I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately–career-wise and all–and I’m still not sure what I want to do. I read more easily than I breathe, pretty much, and I write as easily as I see, and I work well with people and love helping others and like little kids.
I’ve entertained so many different thoughts–professor, editor, writer, journalist, literary critic, translator–I’m not sure what to do. Advice?
( Also, spare tips like “go see the penguins in the Arctic” and “drink until you see the pink elephants in tutus” are helpful, too. )
Thanks, love, I’ll buy the beer next time.
As for being a schoolteacher… it sounds like a good idea, but I know kids can be a handful in the classroom. Plus, I’d just end up playing with them and telling stories all the time, and then they’d kick me out…
Still, it’s a great suggestion.
(Where’s the random advice? Geez, I was expecting at least a “Go visit the Marianas Trench [del]once, for twenty minutes[/del]” by now…)
Somewhere there’s a website where you can apply to jobs in the arctic. It’s a few months stay and you’re there the whole time. The pay isn’t fantastic, but you live and eat there for free (well, three meals a day, there is like a mini-town/commisary you can buy more from.)
I’ll see if I can find it…well, there’s this, but it’s American. I will marry you if you need a green card, though, so keep that in mind. I’m the helpful sort.
Are you chained to where you currently are in life?
Are you free to travel?
If so, my very best advice would be to sell many of your things, take all the money you have and take a journey to any third world country.
You will have adventure beyond measure, your will learn new things with every in breath, you will discover things about yourself that stun you, your world view will expand in a fashion that cannot be described. And when your funds dry up and it’s time to come home, you will know what you want to do, how you want to contribute. Chances are you will return brimming with vitality and confidence for whatever lies ahead.
Or, y’know, you could be a school teacher, (where’s that yawning smilie?)
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