Can't I just retire?
Ugh, I know, can't we all?
The job hunt, she continues. This position in the government should supposedly open up some doors for me. The problem is - do I want to go where they lead?
I've been searching through the available jobs and reality has given me a big fat kick in the shins. I'm just not qualified for the positions that I seemingly want to be doing, and as of yet I haven't seen any gateway jobs that can get me that experience. The only possibilities for me right now are administrative jobs, and judging by how much I hate this one I'm not thrilled with the idea of same shit/different place.
Not only that, but the more I look at policy analysis jobs, the more I think that it really isn't something I want to do anyway. Legislature, protocol, acts and laws; these things don't interest me the way that they do Martino, and I really hate the idea of going home at the end of the day and being more concerned with watching the federal news or tuning in to the provincial legislature than going out to ride my horse.
I'm going to try to set up a ride-along with a local ambulance, I think. Follow some EMTs around and see if I'm up for the job. Shift work would suck, the pay grade is somewhat limited, but if it's something I might enjoy doing I really want to give it a try. It's not too late for me to sign up for classes, and as much as I despise the idea of going back to school and incurring more debt in student loans, I really want to get out there and do something that I enjoy.
The other crux comes from the more immediate future. How much longer do we want to wait until we start having kids? How will that impact my work priorities? And on top of that, if I don't find a job that I want to stay in and commit myself to, or we decide that I should be a stay-at-home-mom (which would be awesome), I'm going to find myself returning to the workforce with zero useable skills! Something that I do NOT want to deal with.
I hate being a grown-up.
The job hunt, she continues. This position in the government should supposedly open up some doors for me. The problem is - do I want to go where they lead?
I've been searching through the available jobs and reality has given me a big fat kick in the shins. I'm just not qualified for the positions that I seemingly want to be doing, and as of yet I haven't seen any gateway jobs that can get me that experience. The only possibilities for me right now are administrative jobs, and judging by how much I hate this one I'm not thrilled with the idea of same shit/different place.
Not only that, but the more I look at policy analysis jobs, the more I think that it really isn't something I want to do anyway. Legislature, protocol, acts and laws; these things don't interest me the way that they do Martino, and I really hate the idea of going home at the end of the day and being more concerned with watching the federal news or tuning in to the provincial legislature than going out to ride my horse.
I'm going to try to set up a ride-along with a local ambulance, I think. Follow some EMTs around and see if I'm up for the job. Shift work would suck, the pay grade is somewhat limited, but if it's something I might enjoy doing I really want to give it a try. It's not too late for me to sign up for classes, and as much as I despise the idea of going back to school and incurring more debt in student loans, I really want to get out there and do something that I enjoy.
The other crux comes from the more immediate future. How much longer do we want to wait until we start having kids? How will that impact my work priorities? And on top of that, if I don't find a job that I want to stay in and commit myself to, or we decide that I should be a stay-at-home-mom (which would be awesome), I'm going to find myself returning to the workforce with zero useable skills! Something that I do NOT want to deal with.
I hate being a grown-up.