It is NOT impossible to make a career change in your late thirties. It is NOT impossible to get a job when the job positions on your resume for the last 7 years consists of “Room Parent”, “Fundraiser Coordinator”, “Birthday Party Planner”, and “Dish Washer”. It is more difficult, mainly because now you are required to remain focused, and your 5 year plan has to make room for family.
When I graduated from college I think my 5 year plan was: 1. Graduate, 2. Get a job, 3. Get an apartment. No specifications as to what I had to graduate in, what kind of job I should get, or how much money I would be spending (I suppose that depended on the job). Now my 5 year plan has to take into account the exact job I want to work for, and that job would have to be within commuting distance of my current home and my husband’s job. It would also have to be able to fit in a family, and will that family grow?
There are less opportunities that I can grab now because my life is not my own. But that doesn’t mean there won’t be plenty, maybe more than before.
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