Oh, yeah, part of the VIP Zappos oath I had to take was to not tell people about VIP Zappos until it is too late for them to use it.
Harrumph.
It's just that I'm kind of burned out working in IT, and I sort of want to change careers, but I have no idea what I want to do
I totally feel that. Every three years, I decide I need to Do Something Different, and instead I just get the same job again, but at a new place, so it takes another three years to remember I want to Do Something Different.
Needless to say, right now I am procrastinating the shit out of a task I don't feel like doing.
I want to do something different, but I don't know what. That is a bit of a problem.
Dammit, now I have to, like, seriously consider my career and life choices and stuff now.
Ha ha, I know, right? There's nothing like suddenly having to decide what you want to do when you grow up when you already are a grown up.
Everything different that I'd like to do requires going back to school. Which is fine, except for cost and time, and needing to actually make an income *now*.
I want to do something different, but I don't know what. That is a bit of a problem.
Yeah, that's my problem. Hence getting the same job over and over again. Now I have a shitload of experience in it!
It's also weird to be looking at college programs while your kid is looking at them, you know?
Yeah, I feel like even if I wanted to do somethin different, my experience now is so specialized that I don't think I could get a different job!
It's also weird to be looking at college programs while your kid is looking at them, you know?
I got my degree when K-Bug was in high school - I was determined to graduate before she did. Now that she is in her last year of schooling (for now) and CJ is looking at colleges, I am considering going back again. Not sure if it would be for a masters or a bachelors in another field. Not that I have the money, but I kinda miss learning new things. Maybe I'll just take a few Community College classes in something odd. Underwater Basket Weaving?
There's nothing like suddenly having to decide what you want to do when you grow up when you already are a grown up.
I feel like I've been there several times and managed to either choose poorly or find a way to not really choose so it's still hanging over me that I Don't Know What I Am Doing With My Life. This is currently manifesting as the feeling that I need to at least sort out what is important to me if it's not career and at least make sure that that aspect of my life is, like, okay. But I also feel like I need a weeklong retreat to really focus on that to figure it out. That's probably not true, but just thinking about it in passing when I have a few minutes is not getting me very far.
I fully support everyone going back to school if they can manage it, btw! Be the re-entry students (at least that was the term when I was in Grad School Attempt #2) that blow the curve for everyone else!
