decisions, decisions

I finally finished up the career planning with my boss the other day. The whole thing lasted four and a half hours. Intense…. but it was well worth it. When she saw my answers to how she could help me this year, she kinda was taken aback. She laughed and I told her that after riding around with her for a day, I wanted to drink a HUGE margaritta. STOP TALKING! She got the hint and has agreed to be more relaxed and casual.

No pressure or anything, but after running my numbers, I still need to sell about $40,000 in new business for this year. YIKES. After I get finished typing this, I will be calling school after school to update my database and make sure I have all of the planning times of yearbook advisers and their correct names. Then it’s on to the whole cold-calling fiasco. I don’t like this part of my job, but I have to do it if I expect to even try to sign some new orders.

I attended a Region 4 education meeting last night. I wanted to go and find out about teaching because it has been in the back of my mind a little bit. I don’t want to sound catty or ridiculous, but I feel that I could easily get a job teaching kids journalism because: A) I’m a yearbook/newspaper/graphic design nerd who loves journalism more than anything and B) well… my dad is the superintendent of one of the largest school districts in Houston, let alone Texas, and the connections to get a teaching job are crazy. I’ve known these teachers since I’ve been in school, they come to our Christmas parties that my parents hold, they came to my wedding, etc. I feel a sense of comfort with these people and they’re good people. If I had a dime for everytime I saw a crappy journalism teacher, I’d be a rich lady. Everytime I go into my schools to teach the kids basic journalism skills, I really feel that I’m bringing something valuable to them that their teacher can’t provide.

Anyway. So.

I went to this meeting to listen about how you go about getting alternative certification. The whole process can take between 6 months to a couple of years (depending on how quick you take the courses), and the Region 4 company will place you a district of your choice. I’m telling you, I’ve got fantastic connections, so I don’t think I’d have a problem finding a job.

The reason I attended this meeting lastnight was due to the fact that I was getting worried about hitting my sales goal. I’m very hard on myself, so at times I’m making myself MISERABLE. Matt has been nothing but nice to me when I come to him bawling my eyes out about how I’m worried I won’t hit my numbers and that I’ll completely fail. I cannot help with the worrying, b/c I’ve been like this since I was little. Oh well. After attending the meeting, I decided that I will stick out Walsworth for a year or so, see how I’m doing then, and then make a decision. WIth sales, the sky’s the limit on how much $$ you make. Apparently, if I stay on track with my plan and hit my numbers, I calculated that I will make between $90-110 grand a year by the time I’m 30. Matt and I need this money especially if we’re going to have children around the time I’m 28 or 29 (I’m 26 now). Teaching is such a stable job though, and even though I wouldn’t hit $90,000 unless I was an administrator, it would be a steady job.

Ok enough info. My head is swimming.

I’d better go….. have a great weekend everyone!