One thing I have learned over the years of being a Paramedic has been sometimes you choose your profession, and sometimes it chooses you. Often times when we decide what we are going to do in life, it is somewhat based on things we enjoy doing, and in most cases most of us get to do that and live out a life filled with mostly joy for a job well done. Then there is the other side of it where sometimes we are put into circumstances of a profession choosing you because maybe there was nothing open in your preferred choice, or just the demand came that you had to change your original goals for ones that met a need that you were trying to fill.
I have to say I have had the fortunate luxury of a little of both worlds. Ever since I was 8 or 9 years old, I knew I wanted to be a Paramedic. The thing of it was I excelled in computers, math, and business, but out of high school turned down scholarships to schools for those subjects, because fundamentally I had the vision or thought that I would rather make less money as a Paramedic and be happy, than more money sitting at a desk and be miserable. So I went into the Army, found myself, and received enough money from the G.I. Bill to go to Paramedic school and achieve my dream.
Did I make the right choice? I can honestly say if I had it all over to do again, I would say yes. While I am currently not working as a Paramedic anywhere, in my heart I am still one. I miss it, but after 20+ years of emergency and critical medicine I had to hang up my boots. So here I am with A Medic’s World, my attempt to reach the masses, and focus on one of my ultimate loves of writing and reaching out. I mentioned about the profession choosing you, I believe this happened as well, it chose me to fulfill my need to help people, to sincerely care about those in need, and to risk what would be my life if need be to accomplish that. I gave everything I had into being an EMT and Paramedic, I tried to show others the moral way to handle things, and succeed in demonstrating that people do care.
In October of 1998, I had a 4000 pound van fall on me during a rescue, took me about a year of physical therapy and pain management, and all against the odds of doctors telling me I would not be able to return to full duty. I proved them all wrong, was not ready to go on disability quite yet, was only 29 at the time, and I had so much left to do. I came back to work on my squad a year later, but with a pain in my back of about a 6 out of 10 everyday. Why? I don’t know, other than I just felt I had more to do. Well up till about a year ago, I kept working, mostly in emergency rooms and occupational medicine, but I kept going. Even though I was working through all the pain all those years, I kept going, but last year my body said enough, and it broke down pretty bad, that was a hard day, because I walked into my supervisors office, sat in the chair, and said we need to talk. I think she knew, that I was done, and I was. I still keep my license, I am hoping maybe one day of getting my certification back to teach CPR/First Aid, and even maybe help teach some EMT courses.
So did you choose the right profession? did the profession choose you? Would love to know your thoughts. Have a great day everyone, remember to smile it might make someone’s day! Tom.
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Amazing story. It reminds me of my dad. He was a paramedic/emt till he was 32 when he joined the Navy. In the Navy he went on to be a IDC (independent duty coroman). I grew up around this field my whole life. Like you I love to write as well. It is passion. I like reading your reviews on resturants to since I live in Parma. :).
Awesome. I will be doing more reviews as we go along. Thank you so much for your comments, and have a fantastic day!
What an incredible story! I grew up wanting to go into the Marines because I came from a military family. When I got pregnant at 18, I knew that I didn’t want the nomadic life for my daughter, so I decided not to join. I never did find my second calling after that. Well, I guess I did now that I became a blogger! Writing and socializing is so natural for me, I wish I had been doing this all along!
Thank you for your comments, and writing was my second passion, and now my focus!
I think that I went into my first profession to please my family… 🙂 I’m 43 now and want to start over… I’m planning on heading to school to study acupuncture…a total departure from what I have been doing, but I couldn’t be more excited or pleased at the direction I am headed now!
I had always wanted to work in a Maternity Ward caring for the newborns, I have a great maternal instinct and practically every baby I come in contact with, I am able to calm them and put them to sleep in my arms. However, the profession chose me and I ended up working as an Admin. Asst. in a Toy Company – but this job enabled me to care for my three children as a single parent from birth till the youngest one turned 18 years old (I was then laid off after 21 years of employment).
I chose my profession, working in office administration. Can’t see myself doing anything else.
My profession kind of chose me but I ended up being really good at it and loving it.
Thank you for your comment Mary, glad to see you here!
I chose my profession when I was younger and now my profession chose me. I am hoping that things turn around soon and I will choose my own profession again. I am doing what I have to at this time, but soon I hope I am doing what I enjoy and choose today.
My profession chose me when I was working, kinda fell in my lap. But my disability right now has put everything on hold.
The profession choose me at first because although I graduated with honors from high school my mother could not afford to send me to college; so, I entered an apprentice program where I was trained on the job while being paid and going to school. As my thirty-eight year career progressed, I choose the career steps to take and further my career goals until I retired.
I followed my dreams of loving science as a kid and got a BS Chemistry and worked in the industry for 10 years. Learned that I wished I would have gotten a degree in computer science.
I work in customer service and I guess you could say my profession chose me. I like working with and helping people and somehow ended up working in this field, even though it wasn’t originally what I planned on doing. I love it nonetheless!
I think my profession more or less chose me. I was good at something and from there someone referred me to another position, and then I worked with a great girl who’s mom was looking for someone and on and on it seems to have gone. I’m only an administrative assistant, but I went from working at a floral shop to being the assistant to a CEO. It’s been a fun ride so far and I really do enjoy what I do.
I would say that my kids chose my profession. I knew once I had children that I didn’t want them going to daycare and someone else seeing them grow up and me be at work and happen to miss their first word or first step. I had always wanted to be a pediatric nurse but once my oldest came along I knew that dream was gone because I was not going to sacrifice my family for my career. My happy medium happened upon me when I heard about medical transcription. It was a way to be in the medical field and work from home. I had a terrible time finding employment after college, a year and a half of looking. Then I finally got a job offer and suffered through the verbal abuse of a crazy boss for almost 2 years before I found another job doing general transcription. At first that job started out great, plenty of work and decent pay. Now it has fallen back to one or two jobs a week and sometimes none at all. Thankfully I think I’ve finally found the company that I will be independently contracted with for a very long time. I can choose which work I want (no more being stuck with whatever I’m given), I get to choose how much work I take each day (I can make however much I want since they ALWAYS have at least 50 jobs available each day), and I get paid weekly (no more twice monthly paychecks!). Although I don’t get paid as much as I was before I am able to choose the work I want whenever I want. If there is a day I don’t want to work it’s no big deal.
i love my job its work. i enjoy being productive everyday i chose it!
