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I am an event coordinator/catering manager along with doing everything else that needs to be done at any given time. Frankly I could make more money tending bar or going back to waiting tables at the right place. But the hours are perfect, my boss is super flexible and I have a lot of freedom to do the job as I see fit.

I don't love it however, if I was planning weddings and special events more often and doing less corporate lunch catering it would be different.

I want to go back to school, but am still stuck not knowing what I want to go back for, or what I really want to be when I grow up that actually would bring in a paycheck.

I know exactly how you feel. That has been my struggle my whole life. I could never figure out what I wanted to be when I "grew up" that I would enjoy, and make money! Now I have spent a ton of money on school, and yes hopefully I will have a career making decent money, but will I really enjoy it? Not sure... I hope you find yours!

The pictures are beautiful Barbara!! I wish you could come do my yard!!

Kristi, I just came back from a vet meeting in Minneapolis, I think you could become a veterinary ultrasound technician. I could not BELIEVE the new instrumentation that I saw at the meeting, could not believe it, it was like Superman
Xray vision, the ultrasound and the new digital Xrays on the HD screens.

I think if a person could buy one of those fancy machines one could probably make a career travelling about doing consulting at different clinics.

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Kristi, I just came back from a vet meeting in Minneapolis, I think you could become a veterinary ultrasound technician. I could not BELIEVE the new instrumentation that I saw at the meeting, could not believe it, it was like Superman
Xray vision, the ultrasound and the new digital Xrays on the HD screens.

I think if a person could buy one of those fancy machines one could probably make a career travelling about doing consulting at different clinics.

I have thought about that as well! For both veterinary and humans, as it would give me much more freedom. But I haven't looked into how much a machine that would be portable costs. I know the ones we use now, are hundreds of thousands. Hope you had a good time at the meeting! The newer ultrasound machines are pretty amazing, although I rarely use them. Most places don't upgrade their machines all that often because of cost.

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I don't love it however, if I was planning weddings and special events more often and doing less corporate lunch catering it would be different.

I want to go back to school, but am still stuck not knowing what I want to go back for, or what I really want to be when I grow up that actually would bring in a paycheck.

I know exactly how you feel. That has been my struggle my whole life. I could never figure out what I wanted to be when I "grew up" that I would enjoy, and make money! Now I have spent a ton of money on school, and yes hopefully I will have a career making decent money, but will I really enjoy it? Not sure... I hope you find yours!

These are the things I have realized that are guiding my personal career choices
1. I can't do the corporate grind, my husband works for a big corporation, and all of the BS that goes with it would put me right over the edge.

2. If you ask me what I want to do, Other than a few things that I would really really love but have very little to no earning potential my answer is always the same.... "Well I really don't know, I just want to not hate it and make enough to fund the things in life I really love"

So I am looking at a paralegal program where you come out with an Associates and a certification. It takes 2 years, pays relatively well and gives me lots of potential employers to find a place I fit in well.

Retired U.S. Air Force. Currently the Director of Canine Services for a law enforcement agency.

DFrost

I'm currently in law school and am less than thrilled about it. I'm not sure at this point if it's because I don't want to be a lawyer or because I am sick of being in school and mad that I went to law school and the job prospects are not what I expected. It could also be the fact that the bar is waiting for me in July.

So who knows...ask me again in August and maybe by then I will have figured it out.

Currently college student that dabbles in many things to support myself and my dogs. Right now it's a blend of farm work, yard work and baking for my brother. It's pretty seasonal so it fits in pretty good with the college schedule.

In the past I've been a nanny, a tutor, a assistant manager a conference center kitchen. All had pluses and minuses.

I decided to go to school so I'd have more options open to me as far as employment goes and the timing and current job fit in pretty well with it. I'm plugging away at a degree in communications.

Will - what an interesting job! If I did another career, I would be interested in forensics. Love all the shows and books and.....but they're probably so different from real life.

After changing career goals from vet med to studying large animal repro, I ran a race horse operation out of school. After my first transplant, ran an arab breeding operation, fell back into veterinary medicine for the next 20 something years, while riding and working under reining trainers. I then worked for a large veterinary drug company after being sprayed in the face with a live equine strep vaccine and eventually required a 2nd transplant. Due to all the health issues that have arisen, I am now on disability, but petsit for veterinary clients I used to see in the equine practice and volunteer at some of the larger horse shows. Never a big bread winner.

Kristi - one of the things you could do to work into the animal field, is either volunteer or intern under a vet in either a surgical practice or one that performs alot of ultrasounds in order to work your way into that inner ring. It's then a lot of word of mouth among vets with your experience!

So many people have interesting jobs!

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County Coroner.

I applied to work in the Coroner's office once. I'd have loved it!