Blog 8

 

This week’s reading was like reading about myself, some of it past and present.  I have had three careers in my life so far a teacher, stay at home mom or as I called it executive manager of many lives, and a real estate agent which my husband and I did together.  I am now in school and probably most excited about this career of becoming a Hospice Nurse.  This career is about me and what I want; not do the timing of life, economic issues, job losses or others expectations.  This time it feels different, it is a pressure that I chose.  At times I wonder why and if I can do it?  So far I have been able to succeed although it is not easy, but nothing in life worth having is.  I am past the stage of the child care dilemma, even though our daughter still lives at home she is self-sufficient to a point (still needs her mom at 2 am in the morning for mom and daughter talks).  While working 30 hours a week and taking 2-3 classes a quarter does not leave a lot of leisure time or with my husband.  Work schedules being opposite it leaves a lot of pressure for couple time.  I’m also part of the sandwich generation I am taking care of my mom more as she is getting older.  With the lessening of neurons in my 47 year old brain it takes longer to study then it used too.  But with all that said the life that I have had up to now has prepared me for some of what I am going through. The life experience that is brought to an occupation or current job and the age one is at that time, I think has a lot to do with job satisfaction.  I am again staring at the bottom of a new career, but I love my job, because I know where it can take me and I am more confident than I would have been at a younger age.  I also am lucky enough to have good people and mentors around me and that does make a difference. We spend a lot of time at our jobs/careers and with all the stresses in life; hopefully one can have a career that is also self–fulfilling.