New career?
I’ve just had my hours at work cut significantly, and now my family is facing the same economic struggles as everyone else. We were doing fine up until this month, which just goes to show how quickly things can change. Anyway, if things don’t pick up again soon, it looks like I’m going to have to put grad school on hold while I try to find a job that can help pay the bills.
One of my friends works as a medical coder and is able to do that from home so she can stay with her kids. That sounds like something I’d be interested in and good at (since I am very detail-oriented). It also sounds like a job that would be pretty much immune to the whims of the national economy since the health care industry just churns on and on no matter what. So I’m currently checking into some medical coding training courses that will help me learn about the field and then get a job when I’m finished with the training.
I don’t know if this is the right move or not, but I feel like I have to do something productive to help my family out. I just wish the economy would turn around and bring everything else back to normal again too!