Wednesday, October 8, 2008

What about teaching?

For the past 8-10 months I've been doing quite a bit of soul searching, trying to figure out what it is that I want to do with my life...(BIG QUESTION)

A lot of ideas have been thrown around in my head and the only thing I'm completely sure on is that I would like to work Monday-Friday, daytime hours. I have a love for children, event planning, using creativity while at work, and having each day be different. However beyond that I don't really know what I want...or how to incorporate all these things into my daily job.

For a long time I feel it's been weighing on my heart to work for the church, or to do something where I feel I am getting fulfilled every day by my job, making a difference everyday...I just don't feel that being an admin asst. for an Ad Firm is accomplishing this. I love my job here, and the people I work with are great, but I just feel like I could be doing more, making a bigger impact. However in these economic times it's not really the time to be switching jobs.

For the past few months teaching has been a constant idea I keep coming back to. I could use my creativity every day, I'd have some excellent vacation time (that's not a big seller as I already do have more vacation time than I know what to do with), and I feel like I would really feel fulfilled everyday...or if not everyday at least every week.

This is one of those decisions that is going to wrack my brain for at least the next 6 months while I pray about it and think about it constantly, and there are so many obstacles standing in my way, for starters, I don't have a degree in education...I have a degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management...however, in GA you don't need a education degree to teach. But to make any money at it you need to get a masters, which I don't have, nor do I have the money to go back to school right now. And I still won't make a whole lot of money, but as long as I can pay my bills and live comfortably I'm not too concerned about it...these are the things that fly around in my head every day! And this is only one of the many jobs I'm thinking about in my very confused head....

Just thought I would share, and see if anyone has any insights.

1 comment:

Lindsey said...

Laura-

I just can't get the smile off my face. So excited for you. Praying the Lord will continue to ignite a passion in your life!