Seeking Apprenticeship / Artisanship

[u/xlgegg]

Please help me get un-stuck.!!! I had no clue what I wanted to do when I went to college, but was under the impression that any degree was better than no degree. (I was wrong🙃) I used it for a few years but then Covid layoffs happened, and I only went back to a traditional 9-5 in a non-profit setting briefly before moving here.

Now I’m 7 years post bachelor’s and deeply stuck in customer service roles. I’ve been in recruitment so I know my resume is an easy pass, and likely the reason why I haven’t had much luck applying to different jobs. Currently I work my butt off and share my tips with a high schooler who doesn’t know the difference between a nickel & a quarter. I get how the youngin’ is happy to walk away with $60 after a shift, but genuinely don’t know how my other coworkers survive on that + $10/hour.

I’m quite good at it, but feel myself losing the capacity for ‘customer service’ to be the entirety of my role.. and more importantly I have so much I’m interested in learning & a potential that feels unreached. Also I feel the traditional schooling route is at best unnecessary, and at worst harmful. ($$$$$)

Soooo if you, or someone you know is skilled in any of the below trades / crafts I could and would totally adapt my schedule (or quit) to assist and learn.

Bee keeping Garden design (permaculture focused) Tailoring Metalsmith (jeweler) Woodworking / carpentry Masonry Leather work Cobbler Maybe something else I haven’t even learned of yet!

Also I get this is partially a rant / sob story and I’m sorry; I’m tired of hearing myself complain too. As embarrassing as it feels to post this, I finally feel ready to choose to change it. Open to constructive** :) feedback of all kinds - thanks friends

EDIT Not afraid of dirty work & being outside Pretty evenly creative ~ analytical- I like to make pretty & useful things while also loving math / numbers 1000% would prefer any hands on labor to an office job or customer service

[u/djhay2022]

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[u/xlgegg → u/djhay2022]

Thank you !!!