I’ve come to accept the fact that I really dislike doing hair.
Now, this realization came to me a couple years ago – when I stopped working as an assist on the hair team at work – but I obviously didn’t fully accept it as I have since gone back to assisting. My attraction to cosmetology stems mostly from my enjoyment of the industry; I love the people and I love the whole fashion-focused field. I keep going back to doing hair because it is generally the most financially lucrative field in the industry, short of owning one’s own business. However, I can’t stand doing it anymore. Always I get fed up with it and just want to wash my hands of the whole experience. Overall I find the work tedious, it lacks any sort of the mental stimulation that I crave, and I <i>cannot</i> see myself doing it in the next five years.
I’ve considered some advice I had gotten a while back, and since researched, and I am fairly settled in my decision to go and get a licensed as a paralegal. From there I can, if I want, continue my education and go into law.
My very first educational track in college was Poli-Sci, which I figured I could use to either go into law or politics.
So, from here I am going to move onto the staff at the front desk so that I can earn more cash and have a set of skills that I can add to my resume. I also plan to enroll in the paralegal program, which starts in January, and from there.. we’ll see..
g'ma judy said,
October 22, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Hi Sweetie: I’m sure the paralegal program will give you a good idea of whether or not this is what you really want to pursue. Obviously you are having a hard time picking the career you want to dedicate yourself to but that decision will come in good time, when the door opens itself to you. Just “go with the flow” and don’t worry so much about having things set in stone; you are still young and have plenty of time to come to these decisions.
Love you much!
Jeremiah said,
October 30, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Good for you. I think you would do exceptionally well in law. The field demands extraordinary skill at writing, which you obviously possess.
I discovered today that a woman joining our lab started out as a cosmetologist and decided that, after about 5 years of doing hair, she wanted to become a chemist. She’s like you, I suppose, except she’s 8 feet tall and white.