Living the Dream...well, Plan B

It seemed as if I thought I had it all planned out. I figured I would go to school, know what I wanted to do, work through it, graduate, and have fabulous job that paid well. All this by the time I was 25. It seems however that life had different lessons to teach me.

I dropped out of University of Utah after 2 semesters, worked at Discover Card for 2 years, dealt with my parents divorce, and personally dealing with being gay and losing the majority of my "friends", making new friends, moving to Connecticut, which changed 4 days before the move, to Las Vegas. Twelve years after, I am still in Plan B, or maybe it is C or D or E by now. No matter what it is, it is not where I saw myself at age 35. I seriously expected to be in a "career" by now.

Leaving Las Vegas was the first of the best steps to my future. I am less stressed, more directed and not tempted by the $$$ from working in the casino industry. I am getting more and more healthy, feeling more creative, and being more productive than I have been in a very long time. I am the most poor I have been in a very very very long time, but I am happy, and isn't that what matters? I think it is. Definitely a step in the right direction. Next step, finding the perfect job that will bring me closer to a career.

What do I want in a job? Well, here is what I do want:
~ To work in a casual dress environment
~ I want to be able to be creative
~ I want my day to day tasks to be different (they can be the same in general, but not every day)
~ I want to be able to have a mohawk again if I want to
~ I want to make the money that I know I am worth
~ I want growth potential and opportunities to gain more knowledge and skills
~ I want a pension
~ I want a balanced environment

While those are most of the things that I want in a job, I will accept any of those and realize that there will be few jobs in the world that will satisfy all of those.

Will finding that job take me from Plan B to the dream? I am not sure, but I am sure going to try and see if it will.

That takes me to the final step...starting a new goal...but that will left for when I get out of Plan B!