If you had told me that I would be doing this job 20 years ago I would have looked at you, laughed hysterically and called you a nutter!
You see I was trained to be a Scientist and I was very sceptical about anything to do with this field of work. I thought it was for hippys and people who didn’t really live in the real world. How wrong I was.
When I got my degree in Biochemistry, I was convinced that every answer was in the laboratory, that you had to prove it once then back it up 3 times with experiments, results and data. Then it had to be verified by numerous other experts before other people could accept and believe it.
I lived my life strictly by these guidelines and employed them when I went to work in the Bank. It was a pensionable, secure job with a guaranteed income and a clear path up the corporate ladder should I wish to take it.
My parents were thrilled, “a job for life they called it.”
The people I worked with were lovely and I had a great time there for 5 years until I realised I was actually pretty miserable! I did enjoy the environment and the salary was great but there was no purpose and no meaning in the job for me. So I left. There was absolutely nothing wrong with the job but for me, there was nothing right in it either.