I had an opportunity to become an instructor, but it didn’t feel like the right choice at the time.
Anyone outside of my life would have told me I was making a mistake by not accepting it. Here is the situation.
I had been downsized in the financial crisis of 2008/2009 and I went back and got some additional certifications. The certification school I attended asked me to come back after I graduated to talk to them. I thought this was strange but since I was looking for a job, I thought perhaps they might have something in mind.
I was told that the instructor who taught me thought my skills and knowledge were great and that I had the personality to teach others. I was flattered of course. Who wouldn’t be? A instructor who taught thousands of students, thought I was the best one? Yet when I was thinking it over it didn’t feel right.
I liked the school and the administrators and people I was talking with were friendly and nice. The location was easy to get to on public transportation and I’m sure the salary would have been fine.
Its just that there was a feeling I couldn’t explain about why it didn’t feel right. In my life sometimes I have a feeling that I can’t articulate and when I have followed it, it has usually turned out to be helpful and correct. I didn’t think anything negative of the school, it just didn’t feel like the path I was destined to take in my life.
So I said that it is a very tempting offer but I don’t think it is right for me. I don’t like disappointing others, but I would not be helping others if I disappointed myself as well. I could have used the job and the money, but when you are poor and have nothing you have a certain amount of courage that you don’t have anything to lose at that point.
I kept looking and a week later I found a job that allowed me to continue to learn and grow and I was accepted and started. In life sometimes what is easy is not the way and sometimes what is intuitive is not the truth.