Can You Afford To Re-Invent Yourself? (Episode 14)
It's not easy to reinvent yourself and go into another career simply because we can't afford it. Right? You have to take a cut and pay. And then again, the fact of the matter is there's this thing called age discrimination. I mean, that's something no employer or prospective employer is going to overtly admit to you, but they do engage in age discrimination. So you've got those two negative factors that you face with
I did, however, go back in 2010, and I got my certificate to be a speech and language pathology assistant after being a special education instructional assistant, and I liked it. But again, it wasn't really where my heart was. So in 2013, was it 13? No, I'm sorry. 2015, went back to graduate school, and it was interesting because I was very scared to do so. Right
But much like yourself, I mean, it took me about five years to finally break into the true career that I wanted to get into when I graduated school. And I was one of the lucky ones, as many people have said, that, hey, I got into the field that I was majoring in, but then I know so many other people that majored in one thing and they got involved in something totally different and they were very happy. So it all depends. Everybody's different
Devski Grene’
@Devski_Grene · 4:59
And you may have to skill up and you may have to take a pay cut. But in the long term, if that job or that position or that business offers you fulfillment, then I think it is well worth it. Because one, you'll come to do your work every day with joy, and two, because of the joy that you have, you'll find a way to have that position or that business make a way for you and your loved ones
So if you'd like, I mean, I would be really encouraged to hear what you have to say if you want to rerecord it, but that's up to you. But nevertheless, thank you very much again for stopping by. Talk to you later. Thank you
Isoellen Writes
@Isoellen · 4:53
So I could see him falling into any number of things. He's talked about game design. He's talked about all different kinds of things. He's also talked about teaching. He has a passion for teaching computer science and math because he thinks the way it's currently taught is wrong. He doesn't think it serves students at all to be taught the way it's taught in his experience and he'd really like to teach it with more connectedness so I could see him going anywhere
Hey, Israel. And nice to hear from you. Thanks for stopping by. It's interesting you talk about your mom, you know, going through changes and reinventing herself. My mom went through the same thing. She worked in retail for a number of years as a salesperson when we were in New Jersey, and then she became a business owner for commercial daycare and was very successful at it. And then she retired, so she reinvented herself twice
Hey Isabella, just a real follow up. I did respond to you, but I just kind of replied to all by mistake. I just recently learned about the different buttons on how to use unswell and I was using the wrong button for the longest time without even knowing about it instead of replying directly to the person. So this time I made a mistake. Again, I didn't reply directly to you, but I did respond to you, so just an FYI. All right, thanks again
Isoellen Writes
@Isoellen · 0:18
There is still a lot I have not figured out about swell. And so, yeah, I totally understand. No problem. And I've probably done the same thing myself at least five times in the last month or more. Who knows? Thank you
Tiffany Jager
@Radical_4Jesus · 1:46
And we kind of felt like we had this mandate, if you would, to take our ministry and his story on the road. So we have now been on the road, traveling in our fifth wheel for the last 15 months, and our whole family lives and works at the different campgrounds we stay at. So I know it's quite different than what everyone else shared, but I truly never imagined my life being like this
And they're still around people where you go into various campgrounds and exercising and engaging in your ministry and your husband's ministry. And good for you. You kind of killed in two birds with 1 st, right? I mean, I guess you're going all over the country in the rv and seeing different areas, experiencing different people and doing what you enjoy doing. So that's fantastic. So thank you very much for sharing this story and definitely looking forward to some future and productive chats
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 1:37
But it is important. I love this wellcast. Thank you very much. Very informative. I love how you're building up there with the conversations you're having in here, and it all meshes in. I love the stuff you're doing on the university. I do live, and I'm a big fan of the three institutions that are in my town. And uniquely enough, we have three female presidents at the home. So they're getting all excited about it, and so are we
But as I think about it, and this is something I think we take for granted, the different ways that we can reinvent ourselves in our personal lives. Outside of your job or your career, it could be just organizations that you decide to volunteer with and the new people that you meet, the new activities that you take on. For example, for six years, I belonged on a board of directors, and I started out as a chairperson and ended up being president for two years
Gary Brown
@garyplaysbone · 4:10