I totally agreed with this statement
Ok.
I think a little bit of both. I worked my way up into the position that I am in.
I certainly did choose the right profession and like yourself my profession chose me. I have the best of both. We are a match made in heaven and I would not have had it any other way.
So far I haven’t figured out what I want to do yet. I have a few ideals, so I am going back to school.
I choose my profession and enjoy it immensely but unfortunately a medical issue has forced me to step away so now I am hoping for a profession to choose me : )
Sometimes you end up picking your profession purely by accident. When I went into the military I didn’t really know what I wanted to do so I chose Food Service and I have been in the business for the last 36 years.
Im a stay at home mom, and even though this wasn’t what I thought I’d grow up to be…I wouldnt change it for the world now
so far I am a housewife, I think it is also a profession that is not easy.
and I totally agree with that statement. Thank you for doing what you do.
I used to dream of becoming an Accountant or any type of profession that focuses on office works and the like. Then when I entered college, I didn’t make it to my choice of course BUT a great opportunity opened up to me. Now I’m taking up my BS in Mechanical Engineering. I sure am enjoying what I do and what I learn everyday. Definitely God’s will. 🙂
Over the years I have worked in many fields ranging from medical lab to customer service to computer programming. They all had their ups and downs. I feel that any job/career can be great or not depending on a persons attitude and the attitude of co-workers.
I think a little of both. I work in automotive repair, have tried a couple other things but I always ended back in auto in some form. Finally decided to stop fighting it and go after what I know,
Currently I am a Stay At Home Mom and I would have to say yes I absolutely chose right. I feel like time is short with our kids. I have 3 boys ages 20, 11,& 2 and one due any day now. With my first 2 I worked up until I had my 3rd child. I see the difference in being home and being here for them. I know everyone can’t stay at home and it does provide for tight finances, but for me leaving the corporate world has been the best professional choice that I have made.
I chose the right profession
Great!
hoping it chooses you cause I still dont know what I want to do with my life.
I can’t say I really have a profession. I didn’t have the opportunity to go to college. I have worked in retail most of my life and I am now disabled, so I guess things were worked out for me.
I truly believe certain people having a calling and certain people just find their way. My mom is a nurse and I can’t see her being in any other profession
Still on roads, but i will choose how i live 🙂 .
I don’t rightly know the answer as I am a bouncer of sorts. I have never had a job I didn’t like as I believe you gotta love what you are doing in life in order to be stress free or at least less stressed. I have found that even though I say I don’t like people, I am a people person. I just mostly prefer to work alone but it does depend on the job. (Library, mowing lawns, waitress, cook, dispatcher, secretary & factory work).
I will say my favorite job was when I ran away with the Carnival when they came to town.
My next endeavor, I would like to be able to find something along the lines of helping the elderly. What I want to do is not really a job though as I just want to visit with them & do things for them that they may not be able to do anymore or if they have family that cannot do for them. Like grocery shopping or yard work or maybe just an ear to bend.
Love the idea that you ran away with the Circus! That is awesome…thanks so much for your comment! Have a great day!
I have to say that I never did make my dreams come true in but maybe the second half of my life I will make it happen.
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Time is only gone if you don’t use it!
i think we choose right profession cause if we dont choose the right we gonna suffer cause were not happy if we dont choose
I am so sorry about what happened to you. I am disabled due to fibromyalgia and arthritis. I hate but I just can’t move like I used to. For 10 years I did data entry and that wrecked my wrists, neck and shoulders. So, sometimes life just picks for you.
I am 28 back in college full time while being a sahm and I often wonder if I chose the right major. It is so hard to decide what to do when you grow up!
That is true, but I am sure you will find your way! Good luck, thanks for your comment!
due to the lot of unemployment in India, so i still waiting about my right profession. profession choose me coz i am working on KPO main point i m an engineer
I haven’t quite entered the profession that i’m considering yet but I feel like there’s nothing else I could picture myself doing.
i have no regrets. i was a paralegal and ended up marrying a lawyer and now we have 5 children and 2 small granddaughters. i am back at college now, trying to get my degree, slooowly in psychology.
Though I love working only part time so I can spend more time with my toddler I cant wait to go back to school next year and find out what Im passionate about
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Thank you for sharing your story on this post. I am still trying to decide what I want to be when I “grow up.” I have always felt that my calling is to be a teacher and mommy. I have the best of both because I am a mom of 3 boys, ages 22, 20, and 5 years.
When I went to college we had one class (mandatory) to help decide what each person would be good at, mine always came up with something to do with math, so I have my degree in accounting and now 20 years experienced. But I am disabled due to all the computer work
That would have been an interesting course. Thanks for sharing your comment. Have a great day!
In some ways I really wish that I had moved forword with my sports medicine degree…in others I very much know that I could never leave my son at daycare with someone else all day. So possibly after my kids are old enough that they are in school I will go back and finish that degree, until then I am so thankful that I get to be a stay at home mom.
My profession picked me. I love what I do.. a stay-home mom and a photographer.
Unfortunately I’m not in the profession I want to be. I plan on changing that, soon!
That is a great article. I am not in my desired profession, but I am still looking. Thank you so much for this insightful article!
My profession picked me. Although I no longer work due to disability.
I’m a SAHM.. and it just worked out this way. I’ll be on the track of looking my profession in the next two years.
Well right now my profession is full time mom but looking forward to getting back into the work force soon
My profession picked me. Although, the company that I worked for just went out of business so I guess that I don’t currently have a profession.
