I surprised myself by becoming ambitious (or it could have been I wanted more pay) and got promoted but when I had my children I just wanted to leave and hated every minute of it.
Hi Boo, I always wanted to drive HGVs ( what a sado) I achived that, I now wish Id never seen the bloody things & done something constructive with my life.
I got it into my head at some point in the 4th year that I wanted to go into dry stone walling??? No idea why or where the idea came from, it just appealed to me. I got sent to a nursery (plant type) for my YTS (remember that?) and that put me off, the bar stools made me plant seedlings in the green houses for 3 weeks solid :-(
I wanted to go to University, so I did, it was a mistake.
Fortunately since then I have randomly fallen into three separate careers, all of which I have loved - none of which had anything to do with my university course.
somebody's got to drive HGVs. Somebody's got to do dry stone walls, come to that. It's not as if you became a rent boy, it's a respectable job. But if you're unhappy with it, have you considered changing? I did that once (admittedly I was young, when it's easier.)
I achieved my ambitions to get my Honours degree, go to cookery school and become a chef which I loved. I made a bad decision by giving it up and I am now trying to achieve other ambitions.
Not really. My ambitions on leaving college had nothing to do with career etc. I just wanted to travel and see the world. I did for a bit and then I got married which was not on my list of things to do at all. Eventually, I did have a child at age 36 which again wasn't on my list of ambitions. Never mind I have had a good life, so good, interesting jobs and some grotty ones too.
Mind you when I left school/college our career choices were few and far between and career advice was zilch. I would like now to have gone into architecture or law.