But I think it's because what we do and how we spend time is kind of indicative of what's so important to us. It's important to me to feel a part of something and want to do this career thing, or it's important to me to want to do music projects and be creative, or it used to be important to me to spend as much time on my job and be as valuable as I could so I could climb the corporate ladder today
And I can't thank you enough for jumping on board, and I will definitely follow you, my friend. And I look forward to many more productive chats in the future. You all right, Gary? Thank you. Take care
Coded A. Thoughts
@cathoughts · 3:20
From there, I dipped my toes into the education industry. I tutored students during my off days from class and I leanne a lot about my strengths and weaknesses. While doing that, I did tutoring for a year. After that, I started getting into the restaurant industry. I waited tables for three or four months and then after that I was busting tables at the same restaurant. I was at that same restaurant for a year until the restaurant was shut down
They have shades of differences. So it would probably behoove you to check out some various types of personality tests for career related purposes to see what kind of suits you in alignment with your personality. So you have a degree, which is great to begin with. Okay. And much like I had in my previous swell, I'd have to look back, but I think it was episode twelve or 13
Okay, now I know Edward. I'm very sorry. So I was just looking at. Actually at your username and I felt, okay, that can't be his real name. But anyway, my bad. So anyway, I wanted to explain that to you. Thank you
Coded A. Thoughts
@cathoughts · 1:57
I try to take everyone's thoughts into consideration when making decisions, so that's something I pride myself on. As of right now, I'm actually working on getting a couple of certifications related to the IT field. One course I'm currently taking is a data analytics course, so I'm trying to get certified in that so I can try to get back into the IT field
Hey, Edward, thanks for the response back. It sounds like you're definitely interested in it, and that is more than likely from what it sounds like to be the area that is up your alley. And like you said, you know what? You got to use your time wisely. And it also sounds to me like you are doing the utmost when it comes to that. Best of luck to you. Best wishes on that. I'm sure you're going to do very well
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 3:08
But, yeah, I love watching the RV life because sometimes it's a reinvention and sometimes it's something that a person always wanted to do but couldn't do. And I agree a thousand percent with you, Bruno, that when you get to a certain age, reinvention is pretty hard, especially for those of us who have solid jobs or a solid routine that we have. And then to all of a sudden go, thoughts? Reinvention? It could be hard
Hi, Erica. Thank you, as always, for stopping in and affording your valuable input. And, yes, just like you said, reinvention is a journey that never ends in life. And I think most of us, when we use that phrase, and I may have said this before, equate this phrase to changing of careers, and I may have, you know, inadvertently started that topic in such a fashion
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 1:10
I would never dream of just sitting down in front of YouTube to watch people just, I don't know. My own sister had told me that she now tries to buy the most fanciest candles ever. She's into candles. But I guess that's what happens when you get to your late thirty s, forty s, fifty s and up. You find out these interests that you have that you never had before. So it's always great to reinvent and to have these discoveries. So thank you
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 3:27
That's such a great way to develop those skills. Board governance has got so many amazing skill sets. You expand your network and it's okay to want to move into new friend circles. And that's always been a little bit of a challenge for some of our groups here. When I have conversations in my community, we want new friends, we want new life, we want to lose weight, we want all these great things. But we're not getting up off the couch to go walk
One of the key avenues to reinventing ourselves later in life, unlike when we're younger, when we do have some more time than as we enter our adulthood years, is through volunteerism. Right? I mentioned about my involvement with the board, with the board of directors, and many other people experience the same thing too, just like you said. Exactly. You expand your social network, maybe you expand your network of friends, but you challenge yourself with new experiences
Shawna Kearsley
@OnAcornBay · 3:58
So as leaders, we're developing folks all the time and sharing our knowledge so that when we go to retirement, we don't just check out with all that institutional knowledge about how we can move our human selves and our human connections forward. So that's sort of the legacy question. I don't know if you're tracking there, as I'm thinking in the moment. So that was one question. The other thing I wanted to share with you is the law enforcement piece
But that's also why I'm breaking into this industry of academic coaching, in addition to that, as a way of helping students on a nationwide basis, beyond just the college that I work with to ensure that they're being successful in school and in life. And I'm also doing that towards retirement and thinking towards retirement, because I would still love to work, but on my own terms. That is as we can all probably relate to. Right