I am postive ,I chose the right profession.I am in a medical field and I love the idea of helping a lot of people.
I think about this often. I think it’s something we should think about when we’re making decisons
Something I’m proud to say is I love my Profession as a sahm ! I wouldn’t want my life to be any other way. I know most people to not see being a sahm as a profession but to me it is. It’s my job to raise my kids the best I can and do all I can do for them. While I could get a job in my trained feild, I wouldn’t chose any other way to spend my day then with my kids !
I’m on disability and have been for about 15 years now. I can’t work outside the home so a couple of years ago I started writing. It just became profitable about 6 months ago, but I love it. I think writing actually found me. Several of my friends on Facebook told me about it and how to get started. Thanks for the great article. 🙂
I’m glad for this post because it’s something we should each ask ourselves at least once! Thankfully I’m not yet in my “profession”…still on my way there. 🙂
I love this post, and it’s truly something we should all ask ourselves at least once! Fortunately (or unfortunately…) I’m not yet in my desired profession, but am on my way there, I suppose!
This does not really apply to me I am a Stay At Home Mom I think it choose me.
of course it applies to you, you are doing an amazing job being a mom, you are a chef, decorator, counselor, a lot of things. So don’t sell yourself short! Have a great day! 🙂
I’ve wanted to be a nurse ever since I was little. Due to a lot of setbacks in life I’m just now able to try and obtain my goal. I hope that it’s everything I’ve dreamed and more. I love taking care of people and I think that this is the perfect job for me.
My profession choose me. I was a bartender, just like my Grandpa. I grew up around the bar because of him, so it was a natural thing for me to do.
My career/direction keeps changing the older I get. It seems that IT chooses me. Events and circumstances arise that lead me in a totally different direction. I’ve worked in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry, then pursued an acting career, ran an online internet teddy bear business, worked in skincare retail and then freelanced as a skincare specialist. I’m currently unemployed but have been involved with animal rescue the last several years. And I’m active in the cancer awareness arena because I am a 2 time cancer survivor. I’ve worn lots of “hats” and hope to gain employment this year.
Thank you for your comments, congratulations for conquering Cancer, and for all you do! Have a great day!
I just fell into my profession, didnt really choose it! Wanted to be a cop and during school ended up pregnant. Did what I had to to take care of my daughter alone!
right now I am a Mom I choose to stay home. Otherwise I am a web designer which I also love
Those are both great, thanks so much for commenting, have a great day!
My profession chose me and it was something that I really wanted to do, that was be a stay at home mom. Looking back I am glad I made that choice because I am so close with my 3 boys now ages 29 25 and 19. I am glad that our family beat the odds, my boys having a hands on mom at home and a family that stayed together, (my husband and I just celebrated our 30th anniversay) Im not saying things werent tough at times but we maanged and my boys learned that they had to work for what they wanted instead of having things given to them. I wouldnt change a thing!
My profession chose me. For some reason I excel in customer service. I am a great listener, and that is the one most important thing that sets me apart from others. If I had my choice? I’d be a famous artist.
For me it’s a yes and a no. I chose graphic designer because I was working as one for my Dad while I was still in high school. I got to work in my field for years and made good money. I am not a SAHM in a small town and my degree won’t do me any good here, but it’s still a win for me because I am a freelance graphic designer and work from home part time for the local newspaper and am about to begin using my skills to start blogging. So all in all yes, for me I chose the right profession 🙂
If you see this, I could sure use some graphic work for my site, if you are interested, please get a hold of me, I can’t afford a lot, but am interested in a custom banner for the site. Thank you so much for your comment.
sorry i’m italian and my eglish is not very good but the professionality is very important in sos
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professions are a hard thing to choose… sometimes we just have to do it!
My profession sort of chose me as I played around on the computer programming.
I would have to say at this point that it chose me but maybe one day in the future I will be able to say I chose it. I’m not through yet.
the fireman
to be honest know suffering as a single mother. grew up with a family in business and my family no longer has it. nothing to fall back on as a profession
I went back to school and got my AA then worked in a job I loved and did not want to leave. My husband worked 32 year and they closed the plant and he had no job. Later he had Parkinson and I took care of him for almost 12 year. I’m now retired and enjoying it. It pays to go back to school.
It does, I always say, I will always be learning something. Thanks so much for your comments. Have a great day!
I think my profession chose me. I was working as a waitress wanting to be close to my children, but then they grew up & went back to the office as a typist, but then I was in a law firm, and the more and more I helped people the better and better I got at it, and it sort of dragged me in to go further and further. I went back to school, and became a Legal Assistant, but then I guess when you boil it all down, eventually I chose the final battle. I retired and became a SAHM.
I guess you could say its a little bit of both for me . I chose to go to school for human service to work with children, knowing that profession wasnt going to make me wealthy but happy and content with knowing it was a profession I loved. Well after going to school for 4 years I met my bf and ended up getting a profession that chose me motherhood (might sound weird), but when I was little when adults said what u wanna b when u grow up I said a mommy not saying I didnt have high hopes for my future but for me being a mother and nurturing a child was always something I wanted to do one day so at 26 I had a beautiful and healthy baby girl and have been a stay at home mom taking care of her ever since.I love being a mom and couldnt imagine being anything else
Being a Mom is very important, and I commend you for the passion you have for it, thanks so much for your comments. Have a great day!
I tried, it chose me. I was taking care of in-laws and family most of my life, and it just became a natural extension of my life to be nursing. Never finished for nursing, but still work in a hospital 22 years later. I like to think that I make the nurses life a whole lot easier.
I was a stay at home mom.All though I loved being at home with my children which I did want to do. It was really hard on me when my husband died because I hadn’t worked in years. But luckly my youngest turned 18 the year he died so I wasn’t left with young children to support.Mine already had jobs.
Thank you for sharing, I am sorry about your youngest.
i AM STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP. THIS IS VERY INSPIRING.
