I am a ballet dancer. I have gained weight. My parents passed away. I have a labrador. I love dogs. My dog chases snakes My dad had a irish setter dog. My dad hunts. I'm from Alabama.
I am a social worker. I love dogs. Dog movies are my favorite. My parents passed away. I have two dogs: a labrador and an irish setter mixed.
So what made you decide to go into social work? I initially was a project manager and although I enjoyed it, I felt I needed to do something different. As I love helping people, one of my friends suggested I should try social work. I did and I love it. I get to help people while putting all of my project management skills to work. That's incredible, very respectable work you do. I'm considering changing careers myself as my struggles with weight are worsening my ability to perform, and social work seems like a good fit for much the same reasons. Any advice for anyone looking to enter the field? The first thing I would recommend is to look into the education piece. You have to have your Masters to go into social work, so it's a lot of education. What type of education do you have? Well I dropped out of high school to pursue ballet so that's basically out of the question. Perhaps I should prioritize going to the gym more often instead, haha.  You could always take online classes to get your high school diploma and then online classes to get your Bachelor's. You're young enough. Speaking of losing weight have your tried Weight watchers? I had a few pounds to lose and I found it great. Fair enough, yeah that is a realistic option still. Just a matter of getting it done. I haven't tried weight watchers, but I need to do something about this weight. If you've had success then I suppose it's worth a shot.  Yes it really isn't that difficult. You just log your food and your activities. Let me know if you try it. Do you have a lot to lose or just a little? I'd say a moderate amount at this point. I'm about 30 lbs overweight now. It may not seem too noticeable visually but it makes a huge difference in high-level ballet performing. My theater company isn't too happy about it either and the stress just compounds things.  I would definitely try weight watchers. You are very active being a ballet dancer so if you just choose the right food, I think you would find it easy. It also allows you to treat yourself. How's your dog doing? Keeping you busy? You're right. Thanks for the advice and kind words, I'll let you know how it goes. He's still at it with the snakes... at this point I'm going to need to go north if I want to get him out of thinking the snakes like being bothered, haha. Always a concern around these parts. Yes that would be worrying as you don't want him chasing the wrong snake! My dogs are very excited that spring is coming and we can go for longer walks. They love to chase squirrels. The minute they see one they charge off trying to catch them. I guess better squirrels than snakes!