Have you ever found yourself adrift? Lost? Guessing what do you want to do next? That’s where I’m at in this moment in time. Don’t get me wrong, I’m very happy and proud of all that I accomplished so far, but my lifestyle has changed and due to certain circumstances, my needs have changed as well.
I’m in between jobs right now and looking at my life, I’ve discovered that I’m finding increasingly harder to imagine working from 9am to 5pm in a company that I have no say over or that doesn’t quite meet my need to balance both professional and personal life. The market these days is not favorable, hours are very long and the pay is really not worth it.
Since the market is at a stale point, companies that have new job openings are paying as low as possible and demand high performance and complete dedication. Sometimes working 6 days a week with one Sunday off per month. Don’t get me wrong, I can do the hours, but not if it’s going to cost me actual money.
So after a few hundred applications to job I didn’t really relate to I started thinking what I could do differently. As usual, I turned to my friends for advice and that’s when I came across the idea to challenge myself and go back to school (well, go back to studying at least). Now, before making that decision I had a lot of doubts. Some were very tangible.
Like where would I get the money to do this. And others depended on my self-esteem: would I be able to learn new tricks at this point in life and do I have what it takes to fly solo?
So, going on line to research Udacitys’ Digital Marketing Nanodegree I started to see that the course was challenging but something that I could manage and the content was right on spot with what I was seeing in the job postings. This expertise was not something that I dominated, there was a lot of new learning opportunities. Scary.
But, I also realized throughout my research that in completing this course I could be certified to practice quality Digital Marketing. This would open up more possibilities in job applications but also it would be a got start to a new business. I could actually start working for myself and consulting or implementing digital marketing strategies for other business owners.
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Of course it’s challenging, but this would allow me to work my own hours, build something that I believe in with my own personal traits and if I plan correctly I can sustain myself financially as well.
So, as of a few weeks ago I’m now a student at Udacity and in a month or so I start my new career as a digital marketer. Wanna do some business together?
