Career - How did you know?

i was going to be a mw too but then realised the crazy hours and stuff:) but awesome for anyone who can do it!:)

miss- yes I know..with my job(other job and ece job) had a lot to do with some of them..some great..some really crap...and I think I'd be good at it:)

I've always known what I wanted to do since I was a very little kid. I never wanted to do anything except write, and romantic as it is, being a starving writer doesn't pay the bills so journalism is a good compromise. I did lose the plot for a while, dropped out of school at 15, went back at 17, dropped out of uni the first time and didn't really get serious about my degree til I realised I'd never get a job without it. Finished my degree at 22 with a one year old and kind of fell into my job here at OHbaby! when Maya was about 18 months and here I am still.

I've found that since working here, and having my kids, I've become fascinated with pregnancy and birth and would love to do some sort of post grad qualification coz I hope to stay in this particular field of journalism long term.

ETA: I mean a postgrad in something pregnancy/birth/baby related, I already have a POstgrad Dip in Journalism.

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Kels wrote: Ive always wanted to be a midwife since I saw my first natural birth. I think it was a mixture of the Dr's enthusaism(sp?) in showing me and teaching me how everything worked that got me interested. From then on I was hooked. I got into MW school but saw a career adviser and they suggested nursing as MW is very full on and with a young child (only had one then) very hard on them with being on call etc. FEllinto nursing and havent looked back. I plann on going to do my midwifery when my youngest is in college. Goodluck with your decision. Still plenty of time to decide

Same here all I wanted was to be a midwife but got talked into nursing by a careers advisor and hated it.

I'm 27 at the moment and even though I am a qualified primary teacher (I went straight to T-col/Uni after High School), sometimes I still don't know if its what I want to do or not with my life (long hours, stressful schools, low pay for the amount of stress and stuff you have to put up with)
There are a number of things I would still like to try but the thought of having to go back to study at the moment doesn't really appeal....
Remember these days most people have a few 'careers' not just the one, so don't stress if you haven't found what you're quite looking for!

I was never career driven and still not although I am in a professional job and been asked on many occasions to step up to a higher job. BUT I am happy in what I am doing and have my work life balance at the moment. My job has little stress - as I work part time. But then i think its cause I know the job so well that its got little stress.

I wanted to be an air hostess (cabin attendent as it is now referred as) and 'back then' you use to have to be 22.. so I waited - well blah I had josh and then let go of my dream to be one. Although i am sure I could do it now I know its not practical with a family and so will stick with what I have now. content

ETA: i never saw myself as a mother of 3 and that was not in my plan for my 20's(except of cause when i was 8 saying I wanted 3 kids). But life is funny and doesn't always turn out the way we 'planned'

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