It's dawned on me that my current tax role finishes in a week and I'll have to go back to delivering food to support myself until something better comes along. It will be the second straight year I find myself in this predicament and, with myself turning 34 in March, I think something has to give.
It's frustrating, because I'm constantly getting good feedback from colleagues, clients and supervisors in my tax roles. I know I have what it takes, and I know that every May and June I'll have 5-6 job offers come flying at me. Trouble is they are almost always only for 3-4 months. I'm doing a Tax Agent Certification course right now, which should allow me to register as a Tax Agent and do my own thing, but it's a jungle out there, and I think at best that will be a high paying side gig (which I aim to pursue regardless of whatever happens).
I know it concerns my partner that we can't really pursue long term goals right now. I'm good with my money so I can always pay my way, but saving when doing deliveries is hard. I want a lot of same things she does, so as I said, after nearly two years and only getting temp gigs between June and October, I think something has to give.
So what am I thinking about doing instead? Believe it or not I'm thinking about Primary School teaching. I have a bit of a child soul, so I tend to get along well with kids (particularly those between, say, 4 and 10) and I find that as I get older, I'm becoming more patient than what I used to be. I know the work can be demanding though - it's a lot more than just rocking up at 9am and leaving at 3pm.
I also don't know much more. I'd love to hear stories and advice for people who may know anyone who teaches, or who has kids (and therefore is exposed to teachers etc). I'm aiming at doing the same to people I know, and have done so already (I know a few high school teachers, and I don't think I'd last teaching fucking teenagers hahaha).
