Career Paths

I’ve been playing career hopscotch. I’ve loved each job, but moved onto another field when it was time.

I’m on that career track. Haha straight and narrow to the final end goal! So boring but saves time, stress, and money.

love this. as a definite hop-scotcher, i truly appreciate this. i did everything “right” – went to college, got my BFA, got my MA – even switched my major (from interior design to fine arts education) thinking it was the smarter, more reliable path. i loved teaching, but yes – so very difficult to find a full-time, public school art teaching gig. taught in private schools for 10 years, my last school closed – and i tried to move on. could not land a new teaching gig, hop-scotched around quite a bit, and where am i now? – an interior designer. haha. was a design manager, job disappeared so might hop-scotch to something else. point is – there is no “right way” and certainly no certainty. and, life goes on. anyhoo – always enjoy mari’s illustrations but this one struck a particular chord so felt compelled to comment. always appreciate her “understanding” … :)

Yep, this applies time. Sending out resumés for positions that I feel I’d excel at, but since I’d be straying from my professional experience, it’s hard to be taken seriously.

The meandering career path seems to fit me at the moment.

Open to thoughts on getting noticed in a competitive field.

I’ve always felt rather pleased (smug, to be honest) that I was on the career track from high school onward, always the youngest person in my class/field…until about 2 years into my career when I realized I was a) now, with some experience, very capable and b) also kind of let down by a sense of not really working towards a goal any longer, nor as fulfilled professionally as I thought I’d be. Definitely made me stop and consider what I wanted from my career (aka caused an identity crisis, which I’m still sorting out). It’s tough no matter how you get there!