Firstly, I'm 26 now. Since Saturday. I am officially closer to 30, than 20. Okay, okay - I get that I was closer to 30 one day after turning 25 but you know what I mean. It's really weird. I don't feel like I should be this old, but I am. Time goes by faster than I'd like.
Next order of business: I want a new job. It's not that I particularly have a problem with being a nanny. I mean, I've done it for years and years and years. Like almost 13 years if you count the semi-regular jobs I've had since I was 13. That's half my life now, dangit. But, I am ready to move on. I will probably/definitely continue my current job through the summer, until little girl starts preschool in August or September, but after that, I want to move onto something new.
It probably won't be a drastic change. I still want to work with kids, but just in a more educational aspect. If you know me/read this blog you probably know I have a degree in early childhood education, but my license is expired. I don't really want to go back to school but I'm not sure what to do with my degree. I'm thinking of looking into after school/tutoring programs and possibly even being an IA (instructor assistant) in a district that can support them. I would consider school to go back to learn a specified skill, like sign language or Spanish or something if I could get a job in a school in that capacity. But I just don't know.
The problem is, Rob and I have an agreement that whenever we start a family that I will stay home with the kids. I get that the stay-at-home mother is kind of outdated but I kind of believe in it, if it's financially feasible. Plus, I feel like I've been raising other people's kids for the past however many years so it would be kind of weird if I didn't raise my own.
Why does this even matter right now? Because I am hoping we can start a fam in the next couple years (as in, I want to have kids before I'm 30) and I don't want to waste all kinds of time/money on going to school if I'm not even going to have a job for that long anyway. Plus, there's nothing I am super passionate about (sadly) that gives me motivation to pursue any type of career.
Well, that's it for now, I guess.
Let see if it lets me comment today. I tried yesterday and it kept freezing on me :) I wanted to encourage you that as a one time nannny and fellow early childhood education degree holder you shouldn't feel like you are not using your degree. You are using it every day. I strongly believe that now. I think it is cool that you want to do something different with it, and hope that you find something you really enjoy. I vote that you do the school thing not for education but photography. You are already awesome at it (although you like to think you aren't) and you could set your own hours and work as little or as much as you want. Even if you just did family photography and stayed out of the wedding realm I think you still would do really well. Pray on it! God's got an awesome plan already in place :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Jess :) It's not that I don't think I'm using the things I learned in school while being a nanny it's just my current situation is a bit draining and I'm definitely tiring of it. Rob and I have talked about the possibility of me going back to school in some way to study photography. I'm going to look into some options. Luckily Rob is super supportive and thinks I should do photography so I always have that :).
ReplyDeleteIn the mean time you could always look for a family of different age kids where a parent isn't home all day. Makes a HUGE difference. Don't feel like you have to see this job all the way through to when she starts school. Change could be better for both of you. Hope we get to see you this weekend!!
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