Post by karinothing on Sept 14, 2012 14:05:26 GMT -5
What would it be?
I decided last night that I really want to be a Midwife. I think it is pretty much impossible at this point in my life since I don't have time to go to nursing school (and I would want to be a CNM). Plus, my schedule would be insane and I can't handle that.
I think when I retire I might be a Doula (assuming they are still "in" by that time).
I'd be a cook/baker of some sort. Ideally, I'd have a small catering/event planning company. I wouldn't do large corporate events or anything but smallish parties.
I might do this someday. Right now I can't start a business or take time off to really refine my skillz because H is in grad school. I also have no idea how I would get started in something like that.
I like my actual job, but I think I might like being some kind of teacher. Either a HS foreign language teacher (which I could probably do in private school without more schooling) or a yoga teacher (for which I would need to do ten billion hours of specialized training).
Restaurant critic. Mmmm... or food recipe tester. Or product tester. Those kinds of jobs sound fun to me.
Realistically though, I think I missed my calling as a relationship therapist. I'm really good at it and I fill that role for a lot of my family and friends (sometimes willingly, sometimes not). And I have always been interested in human behavior and psychology. I have been thinking lately whether it is too late for a career change.
City manager. Which I probably could be if I went to school for my MPP but school is expensive and not too many cities hire full time managers so I'd have to move to Buffalo or something and that would suck. I change my mind. Travel writer.
I used to be a copy editor for a magazine. I'd get several drafts a day and I'd just check for spelling and content errors. if I could've done that for the rest of my career, I would've been very happy.
The boss was a complete asshole, though, and I was out of there within a couple months.
I would love to do economic development/public planning type stuff, particularly for sub-saharan Africa. I almost changed my major to focus on this, but didn't want to be based out of DC, which is where I assumed those jobs are (short of actually in Africa). I thought about it on a more local, city level but those are hard to come by.
All that said, I really enjoy acting as our company's education coordinator. I'd love to incorporate that into a full time job.
Something that pays a lot but allows me time to spend my money. I like my current job, but at the end of the day I'm a work to live, not live to work person. I'd rather use my free time to do the things I love.
Soup chef. And now I see there's a restaurant that does exactly this in a nearby city... I wish sometimes I was willing to just do something that crazy.
Post by fuddyduddy on Sept 14, 2012 15:41:50 GMT -5
I'm going to nursing school now, so I hope that I love being an RN.
My imaginary dream job would be enjoyable and fulfilling, minimally stressful, involve moderate interaction with other people, be intellectually stimulating, and pay an enormous salary. I don't know what such a job would be.