Here I go again

Some of you have been through this with me before, including my present
employer, the best ever, I might add.

I'm thinking of getting out of MT again. Check that, I will be getting out
of MT again in the next 6 months to a year if at all possible. What I've
found is that my heart isn't in it, the transcribing part is almost
impossible for me for more than an hour or so at a time (two problems -
hands can't take it and it puts me to sleep), and I'm not interested in
being a business owner an administrator again. It's like one of those life
changes that I'm facing at the moment.

I work part time outside the home at an early intervention center. It's
what I was doing before I came back to MT the last time. My husband was
laid off and I had to get back to full time work, and I was given a shot by
a company and then hooked up with my present gig. I stayed there because
it's a great job.

Anyway, here I am making decisions again that scare me to death. I'm doing
online facilitation from time to time and they're asking me to do more. I'm
doing parent group facilitation a few days a week off line. And I'm
transcribing, soon to go half time. All of those added up make for a good
salary, but I'm really concerned about my hands and being able to keep it
up.

So, I'm here whining out loud, so to speak. I'm sure some of you are in the
same spot - what to do when your hands are just plain too shot to
transcribe anymore?

The scariest thing is leaving my comfort zone again. MT has always been
here for me and I for it in so many different capacities.

One last thing, I'm going back to school in the spring or fall - I really
want and almost need to take Spanish to do my offline job (I took several
years worth in high school and a conversational Spanish class as an adult).
I can understand a lot of what is spoken or that I read, but I can't speak
it or write it. I'm looking forward to getting out and going to school.



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