Flown wrote:
I don't have an "official" job title, but I consider myself a naturalist, conservationist, and biologist. I spend most of my time outdoors (in the forest or other natural habitats). I am most fascinated by fungi and plants, but I honestly love learning about anything in nature. I spend most of my hikes log flipping, scouring leaf litter for emerging fruiting bodies, and looking for native flora.
This ^^^ is what I tried to be and could not get work or the right opportunities. Grew up in a time when women "in the field" were rare and those who got jobs rarer still. My degrees are in botany and mycology. I still flip over logs
Carolina Jessamine, right? That's what made me notice your post. Feel free to PM me anytime you want to talk plants or fungi.
Back to the main thread. I have ended up the past 20 years working as an advocate for services for people with developmental disabilities and it is my own business - social work was privatized in my state - so I can work from "home" and set my own hours, which has made this possible. I now have five people who work with me. In the past I have taught college and also have been a hospice nurse.
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