Radical Re-envisioning

[lookingland]

I'm fed up with my career path (or I should say non-career path) ~ the high tech industry is the bowels of hades and being laid off four times in as many years does not engender my confidence of a future as an information developer.

I've not only had it with the industry, but I've had it with trying to make my way in a state I can barely tolerate 8 months out of the year (it's over 80 degrees today!).

I'm selling my house and moving to Minnesota.

No, I'm not kidding.

I'm applying to the College of Saint Catherine even now and I'm going to get accepted (doggone it) and get archival certification with an MLIS and get a real job with a real career path doing something I actually LOVE, in a city that doesn't swelter.

I have no idea how I'm going to accomplish this, but I'm going to do it.

Any of my friends in St. Paul-Minneapolis or close by?

No, I don't want to move in with you ~ just looking for tips, advice, warnings before I leap without a net.

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Comments

[lastremnant.livejournal.com]

Noooooooooo, come to NC. :) Puhlease? *meek pitiful look like the cat in Shrek 2*

I thought about getting an MLIS. Still thinking about it too. :)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

north carolina ~ ! eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

hahahahaha ~ i'm a lot safer sticking to the midwest.

Re MLIS: stop thinking about it and go do it.

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[desert-ocean.livejournal.com]

Wow, big changes. Congratulations for having the courage to get up and go from something you don't like. I've done it (a couple of times!) and never regretted it, even through temporary setbacks. Felicitaciones, and I'll pray for you to find a good place to be!

(p.s.--it's over 90 here, and I'm loving it. LOL! To each her own!)

[lookingland.livejournal.com]

ha ~ ! no joke ~ i know so many people who complain about winter, the snow, etc. and would love to be down here. i say they're welcome to it!

thanks for the well-wishes ~ this may be a project a year in the making, but it'll work out somehow!

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