tryin2makeit's Journal

I interviewed Amy DiBartolo on Friday and I thought it was a great interview. She had a lot of great things to say and had depth of experience to share- she is an awesome person. She brought a binder of photos from her time with the East Hanover Environmental Commission- tons of great outreach: canoe rides, stream bank plantings, flower potting, stream clean-ups, storm drain stenciling, making new trails, etc. It was great! At the end, she gave me some great advice about the future that is still with me- to have a plan...for the next ten years! I have to ask myself "Where do I want to be in 10 years?" and then get on the path to get there. I have never made that leap in my career/employment thinking- just kind of wingin' it as I go, and doing whatever is available. I think it's time to make the change in thinking- time to approach the CAREER. I think part of what has been holding me back from making this leap before has been a fear of committing to one thing for the rest of my life. It feels like there are too many choices! and saying yes to one thing means saying no to all the other options. But no, I don't think it's like that-  I think you have one main focus that becomes your job, and then you can have many many side interests to go along with that! It's great! And I want to make sure that I am making efforts to improve and expand my employable skills. So that is the latest- now where do I go from here? I started looking over GRE materials, now I want to get an idea of what programs are out there, and how I can go back to school and get paid to do it! Time to make those decisions- decide what I want to be doing. It feels like it has some GIS in it, maybe some engineering. Who knows! I have to look at grad school options. Decide when to take the GRE. Look into emplyment options for the next year. And do a tap dance on my old self.