I’ve been daydreaming about what my life might have been like if I had chosen a different career path. Not that I have regrets about the path I took – except maybe that Walgreens laid me off! I’ve had a really great career so far. I’ve had a lot of fun, made some great friends and learned a lot so I can’t ask for a lot more.
But when I was in high school, I wanted to be a physical therapist. I was a candy stripe volunteer at the hospital where my Dad worked and I worked transport for the PT department. I got to see a lot of great work between taking patients to/from their rooms and I really wanted to make that kind of difference in patient outcomes. But then life happened and the college I wanted to go to became out of the question. So I started college at the Ohio State University branch campus, wrote a term paper for my English class on advertising and I was hooked on that!
Once I got to NYC and was working on Madison Avenue, one of my friends transferred out of media planning/buying and went into the TV production department. I remember being jealous at the time – it looked like so much fun! But I couldn’t afford the pay cut to make that move so I stayed in media. Choices right?
Media led to Field Marketing with Wendy’s, my move to Chicago and then my move to the client side. I have loved (almost) every minute of it! I’ve always said I never really had a career plan – but the right people and opportunities have always presented themselves when I needed them. I’m hoping my next new opportunity comes along soon!
What did you want to be and where did you end up? Tell YOUR story in the comments!
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