Changing Career Paths

Changing Career Paths

Hey guys, I am back with a new blog post and this one is about something I never thought I’d ever really been writing about. Over the last couple of weeks, I have had a massive change about what type of career I would like to pursue and it really made me think about what I am good at and why I just don’t enjoy what I was doing before in the jobs that I have previously had. I will be covering a lot in this blog post. I will discuss things like what I aim to do now for a job, what I did before, why I changed and how I am preparing for the career change. I would love to know in the comments if you have ever changed careers and ever wish to in the future. I would also love to know how much success you’ve had in your career. Let’s get right into this blog post.

The past

Growing up I always wanted to be an accountant. I don’t even know why but I always fascinated by numbers and why things cost what they did. Even still I am very cost smart and will never go overboard when it comes to spending money and buying luxury items. I do also say this having just spent £413 on a new PC although to be fair, my laptop isn’t working well and my girlfriend uses this now too when she needs to. I won’t go and splash out on designer shoes and the latest phone etc and I even keep my spending on gaming to a minimum even though that is a big hobby of mines.

I have studied at college for 3 years too. I have completed a 1-year course in Accountancy and a 2-year course in Business. After both, I was still so keen on making a career in this field and unfortunately, I ended up suffering from major spells of sickness and terrible mental health for around 2 years. As a result of this, I was held back massively from getting a job so it ended up taking until the end of 2017 for me to get one in an accountancy office. Sadly, I wasn’t treated right at all in this job and management just dropped interest in me the second I started. I was left with nothing to do pretty much all the time and after around 10 weeks that was the end of it due to my manager being very angry and aggressive towards me.

My second job did go a lot better, to be honest. I managed to get 10 months out of that and only left in March this year. I was utilised a lot more and I was happy with what I was doing. Sadly though this changed right before the end. I had a colleague I worked really closely with but she became very nasty yet management didn’t do anything about it due to her being the CEO’s daughter in law.

In hindsight, though me choosing to leave couldn’t have come at a better time. 13 days after I left, my mother died aged 43 after collapsing in the street on the way to her work. If I hadn’t left I wouldn’t have been able to be there for my sister who was heartbroken. I was in a bad way too but my sister was like glue to her so it affected her more and still does. It took me 2 months to sort everything out regarding the house and bills etc and that is time I wouldn’t have got in my previous job so I needed to be unemployed really.

The present

After taking a breather I have now been back applying for jobs for 2 months now. It is only in the last 2/3 weeks though that I have fancied a career change. I feel so good about how I manage my own mental health now that I wanted to help other people manage theirs too. I may not have qualifications or experience in this field but I feel like a support worker/ mental health-related job would suit me so much more based on my strengths and how I view mental health.

Clearly, someone could see that in me too as within a night of me applying for jobs in this field I have an interview set up for the 28th for a support practitioner job. My interview schedule ended up being chaotic, to be honest as I also had an office job interview on the 22nd and now have accounts assistant job interview on the 26th. Although, I do want to swap career paths I am open to getting one of these jobs as I applied for them before the change of heart. I haven’t focused on admin/accounting jobs since the change though and I’m surprised that I got an interview so quickly. I also had people on social media send me links to places where I could apply for jobs like that too.

My advice for people out there is that if you don’t enjoy something you should look to change it for the benefit of your mental health. This is what I am doing and I’m happy to make a success out of it because I know I’m better at helping others than crunching numbers and processing invoices constantly.

Thank you for reading my blog as always and I’d love to know what you think of my career switch and if you have ever considered it or swapped yourself. Have a great day guys.