dJJ said:

missfee said:

Here's to praying for a better week for both of us as well as some insight on what to do in the future.

[Edited 6/2/13 12:16pm]

I'm sure you two will find a way to get paid doing things you like.

I can't tell you what to do. I can only share my own experience with you.

And I hope you might get something out of that.

Not so long ago, I decided that I would love to have kids.

However, I have no partner and I did not want to find me a father for my kids.

Because I think that's not a good base for a relationship.


So, I became a nanny.

As a psychologist, I was overqualified and underpaid, but I had the best time ever.

I adored the kids and I loved that job.


Now I'm training/coaching nurse students during their internship.

And again, I love it. I would like to work more hours, but I still prefer little money andr a job that gives me energy over a high paid, high stress and draining job.

It was a big step for me, to become a low status nanny.

And I'm still very gratefull I did it. Because it taught me to not value superficial and empty succes.

Now I don't have the need to become rich or obtain a high status job anymore.


I want to earn a living by doing something that gives me energy and joy.


(am meeting the boys who I nannied next week. The love that I feel for them and they give me, is still the most rewarding ever. Eventhough I'm not their nanny anymore, that nanny job still is a source of love in my life!)

I have an aunt who is a nanny.

The two boys that she used to care for (raised them from toddlers thru teenagers) love her like family.

Glad to hear that you have that positivity in your life.

dJJ said:

missfee said:

Here's to praying for a better week for both of us as well as some insight on what to do in the future.

[Edited 6/2/13 12:16pm]

I'm sure you two will find a way to get paid doing things you like.

I can't tell you what to do. I can only share my own experience with you.

And I hope you might get something out of that.

Not so long ago, I decided that I would love to have kids.

However, I have no partner and I did not want to find me a father for my kids.

Because I think that's not a good base for a relationship.


So, I became a nanny.

As a psychologist, I was overqualified and underpaid, but I had the best time ever.

I adored the kids and I loved that job.


Now I'm training/coaching nurse students during their internship.

And again, I love it. I would like to work more hours, but I still prefer little money andr a job that gives me energy over a high paid, high stress and draining job.

It was a big step for me, to become a low status nanny.

And I'm still very gratefull I did it. Because it taught me to not value superficial and empty succes.

Now I don't have the need to become rich or obtain a high status job anymore.


I want to earn a living by doing something that gives me energy and joy.


(am meeting the boys who I nannied next week. The love that I feel for them and they give me, is still the most rewarding ever. Eventhough I'm not their nanny anymore, that nanny job still is a source of love in my life!)

what a great story. thanks for sharing that.

http://www.monster.com/

happened to me in early 2009. i took a much better paying job in jan of 2009 and was all 'yahoooo' only to find my new boss was concealing millions of dollars in settlement funds from his client who was going through bankruptcy (if he had sent the check along, the client would have applied it to his bankrutpcy proceedings which would have meant my boss would lose his one third percent of the total monies recolvered). i was stuck in the middle of that mess. he actually chumped me into calling the court administrator to ask if the county would re-issue that tax refund check to him, personally, rather than to his client. i started looking for another job about two weeks into the new one.. SUCH a mistake.

XxAxX said:

happened to me in early 2009. i took a much better paying job in jan of 2009 and was all 'yahoooo' only to find my new boss was concealing millions of dollars in settlement funds from his client who was going through bankruptcy (if he had sent the check along, the client would have applied it to his bankrutpcy proceedings which would have meant my boss would lose his one third percent of the total monies recolvered). i was stuck in the middle of that mess. he actually chumped me into calling the court administrator to ask if the county would re-issue that tax refund check to him, personally, rather than to his client. i started looking for another job about two weeks into the new one.. SUCH a mistake.

Wow.

dJJ said:

missfee said:

Here's to praying for a better week for both of us as well as some insight on what to do in the future.

[Edited 6/2/13 12:16pm]

I'm sure you two will find a way to get paid doing things you like.

I can't tell you what to do. I can only share my own experience with you.

And I hope you might get something out of that.

Not so long ago, I decided that I would love to have kids.

However, I have no partner and I did not want to find me a father for my kids.

Because I think that's not a good base for a relationship.


So, I became a nanny.

As a psychologist, I was overqualified and underpaid, but I had the best time ever.

I adored the kids and I loved that job.


Now I'm training/coaching nurse students during their internship.

And again, I love it. I would like to work more hours, but I still prefer little money andr a job that gives me energy over a high paid, high stress and draining job.

It was a big step for me, to become a low status nanny.

And I'm still very gratefull I did it. Because it taught me to not value superficial and empty succes.

Now I don't have the need to become rich or obtain a high status job anymore.


I want to earn a living by doing something that gives me energy and joy.


(am meeting the boys who I nannied next week. The love that I feel for them and they give me, is still the most rewarding ever. Eventhough I'm not their nanny anymore, that nanny job still is a source of love in my life!)

That's awesome that you found something that you love to do.

It's an awful feeling thinking you've made a better move just to find out you moved to hell. I wish missfee luck in her search for something more palatable.

morningsong said:

dJJ said:

I'm sure you two will find a way to get paid doing things you like.

I can't tell you what to do. I can only share my own experience with you.

And I hope you might get something out of that.

Not so long ago, I decided that I would love to have kids.

However, I have no partner and I did not want to find me a father for my kids.

Because I think that's not a good base for a relationship.


So, I became a nanny.

As a psychologist, I was overqualified and underpaid, but I had the best time ever.

I adored the kids and I loved that job.


Now I'm training/coaching nurse students during their internship.

And again, I love it. I would like to work more hours, but I still prefer little money andr a job that gives me energy over a high paid, high stress and draining job.

It was a big step for me, to become a low status nanny.

And I'm still very gratefull I did it. Because it taught me to not value superficial and empty succes.

Now I don't have the need to become rich or obtain a high status job anymore.


I want to earn a living by doing something that gives me energy and joy.


(am meeting the boys who I nannied next week. The love that I feel for them and they give me, is still the most rewarding ever. Eventhough I'm not their nanny anymore, that nanny job still is a source of love in my life!)

That's awesome that you found something that you love to do.

It's an awful feeling thinking you've made a better move just to find out you moved to hell. I wish missfee luck in her search for something more palatable.

Thanks. For now I have to make the best of my current situation until I am able to find something else better at my previous institution (I had a good rapport with them).