I made the mistake of not choosing any profession. Went to college and got my BA, then got married and had children. Family wasn’t a mistake, but not having a profession was. I’m not working as a teacher’s assistant during the school year and considering going back to school in a couple years… as my kids are growing up. I’m just not making enough money.
Can’t imagine having a 4000 van fall on me and survive! That’s horrible and yet a miracle at the same time.
Thank you so much for your comments, I hope you get to achieve your goals, and I am sure you will! Have a great day, remember to smile~!
Not sure i did just say not easy these days. I been in retail, briefly in law enforcement then medical field which I love. Yet my back took a toll from it. Then end up working for a real estate company.
I wish I had went to school and furthered my education. I am unemployed at the time, and cannot find a job, where I live. Things can only get better though. You just have to have faith, and it sounds like you have plenty. Congratulations on your strong will, and commitment to yourself. I am impressed.
Things can get better Mary I agree, and I have faith you will find your passion. Thanks for your comments, have a great day!
I honestly believe the profession chose me. I started out as a receptionist for an insurance agency, not looking for anything more. Well, from there I was promoted to an account manager dealing with large commercial accounts. Today, I am a licensed insurance agent, although I’m currently a stay-at-home-mommy. I plan returning to work in the future. Love what I do!
That’s awesome to hear, glad the transition worked in your favor. Thanks for your comment, have a great day!
i wish i could choose a better profession for me 🙁 i envy those who could afford to go to better school
What about student loans, scholarships, community programs? Keep your head up, you will find a way. Thanks for your comment.
actually i only choose the profession i have now is because we dont have enough money for me to take much better course 🙁
I chose my profession because I loved working with kids since I was a teenager. Being a nanny is very fulfilling…especially since I have wanted a child of my own for as long as I can remember, and now I can’t have any. I always have children around me and it makes me very happy!
That is good that you love what you do, thank you. Thanks so much for your comment, have a great day!
I’m retired, but was a veterinary tech for several years,loved it! Love animals, definitely was the right choice for me.
I chose the right profession, but I started off choosing the wrong school to earn my first degree. I am in the process of resolving that now though, and I should have my degree in MIS in 2014.
Congratulations, much continued success in reaching your goals, thanks for your comments. Have a great day! Remember to smile!
I’m a Mom. I wanted to be a Marine Biologist and even moved from Texas to Florida to do so but I got pregnant at 19 and chose to stay home and focus on raising my daughter and then five and two more years later I was blessed with two more amazing girls. My profession chose me.
I honestly don’t think I did. I really wish I had gone into the health care field. I feel like I’m too old though, but they say you’re never to old.
You are correct you are never too old. I knew a 42 year old woman who became a nurse, and ended up in the ICU as a nurse because she wanted to make a difference. I knew a 45 year old friend who became a Physician Assistant. It can happen, thanks for your comments, have a great day! Tom.
I think I am still figuring out what my permanent profession is. If I had stayed in college I finished I might be where I want to be. I think sometimes you have to chose your own and make it work for you.
My profession is sort of just what I do. I’m a writer and editor for government courseware, but I’d prefer to be a SAHM and continue my social media side job from home. That’s where my heart is!
Right now, I am trying to do the at home thing, kinda hard adjusting to, for me. But thanks for your comments, have a great day! 🙂
I still have not chose a profession lol
my profession chose me…
I’m a stay at home mom who works as a freelancer. I chose to do what I do because I am able to be home with the kids.
I am a secretary in a middle school and love being around the kids.
I would love to teach young minds myself, maybe a science or health course. thanks for your comments, have a great day!
It’s hard to get EMS out of your blood! I’ve worked in health care or public safety my entire adult life. I’m currently preparing to go to nursing school. I love meeting people I would never meet otherwise from all kinds of backgrounds and cultures, the camaraderie, I could go on and on.
I totally agree, it is very hard, I too loved meeting people from everything to X-ray techs in the ER to Nurses, PA’s, Docs, good luck in Nursing school, keep strong. 🙂
What an inspirational story about your recovery from your injury! Thank you for being a paramedic and saving peoples lives! I have always been a technical writer but find myself very bored with my career choice. I am considering a career change…
would love to know what you might change to, then. Thanks for your kind words, time has caught up with me although, and now this site is my life for now. Hoping others will share it, and gain more readers and subscribers! Thanks for your comment, have a great day!
I wish I had when to school but now I feel like I have lost so much that it would be hard to go back now
Its never too late to go back, start taking a few courses online either through your local community college or any of the online schools, see if there are any vocational schools near you, they offer night courses as well. Good luck, have a great day!
I had the same happen to me. I was an LPN, and looked forward to eventually going to get my RN. I truly loved my job and felt that I had finally found my calling. When I became injured, I too felt that I had to keep trying. After two years I had to finally say, enough. One doesn’t wake up asking to be in pain every day. I can say that I loved my job, and felt so useless after I could not continue. I went through a real ruff patch and the depression became noticeable. I decided to go back to college and earn my associate degree, and work in Human Resources. Now, I am to old to get back into the work forces. Don’t wait to lone to do something, anything.
Opportunities pop up all the time, just keep plugging, thanks for sharing your comments, I truly hope you find something to give you what you need. Have a great day, remember to smile. Tom.
Oh no, if I had went to school like I had planned and stuck to it maybe I would be somewhere right now.
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my profession is cake baker and i love it …..
Oooh, I like yellow cake with chocolate frosting, can let you know where to send it~!
I believe my profession chose me, but I always try to combine pleasure with work at my job and it’s great!
Still haven’t figured out what I want to be when I grow up, like my husband says, it’s a full time job just being me!
I didn’t get to choose the right profession. I had to get a job at an early age and did not get to follow my dream of what I had always wanted to do. I am now to medically ill to try and am now on disability and a mother of 2 teenagers.
