Displaced Homemakers

A woman who, after managing a household for years, is forced by financial necessity to find a wage-paying job. This blog is intended for the women who feel that their lives have been hit by a tornado, their tomorrows may experience a hurricane and their nights are sleepless. This blog is for the women who need to rebuild their lives, no matter the age and no matter the circumstance and for the women who needs to find resources, gather support to feel that they are not alone.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Steps Towards Discovering Your Vocation Step 5

Below is a list of attributes on a separate page in your journal and write down the ones that most suit you and add others that come to your mind.  This is just to get your mind going and observing yourself based on the steps you have taken previously.

*  Value tradition, security, and peaceful living
    * Will work long and hard to fulfill duties
    * Can be depended on to follow through on tasks
    * Loyal and faithful
Profound respect for facts and concrete information
    * Make decisions objectively, applying logic and rational thinking
    * Dislike change, unless they are shown it's benefit in a concrete way
Hard-working and dependable
    * Athletic and wholesome
    * Have a clear set of standards and beliefs which they live by
Highly observant and aware of people's feelings and reactions
    * Excellent memory for details which are important to them
    * Very in-tune with their surroundings - excellent sense of space and function
Take their responsibilities seriously
·      Extremely uncomfortable with conflict and confrontation
Enjoy creating order, structure and schedules
    * Enjoy interacting with people
    * Warm-hearted and sympathetic
#  Live in the present moment
# Are stimulated and excited by new experiences
#  Driven to turn theories into plans
# Highly value knowledge
# Future-oriented
#  Flexible and Diverse
# Excellent communication skills
# Enjoy debating issues with other people
You may already see some types or groups that are related to each other.  Ask yourself, do you seem like a nurturer, a performer,  a scientist, an artist or a doer?

Now go to this weblink:  Personality Page and explore to find your closest personality type to explore careers that closely fit who you are!
     Write it all down in your journal.
     *Note:  If you are inclined to search the web for other personality/career tests. Be aware that many of the online test only give you a glimpse into the results and then they want to get paid!  There are not many online resources that are free it seems that everyone is trying to find a way to make a dollar and that is understandable, so before you spend time taking tests, research the site to make sure you know what you are getting into.  Otherwise you may be wasting a lot of your own time.


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