Yipe!

After Co-bin's comment on my last post, I was curious and checked out job postings in Indianapolis. First job to come up: "Travel Counselor." With my current company. My job title right NOW is "Travel Counselor," just put some letters before that for the department I'm in.

Yipe! I could've applied right there and then, but I'm just not ready! When will I be ready? Next year? Will the same job still be available? Do I at least wait until after the holidays or until my lease is up? Am I scared or excited? At least I know the position is at least AVAILABLE there... that could help...

Why Stay Here When I Could Go....

I did some job-hunting at work and found positions in just about any city I'd want to live in. St. Louis doesn't have much unless I want to move up to the lead position, which isn't very tempting. Or, I could move to a new city, and do practically the same thing I'm doing now, except I'd guess it'd be less call-centery. I'd be an actual corporate travel agent rather than someone who just changes online bookings.

Now the main question: Is it worth it to pack up and move to a new city for almost the same job, only for the experience of living in a different city? Would I be stupid giving up my family and my friends and my hometown just for that experience? Would I find it too lonely to bear? And how do I choose which city to live in? Do I throw darts at a map and move wherever the dart lands? Heh... that might be fun to do for a couple years. :) Or... maybe highly impractical...

Of course there's only one way to find this all out and that's to just go. If I don't like it I can come back. I'll tell my company that I want to be able to come back if things don't work out. I just have to figure out how important it is to me and what my goals really are. Right now I just don't know. I just need to experiment with ideas...

October Has Arrived

I herald the arrival of October at last! Because... it's the best.

Time to turn a fresh new mind to my travel career... instead of planning itineraries and tours and cruises for travelers, I find myself trying to plan an itinerary for my own career. Is that ironic?? Maybe not.

I guess the steps to take would be to find out A) what job opportunities exist within my company, and then B) what jobs exist elsewhere. And if that includes outside of St. Louis, I'll have to consider that too. I should post ideas here as I find them. Hopefully I WILL find some...