In eighteen months my children will both be in school, full time. My days of being a stay-at-home mother are coming to a rapid end. It is time for me to figure out what I am going to do next in my career.
So far, my career has been tied closely to writing and education. That probably won't change, although I would like to change the scope, although I do have some other ideas...
For this post, I think I will just list them all here - get them on paper, so-to-speak. They are in no particular order, although I have ordered them in my brain. I just wish volunteering was a career because I am really great at raising my hand at meetings and saying, "I can do that!" And I almost always get the job.
1. Open an eclectic takeout lunch place.
2. Become an adoption social worker.
3. Teach English in China.
4. Get a masters in teaching ESL or linguistics and become an ESL teacher.
5. Earn a MFA in creative writing and use it to write and to teach at the college level and in the community.
6. Go back to teaching high school English.
7. Try to make it as a freelance writer.
8. Start buying lottery tickets... either to fund the volunteer career or the MFA.
Advice and opinions are welcome.
Eulogy
14 years ago
My 2 cents...
ReplyDeleteRead through the list and see which one(s) make you really excited....which one makes your heart beat a little faster.
Then once you know that look at them and be honest with yourself .... "Do I really believe, I could be that, do that?" If the answer is yes...well then you are on your way. If the answer is no, not sure, well maybe...then step two is lining up your beliefs with your desire. Play with the idea, fantasize about it, look for little bits of evidence that you can be/do that and just stay open...you may find your desire transforms it self you may find you transform your self.
And try as best you can to take out the believe that I have to figure it all out (who what and how I want to be) in the next 18 months.
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