The future....

Maywood Thanking Me for Presenting!

 This last week has really had me examine what I want my future to look like. I went into this week so excited because I had 5 interviews! Which is a ton and I never realized how exhausting it is to talk about yourself for so long, over and over again. Yet, I don't feel like any of the jobs I interviewed for are what I want to do, yet I can't pin point what I actually want to do.

Adrian Plaster Casting the Bear Print

Part of me wants to back into 'education' because I am comfortable there, it is my safety net. I also love to do it! However, I just spent the last year learning so much and I loved most of what I learned.
And I know a career in education, even environmental education
I will not be embracing most of my learning into practice. I want to use what I learned in my degree and I don't want to put that aside. This summer, I felt like that is all I have done. I have a project that did not push me or utilize what I learned in this project. I did learn some things, but its not at all what I wanted. I am so disappointed with it.

I wish I had some guidance on where I should be going from here. Some of the positions I have been applying to are:

• Outdoor Education
• Program Manager of County Parks
• Coordinator of Non-profits
• Natural Resource Technician 
• Volunteer Coordinator
• Communications Manager 

As you can see, this is a very broad scope of environmental careers. Yet when I am interviewing with them and reading job descriptions, I don't feel like the EC program's skills I have learned are utilized in any of them, besides the idea to have good communication and people skills. This is part because of where I am going to live. I love my husband and I have missed him when he has been traveling the last 2 years and I want to be with him. But part of me thinks about what I am going to miss out on in my career. Yet, do positions in conservation exist in the Cincinnati area and I just don't know about them yet? I am hoping this is the case, so when I get there I can find clarity. Yet with all my program coordinators and everyone I know cannot tell me of any possibilities, I am not hopeful. 

Front Bear Foot Track