I chose my profession because I had been in and out of hospitals for most of my childhood. I chose to be a Registered Nurse but my body decided it didn’t want to cooperate and I had to retire because of medical reasons. If I had it all to do over again, I would go for a sedentary occupation to enable me to work for my adult life and retire when I chose and not when my body chose.
I truly don’t know if I have chosen the right profession. I am studying Accounting currently in school and I believe it is what is right for me.
I think I am in the “Profession” chose me boat. I graduated UCLA with a BA in Anthropology, but after working in a basic science lab for 5 years, knew I was not the “publish or perish” type, so did not pursue my PhD. 25 years later, I have expanded my knowledge to recruitment and retention in pharma clinical trials and NIH studies. I *love* my job and empathize with you on the subject of “working hurt” as I have done so since 12/21/12. I dislocated my left shoulder and need to have my torn labrum repaired, but can’t bring myself to let my boss know. It’s *such* a bad time with one study ending and another just starting and with the funding situation *so* bad, I don’t want to risk my job by being out 1-3 months…not to mention leaving my patients for that long!!! Thanks for letting me rant! 🙂
You didn’t rant, thanks for your wonderful comments. I thought I would always love getting into research, was always the why can’t this work kind of mentality. Have a great day, hope you get your shoulder tended to, prolonged damage could be worse that having the pain now. But I understand where you are coming from. Have a great day, Tom.
I am retired but this was very thoughtful reading
I could never do what you do! I’m so thankful that people like you have followed your calling.
Thank you, but if the time came to be, you would be surprised what “you” would be able to do! Thanks for your comment, have a great day! Tom.
Yes, I did choose the profession for me. Writing has been good for me.
I would say I am where I am suppose to be. I am SAHM so part of it I chose and part of it was out of necessity so my husband could follow his dream. Everything happens for a reason!
My profession chose me when I chose my profession! I operate a child care while raising my own children! I absolutely love what I do!
When I did work, I was a secretary/administrative assistant and always enjoyed working in an office. I enjoyed every position I held. Now, I’m a stay-at-home mom and to my family this has been the most rewarding position. I’m grateful that our situation allows me to do this.
I love mom’s that truly enjoy the opportunity to do so. Thank you for your comments, have a great day!
I hated my job…since I was 16, I worked in Human Services, and I was miserable, even though I was very good at it…My cousin asked me, a couple years ago, if I wanted to try for a job in the office where he works…I LOVE IT!!! I can’t believe I used to do what i hated…I would never look back now.
I chose my profession: by 11th grade I knew I wanted to be in corporate finance, and by the age of 35, with a BA and MBA, I was CFO for a software company. However, I also chose to end my career – thank goodness I was not pushed out or laid off when I decided to retire early.
I think I’ve chose the right profession: teacher, I love it!
paramedics are some of the most important professions out there. they have saved my life for than once.
Well I have the profession of a mother at the moment. To be honest I never thought i would be here. I was told by five drs I would NEVER have children but against their say i had two and maybe God will five me one more, a baby girl. I am going to school soon and study to be a linguist or a cultural anthropologist???? We will see.
My profession chose me then it kicked me ito the curb. I was a machine operator in a manufacturing plant. I’ve been on long term disability now for 2 years with my knee and back because of the job. Lost my job after a year on medical leave because I couldn’t return. So here I am with no profession. Can only go up from here. I’m glad to be alive.
It is always good to be alive. Everything else is just a blessing!
I started out by “choosing” my profession as an accountant. Straight out of high school I secured a position doing accounting while going to college. I continued this career path for fifteen years. Then my first-born turned four and I wanted to school her at home instead of putting her into a preschool for VPK. That was the turning point for me. I am now a “full time teacher” to my three children in grades PK, 2nd, and 4th. I also teach a friend’s daughter who is in the 9th grade. I can honestly say that I was NEVER this happy in the accounting field. I am just so blessed to be able to stay home and “work” this “profession.”
I have had many jobs but I have often asked myself what is my purpose and what should I be doing. I believe as a woman my number one job or profession was that of a mother and wife. I am a wife and a mother of 8 children and 14 grandchildren. Who chose who or what, I am not exactly sure – but I wouldn’t give it up or change a thing.
I’m still looking for my true calling, I have been through many jobs and I have never felt like this was the job for me, hopefully I will find what I’m looking for!
I did choose the right profession but I am on disability now. I am 53 and had to put off work because of heart disease.
It was sort of both. I’ve always been a huge reader and loved being in a bookstore so when I found out they were hiring I took the job. I’ve worked for 2 different bookstores now and absolutely love it. Was it the profession I would have thought I’d be in no probably not but I cant say that Im not happy with it. 🙂
I believe my profession chose me. I remember having a talent for sewing since I was a little girl!
I believe I chose my profession, but I believe the the field I am so interested in chose me. I really enjoy learning new things and I get bored very easy (Gemini in me) so I like to keep things interesting.
I did not choose the right profession and now I cannot get a job
I am sorry…maybe time will still allow it. Keep your head up.
All of my professions chose me! Even being a SAHM but I believe that God or My higher power gave me what I truly wanted in the end. My dream as a child was to be a singer, and I my singing voice I don’t think would have been “star” quality. I still get my kicks now singing my boys to sleep! Anyways this post is really insightful! I am glad that you followed your dream. I heard that the emergency profession can burn some people out. I think in the end as long as we follow our hearts and our guides we will end up where we are supposed to be 😉 I still have a dream of writing and being an artist, as I am working on both of those!
That is kind of a hard question to answer.. I think my profession chose me. I really had no idea what I wanted to do and had a few odd jobs when young but ended up in an insurance office because i wanted to work in an office. I have enjoyed my job and helping people understand their insurance etc.. but I think it chose me as I had no clue what I wanted to do. Thanks for sharing your story. It really made me think..
