By golly nobody ever tells you how your "career path" can be a winding one...
In school & growing up, I had a cloudy perspective on what I wanted to do with my life. I was way too young for college, I did my final exams at the age of 16 (no I'm NOT one of those geniuses, I just started school young lol) There was no way I was emotionally prepared or even mature enough to know what I wanted to do with my life! I found jobs no problem though, I have a knack at blending into all kinds of environments and situations... Whether it was working in a night club, or an executives office, or even in a clothes store I had a knack for appearing like I belonged there! In each of these positions I got on so well, in each of my first jobs I thought the same :
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
But...in reality, there's only so far this chameleon type of skill would work for me. It wasn't actually personally fulfilling after a while!!!
So then I looked at how I come from a family with many being civil servants, the idea of a permanent pensionable position seemed the right choice as I'd no formal education to speak of. This is a very old fashioned and steadfast view on careers in Ireland lol. But where on earth would I go??? I looked at what inspired me and well that was caring about and helping people... I think I'm a people person, so's to speak, so I chose to go into work in health care. With little or no chance of becoming a nurse or doctor with my schooling lol, I went into Admin. By golly did I find my calling there ha ha.. I'm a bit of an "organise freak" as friends & family like to slag me about lol, so admin came naturally. I moved from Department to Department over 14 years in two different hospitals, and boy was I in my element meeting patients, sometimes helping to implement new projects along the way and really feeling like I was making a difference. I actually found it so fulfilling
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
That was until the environment started to change and I felt restricted and lost because of the workload, politics and the atmosphere within the staff community. I felt I couldn't give 100%. I was a small fish in a big pond and I was drowning in the negativity... I refuse to be surrounded by negativity...
In the mean time I had started taking my crafting more seriously. I love making things and centered in on making handmade cards. There's nothing more fulfilling than making someone smile, knowing you've achieved that with something you've made gave me an amazing self worth. So yet again... Another path! this time I took redundancy & faced self employment full on. The journey here was overwhelming, but not in the daunting way you'd imagine... Nope, this time I started a journey where I would find "myself" in the process. I will go into more detail again into the stories behind this period of my life, but once more...
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
In the middle of this unfortunately my marriage broke down and I found myself a single mother of my four children and well, my business was so time consuming I had to take the major life choice and close it down while I tried to re-examine what was next.
Now... me being me... and generally always facing my challenges full on I embraced my situation and decided to build on my strengths and surround myself with positivity. I threw myself into my children's lives and out of the blue I found myself in a new position!! I started volunteering with Coder Dojo in the Portarlington Coder Dojo I started to write a blog for them (coderdojoport.blogspot.ie) but coming from my own perspective. I've now discovered that I love to write so now low and behold...
I'm at another crossroads!!
Who knows what's around the corner, but thank you for reading my Success story...
A success I hear you say? Yeah right!!! ha ha ha... Your right in one way, it's not the success story one might expect, with career advancement or big wealth (quite the opposite really lol) or even that I have discovered all the answers I seek...
But my Success story is this :
I have accepted and embrace that I can find happiness and fulfillment in life by following my path, no matter where it leads and by keeping positive and doing what makes me feel good about myself ♥♥♥
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES....
- how it can split off and leave you at a crossroads...
- How you can be left standing alone there looking for direction...
- How the signs are not always clear...
I'm still finding my way!! You never know whats around the corner!! Here's my story anyway :
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
But...in reality, there's only so far this chameleon type of skill would work for me. It wasn't actually personally fulfilling after a while!!!
So then I looked at how I come from a family with many being civil servants, the idea of a permanent pensionable position seemed the right choice as I'd no formal education to speak of. This is a very old fashioned and steadfast view on careers in Ireland lol. But where on earth would I go??? I looked at what inspired me and well that was caring about and helping people... I think I'm a people person, so's to speak, so I chose to go into work in health care. With little or no chance of becoming a nurse or doctor with my schooling lol, I went into Admin. By golly did I find my calling there ha ha.. I'm a bit of an "organise freak" as friends & family like to slag me about lol, so admin came naturally. I moved from Department to Department over 14 years in two different hospitals, and boy was I in my element meeting patients, sometimes helping to implement new projects along the way and really feeling like I was making a difference. I actually found it so fulfilling
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
That was until the environment started to change and I felt restricted and lost because of the workload, politics and the atmosphere within the staff community. I felt I couldn't give 100%. I was a small fish in a big pond and I was drowning in the negativity... I refuse to be surrounded by negativity...
In the mean time I had started taking my crafting more seriously. I love making things and centered in on making handmade cards. There's nothing more fulfilling than making someone smile, knowing you've achieved that with something you've made gave me an amazing self worth. So yet again... Another path! this time I took redundancy & faced self employment full on. The journey here was overwhelming, but not in the daunting way you'd imagine... Nope, this time I started a journey where I would find "myself" in the process. I will go into more detail again into the stories behind this period of my life, but once more...
I was SURE this was the right path... I was set!!
In the middle of this unfortunately my marriage broke down and I found myself a single mother of my four children and well, my business was so time consuming I had to take the major life choice and close it down while I tried to re-examine what was next.
Now... me being me... and generally always facing my challenges full on I embraced my situation and decided to build on my strengths and surround myself with positivity. I threw myself into my children's lives and out of the blue I found myself in a new position!! I started volunteering with Coder Dojo in the Portarlington Coder Dojo I started to write a blog for them (coderdojoport.blogspot.ie) but coming from my own perspective. I've now discovered that I love to write so now low and behold...
I'm at another crossroads!!
Who knows what's around the corner, but thank you for reading my Success story...
A success I hear you say? Yeah right!!! ha ha ha... Your right in one way, it's not the success story one might expect, with career advancement or big wealth (quite the opposite really lol) or even that I have discovered all the answers I seek...
But my Success story is this :
I have accepted and embrace that I can find happiness and fulfillment in life by following my path, no matter where it leads and by keeping positive and doing what makes me feel good about myself ♥♥♥
THE JOURNEY CONTINUES....
