…if indeed you have found it!

Explain to me what compels you.

I bet the (my) morning shift have better answers than you lot

ZombieKitten said:

still looking

I teach and coach people. Always wanted to do it. I love working with people and see them overcome their difficulties, succeed and do well.
[Edited 10/25/09 6:21am]

oldpurple said:

actively? or are you just saying that?
I felt my calling early, like age 15. I don't know how it is for other folks

Bohemian67 said:

How did that start? How did you discover you liked it? Was there a defining moment?

ZombieKitten said:

Bohemian67 said:

what?

ZombieKitten said:

Yeah still looking and im not just saying that. Looking at doing some courses to do with computer security and mangenment but they like over a £1000. each money that i have got at the moment.

Did try accounancy but got bored with that so I thought i would try Computers seeing it is a growing concern

ZombieKitten said:

I'm 17 and I still don't feel it 100%!

oldpurple said:

when you were a kid what did you want to do? what did you think would be an awesome profession?

When I was a little girl I wanted to be a nun coz I wanted to wear a veil on my head and would play with my mother's petticoats. blush blush

I think it happened at the age of 15. I was being mentored myself through a crisis and my mentor kind of shaped my path. I tried a few other things but fell back on what I'd orginally wanted to do. The moment I started coaching (in a few different areas, namely sport and language) it just fit like hand to glove. I suppose being successful at it makes it all the more compelling. When feedback is positive and people appreciate how they've progressed and see you as a leader and somewhere there to assist them get to where they're going, it makes it so rewarding, I'd never turn back.

What do you do? Shifts? Nursing?

ZombieKitten said:

i study other languages and cultures. mind you, it isn't my profession.
what compels me? i hate not understanding what people are saying.

Bohemian67 said:

who me?

my defining moment was in year 9 at school when half of my class said I should be a sign writer and the other half said I should design record covers. I looked in a book of careers and LOVED what I saw were the tools of my trade, graphic design although all those traditional tools have since been replaced with computers

I keep odd hours compared to you because I am in the southern hemisphere!!!

ZombieKitten said:

SPACEMAN!!!!! fly to the moon and live there thats the truth!

whistle said:

what IS your profession and how did you get into it?
what is your compulsion and why didn't it become your career?

So Zombiekitten, does graphic designing still compel you even though it's been taken over by computers? Have you updated yourself

ZombieKitten said:

i sell things. i got into it thanks to a poor economy.
why did my compulsion not become my profession?
some say i wasn't motivated enough, some say it's an impractical field of endeavour with little opportunity for employment.

both are true to some degree.

Bohemian67 said:

I learned some traditional techniques in college but never in my professional life used them, it's been computers since I started. I'm up to date

whistle said:

ZombieKitten said:

it's a lovely hobby, though. the vast majority of people don't get to do what they want in life.

whistle said:

how many languages do you have?

ZombieKitten said:

i would call myself capable in two other languages.
there are at least 4 more i would like to become somewhat proficient in, but being a married full-time worker with other hobbies eats into one's free time.

whistle said:

which ones?

ZombieKitten said:

the two i am capable in? japanese and french

the 4 i would like to become proficient in: spanish, german, russian, mandarin chinese

whistle said:

that's cool

ZombieKitten said:

i wish i were European. they seem to be born polyglots.

whistle said:

yeah bastards

ZombieKitten said:

calling? I have no idea what that is. Other than being a good person (helping and not harming others whenever/wherever possible) I feel no compulsion to "do" anything as it pertains to my place in the world.

I don't know what my calling is either, but I have lots of things I like to do/ that I'm not bad at