Hi Shauna, thanks for sharing your comment, I am glad you do like what you do, that is important! Thanks for the kinds words…have a great day! Remember to smile! 🙂
I believe my “profession” chose me….I’m happy and most fortunate to even have a job during these unstable times. Sometimes there’s a little twist on the path to bliss, but things always seem to work out
I find this very interesting to think about. All my life I just wanted to be a Mom. Growing up in the time of women’s lib when we were being taught we could and should be more than just that I felt guilty about what I wanted. I went to college, changed my major from teaching to medical records, knowing all along it was something I only wanted to do 5-6 years tops.
I got my wish not to work about 3 years after I got married, only to go back to work to help get out of debt. I found I excelled in an office environment and was good at it.
I quit working to finally become a Mom, I stayed home until our child was in grade school and went back to work in fast food. It’s an okay job, I wasn’t looking for a career. I was a good employee, but ended up quitting for health reasons. Several years later I found myself working in a preschool setting. I loved it. I learned so much about myself and the little ones I taught and took care of. After 12 years I had to quit for health reasons (cancer). I was very upset that something I loved so much had been taken away from me, however with my type of cancer – leukemia – the very little ones I loved so much also kept me sick a lot since I had no resistance to their illnesses. Whatever they came down with would put me out sick for days.
Now I find myself in an interesting spot. I’ve recently completed treatment, I’m in remission. I’m beginning to wonder what’s next. I’m not ready to go back to work, but I am beginning to think of the possibilities. It will be interesting to find out what finds me.
I totally agree with your post. My husband is a firefighter and didn’t find this true calling until he was in his 30s. He has always mowed his own yards but need to have insurance for his family. He couldn’t decide what he wanted to do and decided to go through fire standards. He definitely loves his job and the brotherhood it brings with it.
I am a homemaker and I love it
Well, this is a most interesting topic for me to have landed on. I am at the point in my life where I feel unsure of everything concerning careers, unfortunately. I have been a “full time mom” for most of my life. My son, who was fully disabled with Cerebral Palsy, passed away almost 3 years, 2 weeks before his 17th birthday. I never left him with sitters and when he went to school, I also worked in the school to keep an eye on him. He truly was my life. I woke up every night of his life to turn him (which is why he never had a bedsore) because I always wanted to care for him the way I hoped someone would care for me, should I be in that position. Anyway, after his passing,I have thought about what career path I should take, as I need to earn money. I enrolled in school, went into nursing and scored exceptionally well, but I still don’t feel this is the path for me. I’d rather work in a soup kitchen some where. lol The things I love and have a passion for always involve charity. I wonder if I have a need to feel needed or something? Anyway, It seems that the things I LOVE to do, don’t pay money. lol I apologize for rambling on, I’m still trying to figure things out and hoping either I find a career (or ob at this point) or one finds me…
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Best comment ever! wow. what power behind your words (err…word) Thank you for taking time to type that. Still trying to catch my breath after this comment.
I am sure I was meant to land on this particular post. For years I wanted to be a teacher but as they say; life happens. I became a very young wife and mother, dedicationg myself to being the best mother and wife I could be. I often dreamed of going back to school only to rationalize that any money for schooling HAD TO go to my kids. I worked in banking for 10+ years to help pay the bills of our growing family. I became a room mother, aide, and Girl Scout Leader. During that time I had pretty severe back pain and underwent my first spine surgery. I went off work until I recuperated and ended up going to work for a doctor. I gained enough experience that I became a medical biller for 7+ years. Once again my back was acting up and I had to quit. I endured my second spine surgery and started to get depressed. My doctor treated me for that and I began to feel stronger and wanting to work again. On a whim I answered an employment ad and it led me to the job of my dreams. I became the Communication Coordinator for the largest non-profit in our county. I tried hard to ingnore the back pain and even harder to hide it. I truly LOVED this job and felt that God had led me to this position. My kids were grown, we were comfortable, and I was loving my job, helping others and seeing the good work non-profits are doing to better our community. Then one morning as I was dressing, I was overcome by a STRONG jolt of pain in my back. Once again I had to quit. But this time I was DEVISTATED! I LOVED my job. Now I am once again and finally permanently on disability. I feel like such a loser. Most days to say I am sad is an understatement. My doctor has sent me to “pain Management” PT and various other procedures. I am like you, that I am about a six on a good day. Other days I am laid up. I am on narcotics every day that keep me from driving and that for me is the worst thing ever. To depend on others. My husband has to take time off to get me from doctor to doctor. This IS my life and I wish I knew it could get better… Your post really hit home for me and I guess in some small way it helps to know someone out there understands…
Thank you for your comment, I am sorry you lost what you loved as well. I am not sure where my next step will be, but it will be made with enthusiasm though! Have a great day, thanks for sharing, Tom.
My profession chose me. I did not choose it. When I was a child I had to work after school helping an aunt who was disabled. When I had to pick a major in college to get away from my crazy dysfunctional alcoholic home I picked nursing out of the book as I knew I’d always find a job and would not have to rely on a man like my mother did. I never in my life considered being a nurse. I wanted to model, sing, dance etc. I worked as a nurse for 20 years and raised 4 kids. I did not want to be a nurse anymore so I left the field. I spend the last 20 years taking care of family members with major health problems. I read a book by psychic Sylvia Browne after my sister died @ 46 of cancer. Sylvia said we come into this world with 40 life themes. I realized mine is a healer. that is why I keep getting put in circumstances of helping those with major health problems even though I don’t want to. A mother and brother with mental illness, a sister with cancer, cancer myself, 3 out of 4 children with serious lung problems dad with cancer etc
Well thank you for caring about all you do! Glad you found your purpose, and know that it was meant to be for you. Thanks for your comment, have a great day. Tom.
for years I wanted to drive semi and to work on the docks… it came true one day, but unfortunately, due to physical problems I could not carry on… I wish I was still doing it
Sadly I still haven’t found the right profession other then being a stay at home mom! When my kids grow up I have no idea what I’m going to do! I love kids so I’m sure whatever I do it will be working with kids!
could be that also we never choose because that is our profession. Thank you. Jerri Davis
Could be. Something to think about. Thanks so much for your comment. Have a great day!
