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my next day off is next friday. all this work makes me dull, i think. and i'm beginning to realize something. i am finally in a business setting and one in which i have a good handle of the business i'm running. i analyze P&L's, adjust payrolls, recognize trends, predict buying patterns, speculate on what product will be profitable and where in the store will be the best placement; and i hate it. i participate in conference calls, i communicate with other managers within my district, and i present innovative ideas to make my store more profitable. i thought i would like business. i thought i would have what it takes to run one. i do, i just don't find anything intrinsically satisfying about it. the pay is incredible, and, to me at least, it's easy. but, ultimately, i help make the people upstairs have fatter wallets and what it all boils down to is this - my job is a numbers game and that's all it is. in the end, i drive numbers and as long as i do that, i get a paycheck. i don't help anyone. i don't teach anyone. i don't learn anything.
this in mind, in may i'll be receiving a B.A. in psychology. yes, psychology has everything to do with business. business needs people for it to be profitable and psychologists more than anyone else understand the underlying dynamics that dictate human behavior. so i thought, "i love psychology and i love business, so i'll get a psychology undergrad and an MBA." WRONG. i hate business. now that i am knee deep in spreadsheets, i can't stand it.
so naturally, this current feeling of mine prompted me to reexamine what i've been doing for the past 9 semesters and rethink about what aspect of psychology i enjoyed the most. my favorite courses were ones that dealt with some sort of clinical assessment or counseling. my absolute favorite one was psychology of women, not because i love studying about the female psyche, but because it had a community service component. for this course, i was assigned to a lower income community in long beach to tutor at risk youth. my role as an academic mentor comprised of this, facilitating and encouraging the growth of the student in their academic, emotional, and social circumstances. at the time, i thought i enjoyed it because it was fun and rewarding. but looking back at the last 7 years, every instance in which i worked in some sort of community service, i was happy. being a coordinator for science camp was incredible; being a youth coordinator for two years at my church was not only rewarding and fun, it was uplifting; and finally, being an academic mentor to children that may or may not have the opportunities that we take for granted was especially satisfying. i am rethinking my career choices because of this - because helping people do better makes me feel happy. odd huh? ...
the main career i am thinking about? ... School Psychologist.
School Psychologist: Mental health professional that helps children and youth succeed academically, socially, and emotionally. They team with educators, parents, and other mental health professionals to help create safe, healthy, and supportive learning environments for all students that strengthen connections between home and school.
i love psychology and i am good at it, so why not combine it so that i can utilize it in a setting that i have enjoyed so much in the past? ... this may be the winner. |
| | Posted 10/19/2006 12:42 AM - 23 Views - 2 eProps - 1 Comment
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