Sometimes you know what you want and other times you don't. A friend of mine stated he doesn't believe I fully know what I want. I will say that I agree with him in some aspects. I have ideas about what I want both professionally and personally, but there are times when my focus changes.
For the past 8 years I have served as a Program Manager of the Civil Rights Program for my agency. I do everything from process complaints of discrimination to training to reporting to Special Emphasis Programs. At times I am challenged and I love it. I love empowering employees when I train. I also love the investigative side of things. There are times when I feel unfulfilled and I look to change career fields.
I currently hold two degrees, a BA in Human Relations (profit and non-profit) and an MPA. I also completed a Graduate Certificate in Intelligence Analysis. As I have mentioned in a previous blog, I am also studying to become a Certified Personal Trainer/Group Exercise Instructor. Most recently I thought about pursuing a law degree. What can I say, I love school.
From a professional standpoint I have applied for jobs in other career groups. It seems as if my list of degrees shows I have some sort of ADD. My skills are all over the place. I guess you can say I am a jack of all trades and a master of none....although I consider myself a subject matter expert as it relates to civil rights, lol.
Personally, I'm talking relationship-wise, I want REAL love. I want the fairy tale...I'm a helpless romantic. I want the husband and a child. I want to give this ocean of love I have inside of me to one person. There is SO much inside of me that it is hard to contain.
Now the qualities that he, my husband, possesses changes...often. Since D-Day, I have been going back and forth about what I will and will not accept the next time I enter into a SERIOUS relationship with someone. Maybe I keep changing my standards because I'm learning that things are very different from the last time I was single. I'm also learning that no one is perfect, myself included, and there may be no "perfect man."
Whatever the situation, my friend has me thinking. When I was in counseling a while back I was given an exercise to write down my wants, needs and dislikes. Perhaps I need to visit that exercise again in hopes it will give me some direction.....professionally and presonally.
For the past 8 years I have served as a Program Manager of the Civil Rights Program for my agency. I do everything from process complaints of discrimination to training to reporting to Special Emphasis Programs. At times I am challenged and I love it. I love empowering employees when I train. I also love the investigative side of things. There are times when I feel unfulfilled and I look to change career fields.
I currently hold two degrees, a BA in Human Relations (profit and non-profit) and an MPA. I also completed a Graduate Certificate in Intelligence Analysis. As I have mentioned in a previous blog, I am also studying to become a Certified Personal Trainer/Group Exercise Instructor. Most recently I thought about pursuing a law degree. What can I say, I love school.
From a professional standpoint I have applied for jobs in other career groups. It seems as if my list of degrees shows I have some sort of ADD. My skills are all over the place. I guess you can say I am a jack of all trades and a master of none....although I consider myself a subject matter expert as it relates to civil rights, lol.
Personally, I'm talking relationship-wise, I want REAL love. I want the fairy tale...I'm a helpless romantic. I want the husband and a child. I want to give this ocean of love I have inside of me to one person. There is SO much inside of me that it is hard to contain.
Now the qualities that he, my husband, possesses changes...often. Since D-Day, I have been going back and forth about what I will and will not accept the next time I enter into a SERIOUS relationship with someone. Maybe I keep changing my standards because I'm learning that things are very different from the last time I was single. I'm also learning that no one is perfect, myself included, and there may be no "perfect man."
Whatever the situation, my friend has me thinking. When I was in counseling a while back I was given an exercise to write down my wants, needs and dislikes. Perhaps I need to visit that exercise again in hopes it will give me some direction.....professionally and presonally.
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