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amother
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Post Mon, Oct 25 2021, 11:36 pm
I like random things
Maps
Blueprints

Anyone know what this can translate into career wise?
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amother
Papaya


 

Post Mon, Oct 25 2021, 11:39 pm
Architect
Interior designer
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amother
Razzmatazz


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 12:27 am
Space planning?
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amother
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Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 12:33 am
So I’m not great at designing.
Not great at visualizing space off paper

Sad
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my mama




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 12:38 am
amother [ OP ] wrote:
So I’m not great at designing.
Not great at visualizing space off paper

Sad


Technical engineer. You need to know the laws and how it pertains to the space. So someone designs it for you and you add in everything to bring it up to code.
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amother
Jetblack


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 1:41 am
Travel Agent
Detective
PI
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dankbar




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 1:52 am
Tour guide & setting up travel itineraries.

Engineer

Real estate broker

City/town/village or development planners
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amother
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Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:29 pm
Travel agent wouldn’t work for me. Any of the other ideas able to work for a mom of three doing carpool half the day?
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flmommy




 
 
    
 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:42 pm
Surveyer?
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amother
Bellflower


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:45 pm
Appraiser?
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amother
Iris


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:48 pm
DH loves maps and blueprints and is going for a civil engineering degree.
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amother
DarkOrange


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:52 pm
Land use attorney
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amother
OP


 

Post Tue, Oct 26 2021, 10:55 pm
If only I’d done school before kids! These days I can’t imagine going back to school
Thanks everyone for your help so far!
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ora_43




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Oct 27 2021, 7:25 am
With apologies for being 'that person' -

sounds suited to 'person who does totally unrelated job and enjoys maps in her free time.'

Trying to turn a hobby/interest into a job is great if you don't care at all how much you earn. Otherwise? Start either with the working conditions you want, or with a general set of skills you have.

Reasons

- because enjoying one part of a job doesn't mean enjoying every part of a job. Like, I like music, but I would absolutely hate being a professional musician. My friend likes computers but hates math, he would not enjoy doing a comp sci degree. Etc.

- because even loving every part of a job doesn't mean you'd want the conditions. I was once offered a job that's basically a 100% match for my skills and interests... for $2,000/month, 45/hours a week minimum, a 75-minute commute away. No thanks. And for some types of jobs the entire industry is like that.

- because it's unnecessarily limiting.

Start with, like, "I can work up to 30 hours a week, preferably from home" or "I prefer to work out of the home, in a quiet environment" or "I need a really dynamic workplace with a lot going on." Or with something like, "I'm good at keeping track of a million details" or "I'm good with difficult people." And see where that gets you.
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ora_43




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Oct 27 2021, 7:28 am
I do think liking maps/blueprints can be a good place to start, if you 'learn out' from there to something more general about what you enjoy or what you're good at.

Eg are you detail-oriented, do you like to work with information, do you like to work independently and quietly, do you like to turn complicated concepts into simple images/explanations?
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FranticFrummie




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Oct 27 2021, 7:34 am
I think the right questions are:

WHY do you like these things?
WHAT about them appeals to you?
HOW do they make you feel?
WHAT would you NOT like about it?

If you can get to the reasoning behind the attraction to your hobbies, then you can extrapolate it to other things, and get the same feeling of satisfaction - without it having to do specifically with those exact hobbies.
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amother
Peony


 

Post Wed, Oct 27 2021, 11:29 am
Technical drawing (drafting). You don't need to be able to draw very well because most technical drawing is done on computer these days.

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