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It's been a while: What do you do? What is your occupation?

annerbonesannerbones Posts: 1,812
edited November -1 in Parenting and Life
I am a teacher, who is yet again looking for a different teaching job. I miss the period of time when my parents were young and you got a job out of college and it was the job you had for the rest of your career. Seriously, I am tired of the turmoil in education - but can't imagine doing anything else. I have explored other areas but keep getting drawn back to teaching.

What do you do? Do you like it?
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Progesterone therapy and baby aspirin daily

Two miscarriages in between (August 2012 - same donor as Maggie, and December 2014 with husband)
Maggie
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    babymakes3babymakes3 Posts: 433 ✭✭
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    First Grade teacher. this is my 12th year. I love it!
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    babydreamingbabydreaming Posts: 258
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    I am a law clerk
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    michgirlmichgirl Posts: 406 ✭✭
    edited August 2012
    AS of a few weeks ago I am unemployed.... :( But I was a pharmacy tech.
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    SomedaysoonSomedaysoon Posts: 133
    edited November -1
    I'm a preschool teacher at a Montessori school and absolutely love everything about my job!! :)
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    TheOtherLovingMomsTheOtherLovingMoms Posts: 1,481 ✭✭
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    I am a SAHM and homeschool our son. DW is in the banking industry.
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    I just turned 50 and fabulous!!! Enjoying life with my amazing family!!
    Mom to Rachel 33, Bethany 30, Rebekah 30, Zachrey 20 and several angel babies
    Grandma to Larissa 11, Brittney 11, Trevor 11, Destiny 7, Jayvin 6, Jackxon 3, Kaleb Joshua Rian 1. Grandbaby #8, Sariah Grace born 11-17-16
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    old mamaold mama Posts: 4,682 ✭
    edited November -1
    Former teacher now SAHM to 8 adopted special needs kids!
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    melmel Posts: 793
    edited November -1
    I'm a middle school science teacher. I love my job, but it is extremely demanding. I really love the time I get at home with my kids!
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    ShannyShanny Posts: 2,456
    edited November -1
    I'm a Professional Nanny and Household Manager. I love both the "stay at home Mom" portion of my job and the complete flip side where I have a professional persona. Best of both worlds I guess. But in an ideal world where I win the lottery would I keep working? Um, no.
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    ncmomstobencmomstobe Posts: 549
    edited November -1
    I'm in my tenth year of teaching high school, and I love it! That being said, if we had the money I would take off another semester to be with baby Alfie.
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    K&HK&H Posts: 3,368 ✭✭
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    I'm a child psychologist (well, almost anyway, 3 months to go). I love the active, working parts of my job but I detest the slow, slogging through, paperwork aspect. I hate writing evaluative reports on kids, but love getting to communicate with others who are there to help. I love play therapy but some days hate family work. It's a toss up.
    If I won the lottery... well, I would probably quit for a bit, but then I bet I would go back to it on a smaller scale and with more freedom.
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    LandTLandT Posts: 293
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    I'm in the insurance business. Not my first choice but i'm in to deep to get out. ha! I admire all the teachers out there. I don't think I would ever have the patience. :D
    Liz and Tracey

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    merilungmerilung Posts: 1,177
    edited November -1
    I'm a childbirth doula, and I do some weekly babysitting/nanny work on the side. I LOVE my work - I would totally keep working if I won the lottery.
    TTC since September 2007 - 8 donor insems in 2012, all BFN. DH had varicocele repair #2 1/3/14.
    It worked! Two clomid cycles and two IUI's with injectables all BFN, on to IVF! 3dt of 2 perfect embryos on 12/15/14, BFP 7dp3dt! Frederick Lars born at 37 weeks on 8/15/15!! FET for #2 on 9/29/16 - BFP 5dp5dt!! Bertram Wilder and Mabel Moon born at 28.4 weeks on 3/29/17!
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    christeacherchristeacher Posts: 242 ✭✭
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    I teach martial arts and recently started an after school program as an extension. I hope to be able to hire another instructor in the very near future so that when I start ttc I will be working for less than an hour and a half. Fingers crossed!!
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    DuckDuck Posts: 314
    edited November -1
    I'm a canine behavioral consultant and the editor of a high-traffic dog website. I also provide in-home hospice care for animals as I have a veterinary background. Em is the center director of 6 infant and toddler classrooms and her program is opening up a new school in September, so she'll then be overseeing 9. She also is in charge of constructing the bilingual curriculum for all the districts.
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    merilungmerilung Posts: 1,177
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    Duck - know of any good resources for tips on how to help/handle a leash-reactive dog?
    TTC since September 2007 - 8 donor insems in 2012, all BFN. DH had varicocele repair #2 1/3/14.
    It worked! Two clomid cycles and two IUI's with injectables all BFN, on to IVF! 3dt of 2 perfect embryos on 12/15/14, BFP 7dp3dt! Frederick Lars born at 37 weeks on 8/15/15!! FET for #2 on 9/29/16 - BFP 5dp5dt!! Bertram Wilder and Mabel Moon born at 28.4 weeks on 3/29/17!
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    graceinflgraceinfl Posts: 1,743
    edited November -1
    I am a college professor and love it. I taught middle school science and made the change to the college level after dealing with parents. Switched fields and now teach criminal justice courses. I would continue to teach college even if I won the lottery because I just love, love, love it!
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    charcoaleyescharcoaleyes Posts: 864
    edited November -1
    I am a public defender. I represent mostly juveniles and mentally ill people. I am burnt out. It is emotionally demanding, time consuming and pays a pittance.

