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What should I do? Grab the position and become a teacher later or wait it?
I am on a time crunch. It is almost summer, meaning I will not bring enough income during the summer.
I left my teaching position because I wanted to find a job that I I would love. But after three months of job searches, I haven't had much luck. I know I should've been more prepared, but because of the lack of support I received at my teaching position, I had zero time for myself let alone to search for a backup position. I was miserable.
Now because of the time crunch, part of me wants to go back to teaching. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I kind of miss it. But then I realize that if I go back, I'd probably hate it again. Maybe because it's familiar? Maybe I'm looking for a better environment/support? I have no idea.
I am currently offered a legal admin assistant position, that wants me to start in two weeks, if I take the admin job at the legal office, I honestly don't think it'll pay enough to where I'll need it until years later, whereas teaching will give me what I need immediately, and I'm pretty much guaranteed a position.
I don't want to take the legal job, burn the bridges I currently have, then burn that bridge realizing I'd probably go back to teaching because of the pay. Plus, once I take it, I don't know if I'll be able to find the time to go in from interviews for a teaching position.
I have an admin assistant interview at a university on April 4, and that's the one I really want. However, based in my experience, i feel they will choose someone who has more experience than me. I feel like if I don't get this one, I'm probably going to go back to teaching.
Thoughts?
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Some times as an adult when we are under pressure to make a decision, it is scary because we fear we may not make a good decision or the best one. All we can do, is to follow our heart and try to first fulfill what needs to be done to practical purposes, and for you, that would be having an income to pay bills. Don't look back at things that didn't pan out as failures. You already know those things didn't work so you dont have to try them again.
Now you have actually less options to try out. If another one doesn't pan out, then you keep whittling down the options, until you find something that works for you. Yes, it is a slow painful process for many of us.
Just remember that if you were hiring someone for a position, you would be hiring because the person has the schooling and qualifications for the job, just lacking a long past experience in the field. And that can not be helped. Everyone has to start somewhere. Sometimes, people are not hired because they have lots of background experience but becuase the person hiring actually likes how they carry theirselves, a dedicated type, the self confidence that oozes from them, being an outgoing, people person, all stuff that goes a long way toward a person hiring someone with those qualities when a prior person had experience but lacked these qualities. That is the picture you would do best to keep in your mind when going for interviews, is that the previous person lacked these qualities but you have them and so regardless of lack of experience, you still have just as good a chance as anyone else. Attitude often will help get you the job, especially if the job will require you to interact with other people all day long. That is even more crucial in my eyes than an experience in that field, and harder to find in potential applicants for a job.
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I can tell you what happened to me. I was at a job where it was pretty much cake. I was good at it, didn't pay much but enough to survive. But I was miserable. I got a job far away that paid 3x what the other job paid. I was laid off from that new job and I guess I burned my bridges and couldn't get my old job back. I didn't really want to work there anymore cause I was miserable. I ended up getting a better job with higher pay. So for me, in the end, it was worth the risk. I was happier and made more $. Until I got laid off from that job too. If I had stayed at the original job, I would be making bank now. So part of me regrets leaving a sure thing, eventhough I was miserable. Another part of me is glad I got out of there because eventhough it was a sure thing and now I'd be making more $, I'd probably still be miserable.
Now I'm making peanuts compared to how much I made before, but I'm also happier. We create our own misery and our own happiness.
Life taught me that money doesn't equal happiness. But you still gotta survive and make enough to live relatively comfortably.
So you just gotta weigh your options.
Option 1: Keep teaching. Possible outcomes: Nothing changes. You stay miserable at your job (unless you find a way to change the way you look at things). But through that job you might be able to another, better teaching job. But if you don't like teaching, then wherever you go, you probably still won't like it. But at least the money is secure. You can of course, keep looking for something better.
Option 2: Get the new job. Outcomes: Make less $, more volatile, you might not like it either, might not be able to go back to your old job. Leave things more to chance. But you might like it and be happy there and that may provide its own opportunities.
You gotta weigh the risk/rewards. Sometimes taking a risk is worth it, sometimes its not. But if you're miserable at your job it might be worth it to get a little more peace of mind. Just be prepared to be a little uncomfortable if it doesn't work out at your new job. Even if you can't get your old job back, you might be able to easily get another teaching job somewhere else.
For me, it was worth the risk because I got to expand my horizons and realized I was capable of making way more $ than I was making at my cushy job. Even though in the end I lost pretty much everything, I'm glad I took the risk and I grew as a person because of it. If I hadn't taken the risk, I would probably still have my cushy job, but making bank now. But I would probably still be miserable.
If you choose to stay at your teaching job, try to change the way you look at things. Of course, if you're miserable, you should keep looking for something on the side.
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