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Move?

Written by Alex on Sunday, May 7, 2006

As much as I love the place I live and the job I have there may come a time when I need to grow and experience life outside of where I live now.

Possibly move and find another job?

Next on my list is thinking of things to do is the possibility of moving and finding another job. Yikes!!! I’ve thought about this idea of moving away from my comfort zone quite a bit. While it would be exciting and somewhat daunting (I hate moving) as an AB how much more scary would it be as a wheeler?

How would I actually do it? Hire somebody? I dunno. Where would I go? What would I do? Now I sound like some bimbo in a movie! The truth is, I have no idea to any of those questions.

I know where I’d like to go and what I’d like to do, but at this time I don’t know how acessible this place is. And while there are several top quality museums in the area that I could be qualified to work at and probably be able to get a paying position as an AB would they hire me if I was a full time wheeler and would I be able to make enough money to pay the bills?

The way I think would be best for me to figure out if I want to relocate is to save enough money to take a leave of absence from work and live the life for a minimum of two months. I definitely want to work in a museum (I’ve enjoyed it before) I’d volunteer first and keep and eye out for a paying job at the museum even if I have to find one someplace else for a while. If after two months I haven’t found a job either at the museum or a temporary placement until something comes up at the museum, I go home.

Again, this sounds simlistic and I am well aware that in the job market I will have a distinct disadvantage. However that’s part of the whole idea. If this were easy everyone would do it, right?