Pre-Mid-Life Crisis
In June I’ll have been at the same job for 7 years. I’m not sure if I’m bored with my current job, or just need to relax and let my life unfold. I’ve always felt like I needed to do something profound with my life, but I have no clue what that is. I suppose I’m a victim of my own success. I have my house and car paid for, I’m getting married next year and I’ve decided against children, at least in the foreseeable future. I am highly satisfied with my home life, so I think it throws my lack of a defined career path into relief. Basically, my mind is bored. I’ve mastered my current duties and have gotten my sweepstakes down to 2 hours a day, so I’m left with some extra time. My brain is too busy for my own good and I have workaholic tendencies, so hobbies tend to need to have profits. I need something, but I don’t know what direction to take.
On one hand, I could continue on my current path, working and doing sweepstakes. Or I could:
1. Go to veterinary school or some sort of animal behavior school: I love animals, but I would take deaths really hard.
2. Finish my psychology degree: I am really interested in psychology and am good at counseling people, but it’s very taxing on me.
3. Breed Bengal cats: I’d love to do this, but the economy sucks.
4. Write books: I don’t know if I’d be successful, but I’d want to do a memoir and/or a cookbook. I’d need a publishing lawyer and an agent to make a go of it.
5. Pursue a career in hunting: I have the skill and poise for it, but I’d need to spend a good amount of money to get started and I’d need to do it quick before I get too old. The criticism would make me sad too.
6. Run an animal rescue: I would feel good about it, but I’d never make any money at it and I’d be angry. Just seeing the dogs roaming the streets in town makes me angry, so I don’t know how well I’d handle seeing neglected and abused animals all the time.
7. Take some culinary classes and do what?: I can cook and I like to cook, but working as a chef underling would kill the joy for me. I don’t know how to make this work for me.
Or something else I don’t even know of yet. I don’t like people generally; I don’t particularly like being dirty, although I’ll do it if it’s something I like; I’m really good at logistic stuff and organization, I’m good with data and I’m a machine. I can build and create things. I don’t like being told what to do. I’m socially awkward. I’m a jack of all trades. I’m book, common sense and street smart. What the hell job is that??
Wow Leanne! You are so talented and so goal oriented and so good at so many things! I think that you could make many things your life’s passion. I believe what the world needs is help in putting ideas together and bringing them to fruition. You have a knack for that. Your blog and its categories are a book unto itself. You are so good at explaining and making things make sense that I would think that you could turn your talents into writing directions and doing craft, cooking, and writing courses for us people who don’t have your talent. I would think that there is a need for that. I know I need help lots of the time and others would too. If there was just a way to get your knowledge of this to others. I am sure you could help millions! Not quite like a Martha Stewart or Lynnette Jennings, but similar. You have lots of talent, Leanne, and lots of time. I wish you well. Hope you get lots of feedback on this. You are good at so much, make it a combination life.
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