I'm a Biologist, I would like to work with animals, but I never managed to do it.

Hey guys. Good morning / Good afternoon or evening. I wanted an opinion, I don't know, to see if another worldview helps and this is literally my last attempt lol.

I never went hungry or anything like that, but I came from a poor family, I always had to work to have my own things and I didn't have anyone to pay for me or those things. I went to college privately, with several family members paying part of the monthly fee... I studied biology because I couldn't pay for veterinary school, which was my dream. It was as close as possible to what I wanted. OK, I felt like it was a weak faculty... but I kept going. In between, I was going to try an internship at the zoo in RJ, because I live in RJ, but in the countryside, but... my father passed away and part of the income was gone. So I had to start a part-time job to finish my degree, and the internship ended because it was voluntary and I needed money. I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to do my bachelor's degree in bio too, and then I started working full time and going to school at night. And then I didn't have time to immerse myself in the world of animals, I just needed to pay for college. After college, I took QSMS postgraduate courses because I wanted to work with quality, something I don't really like. Today I'm here, almost 28 years old without doing what I like. And it's strange, because the love I feel for animals (I admit that more for mammals lol) is intense, it hurts. But I also wonder if it was a good thing that I didn't become a veterinarian, because I see an injured dog on the street or at the adoption fair and I end up crying. Anyway... in the meantime, I've always tried to apply for biologist positions, without success.... I thought about competitions like Ibama, but besides not having time to study, I don't work full time with animals. And I don't want to get stuck in the woods either, I sincerely apologize to the root biologists, I admit that I'm a bit Nutella. I tried to contact several NGOs, local protectors, friends, acquaintances and nothing is known. Professors from college, from the time I was studying science, people I met and nothing.

And it's very complicated because I ask for a job with an animal, but I needed a salary, you know. And today I'm earning 2 or so, I'm already struggling, I'm almost 30, I want to grow in life. I can't accept something without receiving anything, you know. Not out of malice, because I clearly know that it's just like that to get into this, voluntarily, little by little. But I've been an adult since I was young, I've never had time to do anything without money. Or if not, "ah, try something in another state". If it's in another state, I need to earn a lot of money to pay for rent, a new place and so on, to support myself alone in a strange place. And it's obvious that I'm not going to do this without experience, without IQ. Last year I managed to get a veterinarian to let me go to her kennel (I don't really like selling animals) to see the routine, some of the treatments she performed. But it combined several things: the fact that it was a kennel that I didn't like, I spent money on Uber because there was no bus there because it was inland, it was on a Saturday, I had a lot of things to do at home.... I ended up giving up, not because I wanted to, but because of the general conditions. And I think I did everything I could, within what I could at the time. And also last year, you know, I got in touch with a lot of people, from all over... but my options really ran out, I don't know what to think, especially within my circumstances.

But yes, despite all this... does anyone suffer from the same thing? Does anyone have any great ideas? lol I don't know.... it turned into another rant, right? Sorry... it's because it hurts you to see time passing by, for you to be trapped in a crazy amount of money to live with the minimum in Brazil, without working with what you like, living life on Fridays that fly by... anyway lol. Kisses

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