I have been a housewife for many years and iam to the point i want to work outside of the home . cant really say what profession is the best one for me yet.
I started going to college for Computers, but I also wanted to do something in the law field. But decided I would end up being a bankrupt defense attorney due to my morals and computers were too easy and got a bit boring. Right now I’m a sahm, and somewhat of a blogger and I love it. But, I’m considering going back to school to be a Veterinarian :). I love animals, and always wanted to be a Veterinarian but I didn’t have the heart to euthanize them. But, now that I’m 29 I’ve realized if I were to get licensed, I could decide to NOT euthanize unless it was for the right reason (deathly ill, badly injured with no chance of recovering etc.). Which will probably make me a slightly poorer Vet lol but at least I will be happy with what I do.
I think the happiest people are the ones who allow their professions to choose them. I feel that when we choose a profession we might not be thinking with our heart. But when a profession chooses us, then the heart is screaming with joy!
Very nicely said, and I agree. Thanks so much for your comment, have a great day! Tom.
Hats OFF to medical profession. NOt for me BUT having cancer at age 32 they are saving me and helped save my daughter at birth!!!!
I am a mom, and it is a fulfilling career. I went to nursing school and was in a car accident that prevented me from continuing that path, but am very happy being a full time mom.
I always thought my job chose me. I volunteered from the age of 12 at a local home for mentally challenged kids and at a nursing home for the elderly and did that until I was old enough to actually work at both. I started at both as a housekeeper, took the course to become a Certified Nurses Aid and worked at both as a CNA once certified.I think it is in my nature to care for those that cannot care for themselves. Even when I could no longer do the CNA work due to back issues, I stayed on as an Administrative Assistant at the Home for Children, eventually became the Regional Manager for the 17 houses they had.
Thank you for caring for those who sometimes nobody else wants to care for. Or want to take time to, in some cases. Thanks so much for your comment, have a great day! Tom.
I think the profession chose me. I would love to have been an artist working in multiple medias but I needed money and time to be with my children so the best option was becoming a teacher so I’d have holidays & summers off with my children and be home from school when they got out.
I choose the right profession, I was an operating room RN. I enjoyed it and was sad when my health failed and I had to retire. I now do some volunteer work at a shelter for the needy. And, that too is the right place for me to be. Thank you Vicki
I think it was destiny.. after my son was murdered and i found him clinging to life.. i realized i had no idea what to do..i knew he was dying and i didnt know how to help him.. my best efforts failed.. it was too late.. as he passed i promised him i would never be in that position again.. next time i would know what to do so over the course of 13 yrs, this is what my training looked like: NA, CNA, RNA, DDNA, EMT, LVN, to ADN RN.. i went into ICU which was very difficult for me.. but it was all for Brandon.. 12/26/90 – 03/03/1991..
Thank you for caring about your passion for what you do. An inspiration to your son, and everyone else. Thank you for choosing the path you did. Have a great day, Tom.
Unfortunately my job and life went to other way. I was injured through lifting on the job at 30. Had to have my first surgery then on herniated disks. Then for some reason the rest of the disk’s started herniated right on down the line and now after just turning 50 have had 4 surgeries and a unknown amount of metal I am in pain and still can’t work. My job is learning how to live on a daily basis with pain. I stay on the internet a lot and it seems to take my mind off of it some. But unfortunately sometimes you can not choose your job, Fate chooses for you.
My profession chose me I geuss I would say. I have always been into hospitals, nursing homes, and home health care. I started out getting my CENA License. I did the nursing home thing, it wasnt for me, did that for one year. Then I tried daycare, definitely wasnt for me lol. I then found home health care was where I belonged. Did that for one year, was promoted to team leader. Did that for a little over a year and became disabled. Now I’m also mourning the loss of my job, I miss it more than I thought I could;/
I want to be chief or seller consultant.
Wow, I applaud you and have to say I quite understand where you have been and where you want to be. I currently have one more class and one more semester of internship to reach my goal of a Master’s in Counseling. Last January 13th was my “end of the line” day. I had been working as an in home intensive mental health counselor for children and while I love my field the whole traveling all day sometimes 7 days a week had taken a toll on my already gimped up back, hips, knees and shoulders. That day I was having spasms so badly I leaned my car seat back and could not get up. Ending up in the ER and taking pain medications that altered my ability to drive, I could not chance driving like that and being without the medication was not something I could do anymore. My goals have changed over the last year, now I am 44, on disability…No medical insurance yet, but once July 2014 comes around and I can get started on the surgeries I need – Once I get through PT and recovery I am hoping to get back to working withfolks affected by Autism, PTSD and teaching PT at a local college.
I commend you for your courage, and not giving up, keep going, thanks for your comment, have a great day!
Most of my job choices…both paid and volunteer…have involved working with children. I also homeschooled my kids for a while.
My number 1 career choice was being a parent. I chose it. And happily work at it for the rest of my life!
I became a Certified Dental Assistant at age 19 and did that for 15 years. Unfortunately, I became ill with fibromyalgia and had to quit the profession. Now I am 47, on disabiiity which only allows me very minimal part-time work. I am still mourning the loss of my vocation and am so unhappy. Be thankful for your health!
Well Thank you for your comment, glad to see you had passion for what you did!
Im still choosing not sure what I want to do tried medical billing but hated it
I am still working on the right profession!
Wow. I think it’s amazing that you’re a Paramedic. It’s amazing that you knew you wanted to be a Paramedic from a young age. It’s amazing that you were strong enough to recover when most people don’t have that will. I think professions definitely try to choose us and that a lot of people ignore it. My fiance is a physical therapist and has so much passion about the work. I’ve always known I was going to be an artist. I tried doing other things. I tried being a business woman and etc. but art kept drawing me back.
I love art, of all times, awesome that you are an artist. And your fiance has a rewarding job as well, helping patients like me when I thought I was out of it forever. So I appreciate both of what you do. I like abstract art, collecting A4 sized art, art cards, sketch cards etc…
I am going into social work and feel as if it chose me…. it is just so natural for me!
