Ever Dream of working a different job?

[mom-in-alberta]

Yes... and no. I don't know!!
I actually feel like I am in a bit of an early-midlife crisis right now. I am done having my babies, and although I like where I am in life, I just don't know if it's where I really need to be. I really enjoy this career, and the perks that come with it.
But I have been contemplating going back to school to get my nursing degree. Sometimes I get really excited when I think about it, and other times I am certain that it's a mistake.
*sigh* It's not easy to be a grown up, is it?

[jec]

It's not easy to be a grown up, is it?

I wouldn't know...still waiting to get that mature grown up feeling

[momof2cuties]

Yes and No... Before starting my in-home daycare (and before having my kids) I worked as a medical receptionist and always wanted to further my studies and become a Registered Nurse! I often think of that career, but am happy to be playing with my kids everyday and being home to tuck them in at night. I would have to spend 4 more years in school, so not sure if I like that idea at my age LOL

[mimi]

I worked in retail management, was a flight attendant for many years(when you actually got service with a smile!) and was an account executive which required long commutes. When I look at another poopy diaper and think of the locales I have seen and the executive perks I used to enjoy I know right now I am where I need to be. I don't have to deal with annoying co-workers or have to deal with office politics or put up with that boss you can't stand and the people skills I did learn I use on some of those parents that can annoy the heck out of us. My home life is not rushed because I am here and I and my family are happy. Should I start feeling like I want something more, I can always go to night school and take a course or think of a small other busines like Reggio. I have always wanted to write, so sometimes while I'm changing that diaper I am thinking of plot lines for a story. We women are great multi taskers, so while we do this job, we can tinker with something else we might want to pursue.

[mattsmom]

I worked as a vet tech before this and I would love to eventually go back to that line of work. I have loved being home with my child and seeing him grow into a preteen, while looking after other children as well, but there will come a time that I will pack up and get a job outside of the home.

[5 Little Monkeys]

I have always worked in childcare or healthcare and always knew that some day I wanted my own hdc. My fiance and I had talked about it and had sorta decided that I would open one once we had our own family. However, some things changed and I opened up a hdc earlier than we had planned. I have no children of my own yet but hope too someday. I love my job and hope to do it until I decide to retire.

There are pros and cons to every job and for me, hdc's cons are far less of a hassle/stress than when I worked out of the home. The pro's of having my own hdc are what make me love my job as much as I do.

[CrazyEight]

Honestly, every day. I never saw myself as doing something like this, it just kind of worked out that way. I have an obscure artsy degree that I absolutely LOVED taking, and went into major student debt to obtain, and I would really love to be able to use it in some capacity. I live in a small, working-class city, however, and it is essentially useless here. My husband's hours are all over the place, including evenings and weekends, so I would really need to find a 9-5 M-F office job to be able to make anything after daycare costs for my own three kids. Having only worked retail management since university, however, and taken mat leave three times, my resume is pretty pathetic. So here I am.
I'm really trying to find ways to keep myself more mentally engaged, in the hopes that I can grow to like this business more. I've terminated my "problem" clients, upped my rates a bit and reworded my contract in the hopes that new and future clients will be a better fit. Now that the weather is getting a bit better, the little ones and I can go for walks during the day while the big kids are at school, and I have big plans for the summer, including revamping my backyard and starting a garden with all the kids.
This is the best option for us right now, but I'll confess, if the opportunity came to drop everything and move back to a bigger city, where I could use my degree, I'd jump on it.

[FunnyFarm]

I want a big hobby farm and to run a Dog Boarding kennel- but POSH! personal "hotel" rooms with TV, a bone shaped doggie pool. Doggie Spa.... I dream big, but I do love being home with my kids and cuddling other children too. I will keep dreaming though!

[torontokids]

I keep going back and forth about this. Plan had been to do this until September when eldest starts school, then I decided to keep at it until my 2nd is in school. I was really getting into doing DC then I got a call yesterday that my youngest has a spot in a preschool for Sept (super hard to get into preschool in Toronto) so now I am torn. Do I take this opportunity to go back to work (have nothing to go back to and no job postings have interested me) or do I continue doing what I am doing and stay home with my dd?

[bright sparks]

If I could live out my dream I'd love to go to Uni and go all the way and get a PhD in Psych. I AM going to school in September 2015, even though I constantly stress over the reality of living off one income and being a full time student as well as a mother, to do a 2 year diploma to be able to get a job straight away as a law clerk. I have entertained the idea of going to Uni instead and its not that I can't but I question my ability to be there for my kids adequately while I go through school for a good 6 years minimum before I am employable. Its not like its just me and my hubby...kids and mortgage always come first but after devoting my life to others at the expense of myself, the last thing anyone wants is me to have both my kids graduate school, move on with their lives and little old me be left feeling empty and resentful. ARGHHH I go round in circles about it, but with such high goals its not something I really want to delay any further if I'm going to go for it. I'm turning 32 in June and entering the field at 40 would be fine but just starting my education at 40 on this long road I have set out for myself would be a very different matter.