A Journey Through Time

Chapter 81 - What's My Next Move

I don't know what I want to next in my career. Most people want a career for the money, but there's so many factors that I care about in career, such as work environment, job duties, location, career progression, etc. Our family is in a better place financially, but there's always more that we end up wanting. It's like we're in this weird middle ground where we aren't dirt poor, but we're not super rich either. We constantly see better houses and people with a better life than us that it's hard to really be satisfied where we are.

I know that my job is secure. I can work in the place I'm currently at for 7 years and be fine. But I'm not completely satisfied with my job. Even though I'm not satisfied, I'm still making a positive difference, and the job itself is flexible and in a convenient location. The work environment itself isn't stressful either. I don't want be quick to leave this environment and job for something that doesn't offer the same flexibility or stress free work environment.

It's like I want a new job at the same I don't want a new job. I don't even have a specific career in mind and I feel like I can't come up with one because it's a billion possibilities. The only place I see myself working after this is at a college but even then, where do I go from there. Do I teach or do I run the administrative part of education? I don't know what to do, and believe me I wish I knew, but I don't. And so when you don't know what you want to do, that just makes a million times harder to search for jobs. What jobs do you search for?

I'm just torn on whether I want to stay longer than necessary or leave. If I leave, I can't just go anywhere, but I also don't wanna stay where I'm working at forever. I have to leave eventually, and I have to think about what that next job is going to look like. I just don't know what that would be. And the job openings in my area are slim. The best options are the ones at the colleges.