a Norfolk COP, and now...a nurse!
 
Hi B - I just saw your post today and totally relate to what you are saying. I am 25 and a lawyer at a large firm. I feel like I worked my a$$ off in school to get this job, but now I hate it! I feel that people don't understand when I complain about work because I make a good salary. But it is not the nice house and Mercedes that makes you happy. For now, I am planning on being a SAHM when I have kids and not be a lawyer anymore after that point. I still have tons of student loans to pay off, so don't really have the option of making less salary right now. But I'm still trying to figure out what to do for my second career when my kids go to school. I have some time to figure it out, but it is always on my mind. Because I don't even have anything I am interested in to do!
 
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