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AAkasha -> RE: Knowing you're moving to a place with no bdsm (or hidden bdsm) (8/13/2008 10:43:08 AM)
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ORIGINAL: littlesarbonn
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ORIGINAL: AAkasha
Get a different job and move to a better location. No one says you have to get a job teaching. People get all kinds of degrees and go into totally different fields. Start over fresh and begin a career that is exciting and introduces you to a lot of people. In my industry (marketing) none of the college grads can even write (including Journalism majors), so having writing skills automatically makes you attractive. It may require working up the totem pole a little bit, but the benefit is working in an industry full of women - very aggressive, ambitious women - who are extremely creative. Higher paying jobs exist for copywriters or even technical writers.
Other jobs that require writing skills and won't care necessarily what degree you have include grant writing, proposal writing, etc. You can also go to work for a non-profit for very little money and they will love you regardless of your background in most cases - and eventually work your way into management. If you don't have debt and can move anywhere in the world, you should consider moving laterally into a brand new career.
Akasha
Well, I started this posting with more of an angry response, but decided against it. Intead, I've stripped away the pissed off response to indicate that I'm happy teaching. I went to school to learn to teach well. I love teaching an audience of students. I do it well. I enjoy it. My students enjoy it. I don't want to be a "marketer"; yes, I write very well, but that doesn't mean I'm going to dirty myself to turn into an advertising writer; just not my thing. That's fine for some people. Making money is a goal of some people; I do okay. Yes, my choices become somewhat limited, but I don't have to give in on my dreams in order to "move to another career" because somehow that's going to "solve" a situation that it won't really solve other than put me into a career I didn't want in the first place.
The post was an inquiry as to what other people would do in similar circumstances. I've accepted my circumstances are what they are going to be because two agencies have decided to offer me A LOT of what I'm seeking to do exactly what I love to do. They just happen to be in less desirable locations. So, taking your response, I'm assuming your mode of action would be to completely change your career.
Unless your career gives you such fulfillment that it is more important than having romantic relationships and fulfilling friendships with likeminded people, why let it take your life in a direction that will potentially leave you isolated, lonely, unhappy? At the end of your life are you going to look back with such a full heart from teaching, in areas where you were alone and lonely, or will you look back and be grateful for rich, romantic relationships, or a soul mate? That's a decision you have to make. You can do anything you want with this life, so long as you are prepared to accept the outcome.
Not all marketing or advertising is 'dirty." You can use your skills to communicate about charities or people in need. There's also a great opportunity to 'teach' in many careers, including marketing. I have teachable moments all the time in my career - granted, it's not the same as lecturing in a classroom, but every new crop of eager interns is my own group to teach and grow, and I take great pride when they do well and have a hunger to learn.
At the end of the day, it's your life. But all people should question what role career plays in their overall happiness and spiritual, emotional and romantic fulfillment. You only live once.
If it were me, yes, I would change my career (take a HUGE RISK) in order to not sacrifice my passions outside of my "job." Unless I was in a happy, romantic relationship already.
The fact that your original response was going to be "pissed off" is odd. You may do well to investigate that resentment.
Akasha
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