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As we all know (those of you who read this regularly) I am DYING to get out of my current admin career choice. Yes I am. I thought switching jobs was the answer because I was so bored at the last job, and this job is a bit better, but overall I have realized that I just hate the "career" itself. I am sick of the human style go fetch game and answering the phones and taking messages and blah blah blah. I like the web page part, but that's not enough for some reason.
Anywho! I am trying to formulate a plan. Yesterday the elusive Stu stopped by my page and dropped a website in her comment. I spent the entire afternoon learning about career changing and taking little workshop thingers to learn where it is my interests lie, etc etc etc., and well, shockingly, they lie in animal care. :0)
While I TRULY want to work for a farm sanctuary and help those animals most in need, I can't afford it. That's the bottom line. Sooooo
Last night I figured if down the road R and I do want to open a doggie day care, why not start learning things that will benefit us later? Like training and grooming? I can still use those skills to get OUT of admin, and down the line I can give back to this "cruel to animals" world and train animals at shelters to give them a second chance at a regular home life, ya know? I can also, down the line, volunteer some how some way at a farm sanctuary. Even if I donate money.
I got this idea while watching an FX show called 30 days last night. It's a show where someone lives a life with someone else - this show it was an avid hunter living with a PETA person. I DVR'd it so I didn't watch it in full, I just saw a part where the hunter dude had to witness this dog at a shelter, full of trust, get taken out of his cage (tail fully wagging thinking something fun was happening) only to watch him be put down and put in a freezer. Heartbreaking, really and truly.
I want to save the world for animals. I truly do. I figure if this plan checks out, I am at least making strides in the right direction... Dare to dream...
Making a career of life change is just a series of baby steps, and by figuring out what those steps are, you're already headed on the right path. Which reminds me, I saw a church sign today on the way to work today which said, "A year from now, you'll wish you had started today." Sounds like you've already started... maybe a year from now you'll be doing what you love. 