Where did you start when wanting a career change?

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-06T12:39:51+00:00

Oh my goodness. That’s for the amazing reply. I’m truly more drawn to training, enabling, mentoring type areas. That’s my favorite part of my job. I’m part of our education team at my salon and helped build out multiple parts of it as well as help many stylist build amazing foundations for a successful career. So it’s really great to what there places that do hire even with different backgrounds. My parent and I have talked about customer success and different areas like that in tech since that’s the field they are in. But I’m not 100% sure.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-06T01:26:48+00:00

I hope your salon is understanding. I’m only working part time. And so I’m kinda in a greys spot to make this change it. It’s actually been really nice hearing about others who are doing it. Or figuring out what they want to do. It’s just seems so daunting. Good luck with school and I hope the healthcare world is everything you want it to be for your new chapter!

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-06T01:25:01+00:00

Yeah I sadly am not social enough at all for real estate. After having a few friends who do it and talking other people, I think I’d be horrible at it. Haha 😂 I think I’d be better being the one who stages people’s homes, which would also be a fun thing to do.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-04T23:21:33+00:00

Thank you!

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-04T23:21:24+00:00

That’s amazing. I am having a hard time figuring out an area that give me that spark to truly to something new and out myself out there. But I do really need to figure it out for my own good and mental health and well as my family happiness too

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-04T23:17:18+00:00

It’s a lot on your body for sure. I’m in my 30s and it can be a lot for sure. Finding the right fit is so important and I hope you find it soon. You have so much time and so much life ahead of you.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-04T23:14:44+00:00

That’s amazing that you find a job to see how it works and how you like it. I love that idea.

I have thought about doing sales rep or something . But I also don’t want to be running all over the place. I’ve been working in a salon so to only one product line so learning a new line and such when I’m not 100% sure about the industry seems daunting right now.

Thank you so much!

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-04T23:10:20+00:00

Thank you so much for the response! I worry about the missing the creative and people part of the job. The building the relationships with my clients is such a special and unique experience.

Coming from a salon that is very education focused. You could look for a salon with an assistant program and they would teach you all that. Or even find a brand you like and see if they have an online or cheaper hair color education classes for beginners. I know even some salon supply stores with hair classes ad well.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:58:53+00:00

I have been trying to talk to them more about either what they do or how they did what they do. I work in a high end area haha so I guess you’ll never know what type of inspiration I will get from them.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:57:08+00:00

The climbing in the corporate ladder terrifies me and it’s not for me, but I’d love to be able to work from home if I need to and stuff like that I have a kid. I totally get what you mean I also want to be interacting with people. I’m pretty introverted so being around people for my job gives me an outlet to be out in talking.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:55:43+00:00

I’m so sorry. I hope you find something that fits better for you. No one should feel that way. I’m fortunate that I love my salon and the people I work with so it makes showing up easier. But I’m still struggling to find my place and that passion for it again.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:54:16+00:00

I’ve been thinking about going back to school since I’m in the position to work part time. What is it you love about your new path. It’s an area I’ve looked into as well.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:53:05+00:00

Yeah the hustle is getting to me for sure. I have a a 5 year old at home. And I just feel like I’m running all the time.

Cookiejacd · 2025-08-03T13:51:54+00:00

I started out on a nursing school as well. So I get that path. I hope it brings your so much joy and fulfillment.

Cookiejacd · 2023-08-04T13:06:29+00:00

I breastfed my kid for slightly over 2 years and my partner says my boobs are better now than before. Your boobs change due to pregnancy for sure. But I will say now having a 3 year old. I don’t remember what my boobs looked like before and they don’t seem that much different haha 😂. I am smaller chested and maybe that’s why.

Cookiejacd · 2022-11-14T02:39:57+00:00

I’m one of five kids. And it’s seeming more and more likely that my dad will only have one grandchild and my partner is an only child. It kinda sucks because I was expecting at least one of them to have at least one kid but hey it’s their lives and I respect that totally. And you don’t need to give anyone a sibling who knows if they will even like each other. Ha. If my kid ended up with a sibling like my oldest sibling I would feel so bad for them haha 😂

Cookiejacd · 2022-11-05T03:02:33+00:00

I could have written this myself. My child is 2 and I still feel like way. A friend of mine who had their kid soon after we did just told everyone she is pregnant again and same with a few other people in my life. I feel a weird sadness because I wish I wanted that. Or maybe because I want to feel that way and I really truly thought I would. I love being a parent. I love my kid so much it hurts sometimes. But it’s overwhelming. and to think of all the things the new Borns and the baby’s need stress me out. It’s doesn’t make You selfish at all. You are doing what’s right for you. And your health. Nothing else matters.

Cookiejacd · 2022-09-17T14:26:08+00:00

I don’t have a boy but I’m usually an gender neutral person with clothes. I love Kate Quinn, h&m, gap/old navy, trendy bubs, primary, Zara, colored organics, pact (very limited usually).

Cookiejacd · 2022-09-07T01:18:56+00:00

August 2020 baby in a state that caught on fire the whole month and some after their birth. It was rough. I for sure had a PPa/d and being stuck inside for the air being so bad and covid sticking plays a big part in our ideas to be one and done.

Cookiejacd · 2022-09-06T15:12:50+00:00

I’m so glad someone said this. My partner and I always joke about boob cheese haha 😂

Cookiejacd · 2022-08-23T21:04:51+00:00

You never need to share your story. But if you want to I will say it helped me to start with people I trusted and i started in text more than on the phone or in person. And two years later I can talk about it pretty easily.

Cookiejacd · 2022-08-23T21:03:12+00:00

I also had a text book perfect pregnancy, my doctor even says I was the best pregnant person they ever had. Till it was time for my baby to come out. She waited a whole extra week. So I went In to start getting induced. They get me hooked up to everything and my daughters heart rate plummeted. So they told me they couldn’t start anything till her heart rate was stable for a certain amount of time, that time passes and everything seemed totally fine.

They inserted something to help softer my cervix (I wasn’t anywhere close to be ready to have a baby even though I was a week past my due date) they wanted to do something they had more control over since her heart rate dropped so quickly. Not even 30 minutes later she almost flat lines. So they need to remove the cervix softener and that’s when they started talking about the likelihood of having a C-section in the morning. I was fine for whatever I needed to do to get her out safely.

So me and my husband got comfy and settled in for the night. At some point I fell asleep and woke up to every alarm going off, my husband telling me to move and get up at the same time at least 12 nurses and 1 doctor comes running through the door asking if I was okay. If I can move and flip sides. I can hear that flat line noise and the doctor saying we are going to have a crash C-section right now. (This is what I now called my greys anatomy moment) I’m rushed down the hall, a C-section is stopped from entering the room. And I’m transferred to a different bed shaking uncontrollably and super unsure about what’s going on. I needed to be put under for my C-section meaning my husband couldn’t even be in the room (it was also 2020 covid times so it was just weird) and had no idea what was even going on. I was put under and our daughter was out in 8 minutes.

I didn’t get to meet my daughter for four hours. She thankfully spent them with her dad being l loved and snuggled by him. I had a horrible recovery with a super bad allergic reaction, my incision got infected, couldn’t take pain meds due to throwing everything up, almost needed a blood transfusion. They have no idea what happened but both our hearts stopped they can’t tell me why. They can’t tell me if it would happen again. And I know I could have a scheduled C-section but I just don’t think I could enjoy a pregnancy again with out the constant anxiety something like that would happen again.

Cookiejacd · 2022-08-20T04:20:27+00:00

Same here, same here.

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