    I am going back to school part-time in a couple weeks to get my library degree. Who needs to sleep?
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    smartycat92smartycat92 Posts: 564
    edited November -1
    I am a veterinarian and my DP a vet tech. I have done emergency work in poor neighborhoods most of my career. I love the work and for the most part I love the people that are in the field. But I hate my current job. My previous boss passed away and the clinic was bought by new people who are just horrible. But I stay because I have kept my salary. In this economy, they pay people with 20yrs experience the same as a new graduate. So even though I have explored other opportunities, I plan on sticking it out where I am for as long as possible.
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    DuckDuck Posts: 314
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    merilung wrote:
    Duck - know of any good resources for tips on how to help/handle a leash-reactive dog?

    Sure, I can give you a few tips. Send me a message with a little more info about your pup and what you've already tried.
    Zack and Emily

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    njmommanjmomma Posts: 531
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    I am a psychiatric nurse. Nurses tend either to hate psychiatry, or to love it. I happend to be one of those who loves it. I like my job, cause there is never a boring day when I am working.
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    blkbrd3blkbrd3 Posts: 1,221 ✭✭
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    I own a small boutique tax preparation, consulting and representation firm. I really get a kick out of helping a terrified and confused client feel empowered, championed, and incontrol of a difficult financial situation. I love preparing multistate or national personal income tax returns during the peak season.

    My business is experiencing some growing pains and that's building some character. There are moments when I'm not overly fond of character formation.

    If I won the lottery tonight I would continue working after taking a long vacation... and increase everyone's salary by $10,000 per year.
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    KatydidKatydid Posts: 515 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am the director of nursing at a nursing home/rehab facility. I am grateful for my job. I love the flexibility it gives me as a single mother, but I do not like being in charge. I would prefer to do the job myself so that I know it is done right. So, having to depend on someone else who is not as motivated to show up and give it 100% is frustrating (and embarrassing at times). I will keep it up as long as they are willing to keep me and the kids are small, but then I want to be a worker bee again...preferably back in pediatrics.
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    FlowergirlFlowergirl Posts: 2,040
    edited November -1
    I work full time in retail management, as well as do digital design on contract for a local, high end photographer, who I used to work for full time. I am not currently doing any digital design, as I have about all I feel like handling with one full time job on my feet all day, but once baby boy arrives, I am hoping to cut to part time at my retail job, and go back to more digital design contract work, which I can do completely from home and on my own schedule!
    After 9 yrs & 1 devastating loss, we got our BFP at 9DPO ~ and welcomed our beautiful son on Halloween! Best treat ever!!

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    EMG_RELEMG_REL Posts: 2,379
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    I'm a middle school English teacher, and she's a high school English teacher. We both love it. :)
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    Shaeley MaeShaeley Mae Posts: 1,731
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    Call Center manager in the alcohol industry (we wholesale and distribute beer/wine/spirits to everyone who retails it -- liquor stores, grocery stores, restaurants, airlines, night clubs, gas stations, .... you name it).

    Aside from our peak season being during the Fall (no vacation time for Thanksgiving, Christmas), it's a pretty great job and provides well for me and my kiddos. The "perks" are pretty good too ;)
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    babybabybabybaby Posts: 1,564
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    ANNERBONES!!! you're PREGNANT?!!! :)
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    annerbonesannerbones Posts: 1,812
    edited November -1
    Yep!
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    Progesterone therapy and baby aspirin daily

    Two miscarriages in between (August 2012 - same donor as Maggie, and December 2014 with husband)
    Maggie
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    GaBeekeeperGaBeekeeper Posts: 916
    edited November -1
    I am the Property Manager of rental property that DW owns and I am also the Assistant Executive Director of our local LGBT Pride organization (volunteer job). I am able to work from home so I really like being so flexible.
    DW is a commercial beekeeper with over 500 hives of bees. She has done that her entire life and she loves it.
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    KKF13KKF13 Posts: 269
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    Wow- so many people in careers caring for others! I am a special education teacher for k-5 students specializing in children with autism. I love my job! I just have to try to go home at the end of the day and leave it at school....
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    ChrysanthemumChrysanthemum Posts: 1,205 ✭✭
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    njmomma wrote:
    I am a psychiatric nurse. Nurses tend either to hate psychiatry, or to love it. I happend to be one of those who loves it. I like my job, cause there is never a boring day when I am working.

    I was a psych nurse for years, loved it. I was attacked a few times by pts and decided when I got my bfp to make a change now I am resource, I do med/surge/tele/ icu/ccu and peds. Every once in a while I'll also pick up a shift at the prison but I don't like it, they pat same day though.
    I think in about a yr I'm going to go back and work on my MSN and be a nurse practitioner.
    DH is a retail bank manager.
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