This post is probably going to be a little bit different from what you may read on here. But I need help.
I (28f) come from a very lower middle class family. Closer to poverty than middle class. My entire family has a very blue collar approach to life. And being the only girl in a large family of boys, means I was raised to be a useless porcelain doll. Also raised in the age of, “You can be whatever you want to be! As long as it’s a doctor!” I never had the math smarts to excel in school, and my family never kept up with my studies. This combined with being told by my family members that I’m incapable at everything and everything I enjoyed was either dumb or not for girls, led to me falling behind and not going to college. Which I don’t necessarily deem as bad, since at least I’m not in debt.
I’ve always worked in retail and restaurants since I had to make money to survive starting in high school. I’ve been in an endless cycle of burning myself out to keep the bills paid. The problem is that now I’ve had an entire year to ponder how unsustainable those industries are. And how I hate my current job for not taking care of its employees during this time. (No health insurance, being forced to work and if we get sick we can’t hold them accountable, they raised funds to help staff and never distributed the donations, lowered wages, etc; all from a company who has profited off the pandemic.)
I’ve been conquering limitations of my past all year, reflecting and changing, but I’m having a hard time getting past this one. I’m tired, I’ve had no support my entire life, I don’t know what opportunities are available to me, nor do I think I’d be competent at anything. I’ve always been told to do what you love, but as a result of my childhood, I don’t have anything close to that. If I’m being entirely honest, I’d be most fulfilled being a stay at home mom, but that’s not an option.
Going back to school is expensive and time consuming and I’m looking for a more instant gratification solution, and I am fully aware how unreasonable that is. And I still grapple with what I would want to go for. And whether I could even be able to stick with it given my previous experiences with education.
I don’t know where to turn. Which is always when I go to Reddit. I know there are a lot of compassionate people on here. I’ve recently learned how to cook well, which I feel could be a good starting point. I enjoy baking, also, but I’ve always been held back by all of the regulations of that business, as it would need a lot of upfront money from what I understand. I also enjoy writing and language, anything from journalism to etymology. But I don’t know how or if I would fit in that world. Conversely, I have bad reactions to bodily fluids, so medical career paths aren’t really a fit for me.
Any advice is welcome here. I really just want to contribute more to society, and create more stability for my fiancé and I so that we can work towards our future together instead of just burning ourselves out. This is a completely new mindset for me, trying to be something. I just feel like there’s some resource I’m missing. At this point I’d be willing to try anything. So, to conclude, is there any way to be successful without a college education?
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