10. Transportation Worker
While you may have read this heading and thought I’m talking about being a bus driver, a day in the life of a transportation worker is on a whole other level. These women usually drive big trucks throughout their country and being away from home weeks on end means saying goodbye to their family for long periods of time.
Their personal safety is compromised as they drive through multiple cities carrying the delicious food that we buy from grocery stores and other products. This job can leave people feeling lonely when they spend most of their time commuting in a truck.
Sitting most of the time can cause back problems and all you want to do is be healthy to go home to your family.
It may start to feel like a dead end job and this can create a limited income if there is no ladder to climb at your company. You just need to hope that if you set up your lifestyle the right way, you can work for a certain period of time throughout the year and take an extended vacation.
9. Social Workers
Social workers help bring families together and handle problems in dysfunctional homes. They are often awake late at night working on cases and often have to show up to court to testify as a witness. Social workers are often on-call and have to be there for their clients at inconvenient hours. Women in this profession are the backbone of broken homes and quite often they end up having their own mental health issues to the point of seeing a therapist themselves.
On the bright side, social workers are good listeners and give helpful advice because solving family problems is their forte. What can be unfortunate is if a social worker starts to turn to drugs or alcohol to help muster the energy for another day of work.
An alternative to this career is becoming a professor and teaching about the fundamentals of this profession with real life examples to get your students ready for what’s to come.
Opening your own practice is another way to use your family-building skills to avoid this challenging job. Nobody ever said this career was going to be easy, but there are circumstances that you might see that will change your perspective about life forever.
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