What do I choose when I enjoy it all?

Monday: Tri-State Conference with three governors. Front story for early news, turn package for late shows.
Tuesday: Break-out story from governor's conference, update station talent pages, attend major community announcement. Turn package on an abused dog getting a new lease on life.
Wednesday: Drive one hour to a small Nebraska town to attend a meeting on highway reconstruction that should have been done in the 2000s. Comb Twitter for storm damage in our viewing area and create a digital playlist for the evening team to use on-air. Send my weekly digital report to our corporate team.
Thursday: Drive two hours with our Chief Meteorologist to a small Iowa community hit by a multi-vortex tornado. Turn two packages, one for in-house, one for sister stations, both in time for early news.
Friday: Drive one hour to a picnic held by a local Representative and attended by the former Vice President. Create a social video from the event. Turn story for early news. Update station website and talent bios with new images.
Saturday: Technically "off" work, but need to keep social media pages updated with relevant news. No newscast today.
Sunday: Turn two stories for air. Produce evening newscast. Catch up on all digital/social reports neglected from days before. Anchor evening newscast.

That is a very brief breakdown of my week July 12th-18th. It was nearly a week from hell. And I loved (almost) every minute of it.

I am a digital content producer, newscast producer, multimedia journalist, photographer and most recently, an anchor. I can also direct a live severe weather cut-in if needed and drive a car towards a severe storm on a chase.

Some like to say I "collect" meteorologists because it seems like many of the brilliant scientists that pass through our newsroom become my greatest friends.

Back on track. That list above isn't a list of jobs I have done in the past... but a list of what I currently do day-to-day and week-to-week. Our evening anchor once called me the "Swiss Army Knife" of the newsroom. That's become my moniker.

As I am coming up on my 6th year at my current station, I have begun to wonder what is next for me. I think I am ready for a new adventure. I've started to look for my next market, the next station to grow my craft and the next city to call home. But I have run into one common issue.

What the HELL do I want to do.

I've been blessed in my current newsroom to work with a News Director who encourages us to do it all... if we want to of course! You can read more about my News Director, Diana Castillo, here and why working with great newsroom management is so important. But moving to a new station in a bigger market, I've been warned that having that freedom won't be the case, and I'll need to chose which path to follow.

The problem is, I don't know if I can.

I enjoy wearing many hats and never having my day be the same as the last. I love the days that I can go speak to people in my community and then come back and sit at the anchor desk (yes, Diana... you told me so!). I enjoy the days I get to dig around on social media, create reports and see just how much our station presence has grown while coming up with the next creative post on Instagram. I thrive under the pressure of those sit-down interviews with politicians that took hours of preparation and research. Digging through dozens and hundreds of documents working on the next investigative piece? Sign me up!

How do I choose?

How do I choose which path to take in the next phase of my career?

And what happens if that path is the wrong one...