Awesome field, noble field, thanks for choosing what you are about to do. I have worked with social workers in the past, from having to report scene conditions when responding to calls.
My profession choose me.I was a homemaker with three kids when a friend
‘s boyfriend who is a care provider for disable adults ask me if i would like to watch his guys a few days a week.I said yes so i was fingerprinted,took some tests and fill out paperwork,etc to be qualifed for the job.That was 8 years ago and now i work full time.I find this job very fulfilling.
Thanks for your comment. Have a wonderful day! Smile!
As a stay at home mom I am lucky enough to be able to do this in a time that most people have to go outside of the home to earn a living.
I became a teacher. I am not sure whether i chose it or it chose me! i do know that I am glad and feel that I have had a hand in sending some good people into the world.
Love teachers, have much respect for them. I have personally gone back to thank teachers in the past for helping me get where I am today. Thanks for your comment.
wow this was a great story. my children are choosing the medical fields for their career. and I could not be any happier with their choices.
Good to know they are choosing great jobs to get into, thanks for sharing your comment. Have a nice day!
I have a job now…I am a expedite dispatcher fo semi trucks. I learned my skills from my favorite job as a SAHM.
My chosen profession was a stay at home Mom. My children are now grown…I loved staying home with my children. There never seemed to be a dull moment. I learned to juggle schedules, was a nurse,a cook, the head accountant, and etc. No pay, little sleep, very little me time and no appreciation. LOL My daughter is a teacher and my son is a supervisor of his shop they both have little ones of their own now and my new job is full time grandma. LOVE IT!!
For the longest time I worked where ever I could do odd jobs just to get by.It wasnt till I was in my 40’s the right job came along.A friend of mine needed a graphic designer and me I love any kind of art and wanted to be a artiest so I agreed to give it a try.Well it turned out I was really good at it and I truly enjoyed doing it.So no my dream job found me all by mistake.
My life inspired my writing, which I believe is what I am destined to do!
I choose a profession in nursing. After working my way up, academically, and experientally, earning a BA and an MSN, I found that I didn’t enjoy nursing, but did enjoy healthcare education, hence I continued on, academically, earning a phd in adult ed.
Awesome. Glad you pursued it to the end. Thanks for your comment. Have a good day.
I am a stay at home grandmother taking care of 3 of my 8 grandkids.I worked at odd jobs when my 2 kids were growing up,but never had a full time profession.I thank you for the profession you are in it takes a special kind of person to do what you do.
I am a caregiver. I think I made the right choice since I take care if my mom full time. This wasnt a field that I 1st chose. But it is the one in am in now. Considering all the on going health issues my mom has had with liver transplant & a kidney transplant & her 13 month hospital stay. I can proudly say I am where I need to be at this moment. I respect the paramedics as I can’t count the numerous times I have had them come & get mom. And so I make sure I have a copied med list waiting for their arrival & I say a prayer for them all the time. As they have saved my moms life more then once. I have a few friends that are also paramedics & the stories I have heard from them & the long hours they work. I can’t imagine how hard it is for them. But I also know my friends love their jobs they never think of themselves as heros, even tho they have done some heroic things. They risk their lives daily to save others. That’s a hero to me.. 🙂
Thank you for a wonderful comment, and thank you for all that “you” do!
I choose the right profession My 40 years as a RN have been wonderful.
Awesome to hear, thank you for all you have done, an inspiration to all!
As of now I am a stay at home mom, for 10 yrs. I think it chose me. I enjoyed my work,bank teller then customer service/loan officer, and having that public interaction. But 10 yrs ago I let a doctor operate on my back. Well needless to say, did not go well at all. 4 surgeries & 10 yrs later I am still at home. So sometimes I believe the path chooses us..
I chose my career I went to school and found a job that went along with my studies.
I actually chose my profession though it is not one as awesome as being in your profession.
Everyone is awesome in their own way, its not always the profession that makes the person!
It is a miracle, that you are still living on this planet, and have such a strong will. I could never work in any profession where there are wounded people. When I was young I worked in resturants, and sold Avon which were professions that chose me. Then I chose to be a hairstylist and loved it. I had gone into grooming dogs for a while and then went back to being a hairstylist. I had injuries to my neck, shoulders, and back since I was 3 years old. I had to pay for chiropractors, in order to keep working (against doctors orders), and finally I just couldn’t work any longer. There are so many things I would love to do “if only”.
Thank you so much for your comment, have a great day!
Great article! I still have no clue what i want to do when I grow up….lol….really I am grown up so I should get it sorted out!
You are welcome, thanks for your comment..have a great day~! Hope you get it sorted out!
I admire you for your choise! It can’t be an easy profession, and I along with countless others want to say thank you for doing what you do that I could NEVER do (don’t have the stomach for it) Again, thank you for all you do!
My mother chose my profession as a nurse and I am now RN! <3
Awesome, thanks for all you do, thanks for your comment!
Over the past decade and a half, I have been in many industry. I don’t think I have just one profession, or if any one of my past profession should be considered a profession at all because I tend to move from one industry to another. Many people can find a career and say it’s their passion, but I find that I have too many passions to settle for just one. I like to experience many things in life, and never do I regret anything. I’ve been anything from an administrative assistant to the administrator… from an owner of a fashion boutique serving consumers, to a franchisee serving other businesses out there… and now, I’m enjoying my venture as a designer. Regardless of your profession, as long as you find that you are doing what your heart passions and remember that what you value in life comes first, then you can never go wrong.
i have been a cna since 1998 until becoming a stay at home mom in october. it chose me. i was 17 and needed a decent job and my step grandma worked in the nursing home offering cna class. i love being a cna when it comes to assisting those who need my help, but the job is very physical…i am only 31 but my body is more like 45! still, it was a great feeling helping my patients!
I am still looking fo rthe right profession!! Great article.