I always intended to play professional violin - fancied orchestral playing. My careers advice was to become a librarian (school were concerned that I should get out of my somewhat restrictive family and become independent. The school asked what I would do if I didn't get into music college, which had never crossed my mind - I knew I would), so instead of saying librarianship, I said I guessed I'd go into teaching. Because teacher training applications had to be submitted almost at once, I applied and was accepted by my first choice college, but caught sight of the school reference which said they didn't think I was cut out for teaching and they'd always seen my as a librarian. At the end of the first 2 years, I left college, hating teaching, and went to music college, where I took a teaching diploma and enjoyed teaching violin until I moved into admin. Spent two years working in a specialist library and then Civil Service for next 10 years before finally being senior PA/administrator/book-keeper and running my own admin company. Perhaps I would have been happier working as an ordinary librarian, but although never been rich, have enjoyed my career overall and still enjoy music, playing keyboards for local choir and teaching myself flute and sax, as due to severe arthritis no longer able to play violin.
Is it me or am I getting mixed messages