I’m Stuck In-between a Rock and a Hard Place...

...in terms of my career. I’m a qualified childcare worker and it’s been printed on my CV ever since I created one in college in the library (well, it’s been updated quite a lot since then) I always thought it was what I wanted to do. However, I think I’ve been completely blindsided by this and I feel I’ve missed out on the opportunities to go further in my career. Not that I want to become a teacher, there’s too much stress on teachers these days to get results and there’s too much paperwork, something I’m defo not marvellous at. All I know is that I’m stuck, I’m becoming stale.

I know people will roll their eyes at their laptop/phone screen and say “well just go out there and go after what you want!” Oh boys and girls, if only it were that simple. If I thought I could quit my job tomorrow knowing I would be financially secure, I’d literally skip to the office and hand in my notice with a huge grin on my face. I wish it was that easy, but life isn’t made to be easy, is it?


The thing is, when I think of quitting my job, I know it's the only one thing I'm really good at doing. Working with kids is so rewarding, the money is shit but it's such a good feeling helping kids to learn new things everyday. I'm not sure if I would be good at doing anything else. That does sound like I'm putting myself down quite a lot, but that's the result of poor confidence. The one perk of my job is the flexibility of it, as I work for a supply agency, I can pick and choose what days I work and what schools I want to go to.

I’ve been looking for writing jobs for months on end now, but where I live, there’s limited opportunities around. If I thought I could, I'd go into blogging full time. Like I said at the beginning though, financially that's not possible right now, unless I win the Lottery, then finances wouldn't be an issue!

The big question is - will I ever turn my blog into a full time career? Hmm, I honestly couldn't tell you. If only blogging could give you an instant wage packet when you first enter the Blogosphere.


I’m writing this post at 10:40 at night, knowing I’m going to a school tomorrow I haven’t been to before, so it’s time to dream of new possibilities and hope the dreams come true one day for me.

Lucy