What are your professional goals?

Kenna · 09-11-2012, 11:05 PM

to change career fields and get out of a thankless, brain numbing, trapped -in, narrow area of health care management/policy and entitlement programs...there's got to be something that isn't filled with such burnout

cinnamongrrl · 10-03-2012, 05:54 PM

I'm at a cross roads as far as what to do for school and a career. I've been wanting to be a nurse for so long, and yet now Ive found myself disillusioned with the medical field and their protocols. I also find it difficult to work in a female dominated field. Ive considered finishing my B.S in Psychology and then going to law school, or working as a probation officer or social worker. I've thought about getting my RN and working in hospice or home care. One thing I DO know that I want: I want to have a small farm (20acres or less) in NC and raise alpacas for fiber and breeding....and have chickens and pigs and ducks and all that too...that would be blissful to me

txdoc · 10-03-2012, 07:52 PM

At last I have a plan....
1. Retire in four years
2. Teach full-time at the university
3. Travel

Dance-with-me · 10-03-2012, 08:41 PM

1. Begin taking some higher math courses as refreshers (from 35+ years ago)
2. Consider working on Masters in Math Education
3. Try to get an adjunct position teaching math
all so that I can
4. Shift as soon as possible from teaching computer science to teaching math because math doesn't change every semester!!

*Anya* · 10-03-2012, 09:24 PM

1. Retire in 5 years

2. Travel

Hollylane · 10-03-2012, 09:47 PM

I'm considering other options, or having a nearly-to-midlife crisis...I'm not sure which...I don't have any concrete plans to change things tomorrow, but there are just days at work when I think, hmmm....20+ years in customer service...Can I really do this until retirement?

I work for a great company, I'm a great employee, good at my job, completely thankful to be employed and payed well, but job satisfaction is slowing circling the drain on most days...

I want to help the people who need it, but I'm not given the tools to make that possible, and the lack of empathy of my co-workers towards helpless people is disgusting to me. Meanwhile, there seems to be an influx of customers who are ungrateful, demanding, have an unearned sense of entitlement, and are mostly without any sense of couth or respect for others. Somehow, they are able to get help for themselves every month, but when the pot finally runs dry, they seem to think it is okay to pin the blame on me, when they have made zero effort to change their situation.

It is getting exhausting...

09-11-2012, 11:05 PM	#1
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10-03-2012, 09:24 PM	#5
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10-03-2012, 05:54 PM	#2
cinnamongrrl Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: cleverly disguised as a responsible adult* Preferred Pronoun?: wild woman Relationship Status: No, thank you. Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Home in NC..gonna dig in like a tick this time… Posts: 7,662 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 15,233 Thanked 27,599 Times in 6,957 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	I'm at a cross roads as far as what to do for school and a career. I've been wanting to be a nurse for so long, and yet now Ive found myself disillusioned with the medical field and their protocols. I also find it difficult to work in a female dominated field. Ive considered finishing my B.S in Psychology and then going to law school, or working as a probation officer or social worker. I've thought about getting my RN and working in hospice or home care. One thing I DO know that I want: I want to have a small farm (20acres or less) in NC and raise alpacas for fiber and breeding....and have chickens and pigs and ducks and all that too...that would be blissful to me

10-03-2012, 07:52 PM	#3
txdoc Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, Her Relationship Status: Wrangled Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: TX Posts: 333 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 703 Thanked 684 Times in 189 Posts Rep Power: 0	At last I have a plan.... 1. Retire in four years 2. Teach full-time at the university 3. Travel

10-03-2012, 08:41 PM	#4
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	1. Begin taking some higher math courses as refreshers (from 35+ years ago) 2. Consider working on Masters in Math Education 3. Try to get an adjunct position teaching math all so that I can 4. Shift as soon as possible from teaching computer science to teaching math because math doesn't change every semester!!

10-03-2012, 09:47 PM	#6
Hollylane Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: . Preferred Pronoun?: . Relationship Status: . Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: . Posts: 11,495 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 34,694 Thanked 26,362 Times in 5,875 Posts Rep Power: 21474862	I'm considering other options, or having a nearly-to-midlife crisis...I'm not sure which...I don't have any concrete plans to change things tomorrow, but there are just days at work when I think, hmmm....20+ years in customer service...Can I really do this until retirement? I work for a great company, I'm a great employee, good at my job, completely thankful to be employed and payed well, but job satisfaction is slowing circling the drain on most days... I want to help the people who need it, but I'm not given the tools to make that possible, and the lack of empathy of my co-workers towards helpless people is disgusting to me. Meanwhile, there seems to be an influx of customers who are ungrateful, demanding, have an unearned sense of entitlement, and are mostly without any sense of couth or respect for others. Somehow, they are able to get help for themselves every month, but when the pot finally runs dry, they seem to think it is okay to pin the blame on me, when they have made zero effort to change their situation. It is getting exhausting...