Do What You Gotta Do

By the time you turn 50, you should know what you want. You should’ve found your "calling" in life, and do what you love. I am staring down the barrel at 50, and I still have no idea what I want to do. I have DONE lots. I guess you can say, "I did what I had to do," but it’s never really been who I am. 

I have worked for an county elections office and a county auditor’s office. I have been a 911 dispatcher, a crossing guard, a secretary, a day-care provider, a multi-level marketer, a shipping clerk, an insurance agent, a part-time housekeeper, and a part-time transcriptionist. I have been a lunch lady, an entrepreneur/online marketer, and I have been unemployed. And, I have always tried to grow some sort of home based business on the side in addition to being a mom and wife. In every employment aspect, I’ve felt that I’ve done what I had to do at the time.

Most of my education has been through the school of hard knocks. I had very few college credits to my name for a long time. About two years ago, I felt impressed to return to school. So, I added “student” to the list of job titles I've held.  BYU-Idaho had the program that I needed. It may have been designed just for me.

I have chosen a career field that I am not yet sure is my passion, but it’s one in which I do have an interest. I have faith that I can learn what I need to in order to be successful. And, the knowledge I gain will be beneficial in my desire to continue my entrepreneurship.

Today I am starting my entrepreneurship BLOG. I can see the value in this, but at this moment in time, I am doing what I gotta do.