What do you/did you want to be when you grow up??

Ive considered different avenues of nursing. Can't find one that promotes being a hermit Funny thing about being a nurse, you actually need patients and interaction with them. Surgery would be an option but I don't even know how to get started in that direction. It seems complicated when I read the job postings for the requirements but that could just be my mushy brain.

I have considered something in the counseling realm though.

Thank you Spongemom!!!! I will look into that as well and thanks to Jenjie for asking She beat me to it.

When you really start thinking about it, the possibilities are endless. My grandmother was a librarian and I adore books in all shapes and sizes. I did think about it briefly as a child Then figured I would be too distracted by the books to actually work lol.

Ive been in hospital work all my life it seems. It started as a kid in a small rural (or at least it was rural at the time) town and a single mom. The hospital kept us busy. I did things as a kid in the hospital that now would be impossible. But I have very very fond memories of all those things. I was a secretary for the longest time while we had the kids and my husband started his career in law enforcement. I did a two year stint with the police department typing reports. I LOVED IT....but I hated the politics and the bitchfest that came with it. In fact if it wasn't for the politics going on at the time, I probably would have stayed. It was part time, pay was pretty good, and since he already worked full time benefits were covered. I loved listening to the officers stories and since I worked for the same department, I knew quite a few of them already. Its been suggested several times that I work Dispatch, however, one of the things I don't like about nursing is the stress, constant. Dispatch is just as bad if not worse. I prestress the stressful event that may or may not ever show up. This wasn't me before, this is me now.

I thought about crime scene photography, mixing my love of photography with the love of Law Enforcement as well. I haven't really written that off yet, I just don't know enough about it or where to start as far as certifications etc. Maybe thats where the career counselors can help??

Then I remembered something last night....bear with me it might get a bit rambly but I will try not to. My last job in CA was as a unit manager for a long term care/acute rehab type facility. The administrator had been there for over 20 years. He really cared for his residents. He retired about 3 months before I left. In the days leading up to his last, he handed me a thick packet. He said that he had been hanging on to it for years and he wished he had done something about it. He stated that he thought I might be interested and let me know what he thought. Its called the Eden Alternative. I read the packet that day and was just astounded that he had sat on it. I went to his office and flat out asked why he waited till the last day to give this to me because had I known, I would have begged him to send me to the orientation. He said he wished he had remembered it sooner. He had wanted to find someone to coordinate it and he would have paid for me to go, but the timing was off. I still have that packet. I still look it up online. There are no facilities near me that use this idea, which would be a good thing if I could figure out how to talk facilities into starting it. maybe I should look into attending the conference on my own, but I think its quite pricey and there is no financial aid

anyway its in the mix.

I love hearing everyones stories of what they wanted to be and where they ended Keep sharing please