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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
S/O: Loving your job
No disrespect meant to those who said they love their job! I always had trouble understanding that notion. I can understand liking your job and co-workers and getting a sense of satisfaction from what you do, but "love"? In my experience, I've liked aspects of my previous jobs but there was always some negative to take it down (politics, long hours, low pay, etc.). Maybe I'm just too jaded! I do understand how people can love certain jobs that they have a calling for (policeman, fireman, nurse), or is involved with heloing people/community, or something artistic. So, those of you who love your office jobs, enlighten me 
Re: S/O: Loving your job
I once had a job I loved - I took a year off from college and worked at this really cool store. Almost every aspect of the job was fun, people were fun, I made a ton of friends, and the money felt like a lot to me b/c it was the first time I worked FT and I still lived at home and had few bills or responsibilities. Would you believe I looked forward to work?
I can think of some jobs that I would love, but they are not in the cards right now. And I also think you get to a point where turning anything you love into a job can fade the bloom on that interest.
My career is my calling, it's a response to a huge, huge public need. It's very rewarding. It also happens to be my fourth adult position. job since graduating college, so I'm no stranger to office politics... through everything I've dealt with, which includes some very nasty witch hunting aimed at me by a senior level executive at one company... I honestly love and am very interested in what I do.
It's not a passion, though. I need to work with numbers and finite limits. I couldn't, for example, be a social worker. even though I seem to be the resident therapist for many people I know, I would be burned out so quickly.
I see what you mean about loving ones job. I really do love my job, and technically I'm not even under contract.
As a teacher I get back a lot of what I give. The group of students I have are great, not perfect, but great. They know I care for them and they in turn care for me. I don't like the way education is headed, testing etc, but I LOVE being with and molding young minds. LOVE my job!
I love the idea of my profession as a physical therapist. We help people on a daily basis to get back to being functional. Some therapists (not myself) truly help people to become independent with the most basic needs that we take for granted. For example, helping someone after a spinal cord injury. I can't work in that environment; I am just not made out for it.
As a sports medicine therapist, I loved helping the different age populations. Teenagers/young kids bring a fun side to the job, whereas, the elderly are appreciative of gaining back some of their indep. My last job, I loved just about everything, from my co-workers and the friendships we had outside of work, to the environment. The one downside, that started to wear on me (mostly after having kids) was the schedule. I worked until 7 most nights, and still had a couple hours of paperwork. I usually worked through lunch doing medicare notes. Also b/c when I got out of school therapists were not in demand, I wasn't making nearly as much as new grads were. These were the reasons I left. I love my new jobs schedule, but I miss the patients I used to work with. I also miss the relationship I had with my old coworkers. They were much more fun, younger, and generally cared about me as a person. Where I work now, it just isn't so. Everyone is very two-faced, and look down on me b/c I'm just the PT. Yet, I'm the revenue builder in the office and I have more degrees than them (this is a big thing for them..I could care a less about my degrees). Just very different, and that brings me down most days.
I think in general, I hate the fact that I have to report to work everyday, but I hate being home for extended periods of time. I would never be able to be a SAHM. I need adult interaction, and I truly enjoy what I get out of the majority of my patients. I have met some very unique individuals, and have heard some pretty cool stories as well.