I didn't decide, I just went the way life led me. It was all based on timing and need. I've been, not necessarily in this order, Made it to Staff Sgt. (4 years) as an Inventory Mgmt. Specialist in the Airforce, a Retail store manager, a typesetter/darkroom/Sales manager/general manager of a publishing/ advertising and printing company, owner of a Residential Care Home, Office Manager for an Earthmoving company, Payroll/benefit coordinator for a school district, Payroll and Payables clerk for a major construction company, Temp. on the processing line at IBM, Real Estate sales/Office Manager, briefly a
travel agent, Municipal Bus Driver then Field Supervisor to retirement. After that I drove a shuttle bus part time for Enterprise Car Rental and now back to full time retirement. All that and I was never fired from any of them.
While still in High School and College I managed a miniature golf course, stocked shelves in grocery stores, pumped gas, oil changes, tire repairs and tune-ups, drove delivery truck for a Hospital Supply Company and washed and some minor repairs on big rig tanker trucks even unloaded freight cars. No damn wonder I'm tired.