It's nearing that time of the year for me; the Spring itch. It's where my brain jumps into overdrive and I get really, really restless. I will inevitably research a million different job opportunities, look into a thousand schools and scholarships, and get really excited about one or two of them. Yup, I'm very nearly there. And because there isn't anything I can do about it I will let my brain run away with me. So, before I introduce the new Spring fever I will recap for myself what has come before.
Briefly, the following is a list of careers that have taken center stage in the past Springs:
- doctor; I enrolled in Chem and chem lab at UM my freshman year, wrote out an intricate undergraduate plan for myself. Ended up with a less than stellar grade and a new appreciation for anyone going that route.
-archaeologist; enrolled in some great arch. and anthro classes at UM, really interesting. Dream ended when I could not figure out what exactly I would do with that outside of play Indiana Jones and travel the world, which would have been awesome...
-sports management; I love sports, I love to train, training other people is fun too. Ended for me when UM told me to get in line, apparently lots of people like sports too
-physical therapist; I can still work with sports injuries! This spring fever has reoccured for several years, each time tempting me. Ended because by the time I looked at this I was a junior at UM and committed to the 4 year plan
-interpreter; languages are great! This spring fling began for me while I studied in Finland and worked at a language lab for interpreters-in-training. It amazed me how they switched from Finnish to Swedish to English, French and German seemingly effortlessly. That to me is talent! Which I just haven't grasped. I am however committed to getting at least bilingual with Spanish.
-Economist/Accountant; I also love playing with money, planning with it, projecting it and saving it. So why did I struggle so much with Econ 101, so much so that I have my one sad W on my UM transcript for withdrawal! Ugh. Shame. So shameful I went back and took it again...still struggled.
-teacher; never have I wanted to be a teacher. Honestly. I fell into this role because my sister told me about the program Teaching Fellows and I applied and was caught up. Caught up for 3 years teaching ESL in NYC. Low and behold I think I did a pretty good job (at least eventually, by year 3...)
Okay! Pretty much up to date. So here it is, the new Spring itch is..........something in the medical field! Vague, yes? I have noticed my past itches have been quite specific. And over the years here is what I have learned as far as careers go;
1- my next one will be TRANSFERABLE to other states, period.
2- I will choose something that is growing and desireable
3- I will choose something that will always be around SOMEWHERE
So there it is. Let's narrow it down a bit. I will not be looking for ANOTHER 4 year degree, rather I'm thinking I'd like to add an Associates to my resume. I will not be giving meds or drawing blood (so no RN or nursing assistant for me). That's where I am now. I can't help myself, when Spring hits this always happens! But maybe, this will be my time :)
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