On the journey of life

Doctor, teacher, engineer. These were among my dream jobs as a child and probably familiar to many others as well. However, few people dream of working as a salesperson in an erotic shop as a child. No single education actually directly prepares you for the job. So how do you end up in a place like this?

 

When the caps were pulled on

I remember the moment I put on the white cap surprisingly clearly. The future was open, but at the same time I was still searching for a direction. My certificate boasted a row of E-weighted essays and the grades were quite acceptable, meaning there were many opportunities.

When I was still in high school, I had dreamed of studying medicine, but at some point I luckily realized that the mathematical subjects required for the field were my weakness. Nothing is impossible, but I abandoned the dream and realized that I could help people in other ways.

As a recent high school graduate, I thought I “should” apply to university. I liked languages ​​in high school and had done some work with children. It seemed logical to apply to study those fields.

However, I have probably never been in such a bad place in my entire life as I was in the interview for the Germanic Philology entrance exam. Sweat ran down my neck as the words disappeared and I wondered why on earth I had put myself in such a place. I didn't get a place to study - and at this point, that's a good thing.

Experimentation and reflection

I was left wondering what kind of things I would like to do in my life and spent a year of adult life learning and working, among other things, as a substitute for a child counselor. The need to do work that was close to people became increasingly evident. In the joint application the following year, I ended up applying to a university of applied sciences to study social work. This time, the doors to my studies opened.

During my studies, it was wonderful to see how many different directions you could take with the same education. I kept thinking that I would like to work specifically with children, probably because it felt familiar and safe. At the same time, I still sometimes wonder if I am looking for the right place for myself.

Everything was happening in my life, I got married and had my own child. I started to feel strongly that I wanted more in my life than my own and other people's children. I finished my studies and was still unsure of what I wanted from my future.

 

From children's toys to adult toys

During my studies, I had already recognized that one of the topics that interested me was human sexuality. I took optional studies related to sexual health and thought that I wanted to be involved with these issues in some way in the future. The desire to study to become a sexual counselor had also slowly begun to grow.

Sexuality is a central part of humanity throughout a person's life and cannot be separated from the person. I believe that some understanding of the themes of sexuality is important whenever we are dealing with people.

Any social work was and would have been more or less work on sexuality. After graduating, I managed to work in a daycare center and elsewhere, including with children and immigrants, and I liked my work. Still, something felt missing.

Erotiikan Aika happened to be looking for an employee at just the right moment, when I was again wondering what exactly I would do with my life. I applied for the job in my excitement, immediately pouring out my thoughts into the text. This tactic worked and I received an invitation for a job interview right away that morning. After a few steps, I was selected for the job from a large number of applicants and I immediately felt that I had come home. I had found my place and the path I wanted to follow.

Decades pass by

It's been almost 20 years since my graduation party, which seems crazy. A lot has happened over the years, both good and bad.

To recent college graduates, graduates, young people, and anyone searching for their direction, I want to say that no one needs to find just one “right” path in life. Most of us have many paths in life, and they begin, cross, branch, end, and continue again. It is not a failure or a wrong choice to do something that feels right, even if it later no longer serves us.

When I was younger, I still thought that at some point in life you would be “ready” or that different choices would come naturally. Today, it would even seem boring if there was a “ready” life. For most people, the path of life is more about trying, learning, and finding a new direction. Fortunately, life also includes those successes and moments when you feel you are in the right place.

Sometimes you can find one unexpectedly, seemingly behind the cash register of an erotic store.