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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I can relate to you in some ways. I'm also in your age range, and not yet with children. Do you suspect part of it is that you feel you will be TTC soon? So, that is sort of taking over possible thoughts for career ambition/change? For me, I think leading up to this time in my life, I'm getting progressively more anxious because I know the longer I wait the harder things may be to conceive naturally. So, just to say that those thoughts have maybe pushed aside career ambitions that may have been stronger earlier on. [/quote]

No, I don't think TTC has anything to do with it because I have been ambivalent about TTC for years (and I've been married for 7 years already).  I think the reason my ambition is gone is because I have had the door slammed in my face so many times career-wise.  In other words, I've tried to advance my career/apply for new positions and opportunities and I never get them because of competition.  It makes me very sad because I feel I have wasted my education (Ivy league college, top 10 grad school).  I know that I'm one of the "failures" in my high school class (private school), where everyone else went on to be doctors, lawyers, PhD scientists, and here I am still basically stuck in a very entry-level career.  It's not for lack of trying, that's for sure, I have tried so hard to advance my career but at some point you get so tired of the rejection that you just stop trying.  That's what has happened with my ambition.

I'd like to get my ambition back, but don't know how to start.  Do I see a career counselor?  Therapist?  Try to find a career mentor?  I saw a career counselor for my latest round of job applications, but we never talked about ambition/career advancement, she just helped me with my resume, cover letter, and job search ideas.[/quote]

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