Dream jobs of past and present

 The first job I have any memory of really answering that kid hated question of What do you wanna be when you grow up? was being a journalist. I grew up a curious child who loved to write, so journalism seemed like a perfect fit to me. That idea held until I took a Psychology elective my junior year of high school and fell in love with the idea of becoming a mental health counselor. I followed that idea until my freshman year of college when I got a C in Statistics and learned all of the tough math/science pre-requistes I needed for a B.S. in Psychology. I lost a good chuck of my academic confidence and went back to my original idea by changing majors to English.

                          (Ah back when I had no idea all the different jobs I would have by the time I hit my   30's)


Now at age 33 my idea of a dream job has evolved in many ways due to my life experiences. I have worked retail jobs in high school and college, taught public school for 6 years, and now I working in my second nonprofit job in a row. In my dream world where bills didn't matter, I would love to be a freelance travel writer. Or just a freelance writer period. A more realistic job that has become a new dream job is corporate training. I think it combines a lot of my skills from my teaching days and I enjoy working with people. One of the things I liked about my days in the classroom is the variety in my day. I'm kind of at a crossroads career wise in where I love working for non-profits and helping people but I know I will never make decent money for my skills at these positions. Funny how when I was younger I thought that I would have my career track set by the time I hit my 30's and here I am still searching for my next career step.