I will try to keep this short and come to the point. I’m asking for more advice here.
When I first came to SC, I unwittingly poured my soul into the void and this is what I got.
It’s now a few months later and I can’t get on the ball, but it isn’t for lack of trying. I know you can’t live my life for me, but I’m curious if there are any creative ideas for career for me (from SC). I know I am multitalented. What is it I need, a guru, a career counselor? (Career counselor just rubs me the wrong way.) What?
If you were to take a snapshot of my mind at that point (if you read above) I was thinking of transitioning to finance. (Due to nobody’s influence but my own.) But I discovered soon after that finance is ageist, and it’s all but impossible to break in unless you majored and work your way up, in general.
The other piece of it is that finance, unlike law or medicine, is not a well-trodden path, where if you put one foot in front of the other you are almost guaranteed employment. My friend in finance (she worked for GS at one point) ,a girl, was fired, has made an exit and wants to be a nurse. Until recently I thought I would make a creative foray in, until I thought I would go back to medicine. But then I realized (also with the help of a consultant) that too is nearly impossible for me. Not impossible, but nearly.
I want to be fulfilled in my life, in my career. I’m determined not to waste it becoming high priestess meme of SC. Fun that it is. xx