In my company, my role/position/title is of Account Manager, however, I am just what you call a glorified Customer Service Representative handling almost all operaitonal aspects for my company in a particular geographic region. The job used to excite me because I was able to travel and not be in an office setting all day long. Meeting new people, helping them resolve their issues and helping with their customers used to be challenging and made me feel rewarding. Now, it is just annoying as I answer and send emails consistently all day (no thanks to the corporate Blackberry) or am tied to my phone all day talking, explaining and teaching annopying, ignorant clients what has already been agreed with them. Another thing is the lack of commaderie found in an office. In my area, there is only one other person, my assistant. His job is probably even duller than mines. This day after day of doing the same thing and being the face of the company to way too many people covering a way too large geographic region is taking its toll on me.
I just finished reading this article on Careershifters.org, and felt this site and FreestyleSuccess can help and guide me. As I reflect, I can only wonder how I got myself where I am today? My wife tells me I am quite creative and way too smart to be doing my current job/career and my potential is above it. Of course, she is going to support my dreams and passion, but what is it exactly? That’s why I just need to put my thoughts down in writing and discover it step by step.
I am definitely creative and have a knack for art and talent-wise I am raw without any formal training. I am smart enough to understand things generally, from computing (hardware to software), telecommunications networking (hardwire/wireless/LAN/WAN) are a couple examples but I cannot seem to focus; which is a lack of skill. Perhaps all these years of multi-tasking and actually being a jack of all trades has hurt me now.
I definitely want to move torwards a career that rewards creativity and recognizes and allows for dynamic changes. I’ve always wanted to do something with the web, the internet, to use it as a method, channel, or medium to share my thoughts, ideas, outlooks on the prospective future and reference to the past. I like the title of a Creative Services Director. Or can I be a professional blogger/writer doing this full time? Another one would be a food connoisseur either writing reviews, video or perhaps a job like Adam from the Travel Channel’s Man versus Food. Seriously, what a dream job he has, travel the states for pig-out spots. I always have crazy weird dreams that are so vivid that I remember vast details and I write it down because to me, it felt like a movie. Perhaps a script writer? This leads to an inspirational speech from Elizabeth Gilbert describing thinking about the idea of genius in a different light. The video can be seen at here. If true, I feel the element of genius around me all the time and have not taken advantage of it. There are even some instances of it that can relate to my work but its hardly recognized.
Regardless, I think I will keep at it, jotting down any ideas and sharing with the world and keeping it as sort of a time capsule here on my blog. To be quite honest, writing a deservedly read article and having the confidence to share with the world like many other things of written for this blog is a full time job and a passionate hobby of mine as well.
What are your thoughts on feeling stagnant and dull and looking for change in pace? Perhaps I am chicken to take a risk all the way. My obligations tie me down. My education and upbringing discourages it. What would you do?