I'm curious

ramstein1027 · December 2014

Who here is familiar with the poem The Summer Day by Mary Oliver? I love the closing line:

Tell me, what is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?

Anyone ever feel like they waste their time and talents at their jobs? What is your dream job, ladies? If money, practicality, geography wasn't an issue, what would you do with your one wild and precious life?

minionlover · December 2014

I would love to be a party planner. I think that would be so much fun. Although a job that lets me see the world would be amazing too. Maybe some type of hotel or food critic but I would just report my findings back to the home office and someone else would actually write any articles. I am not a writer.

brainybrunette · December 2014

I definitely feel like I wasted my time and talents in graduate school. I feel like it robbed me of my 20's. My dream job is still to advocate for science/health research...I want to make a difference in this world, and I feel like my talents are still in that realm.

In a perfect world, part of me wants to pack up and move to Italy. I would love to live "la dolce vita" (the sweet life)! However, I think at some point I'd be bored if I wasn't fighting for a cause. Plus, Italy has it's own problems. It's just as hard if not harder to find a job there because it's even more of a "who you know, who your family is" culture. My cousin who lives in Naples is going through this right now. She wants to be a judge...she has a law degree but because her father isn't a judge, it's going to be a difficult path for her. There is little to no social mobility in Italy.

Maybe living la dolce vita in Italy 6 months of the year, and advocacy in the US the other 6 months???

ramstein1027 · December 2014

Probably not a shocker to anyone here that I would be a writer. But I'd like to be able to have different places to write, like I could go to Florida or Maine depending on my mood and what I was working on.

ETA: I'd also like to do something to help people. I hate that I have so little time to volunteer. I stare at white screen 8 hours a day, drive 2 hours a day, then just normal cleaning/making dinner/grocery shopping etc and I'm exhausted. bah

catwine · December 2014

I used to want to be a band photographer that toured with the bands across the world. Then I met my husband and realized I'd never want to leave him behind. My dream job now is less of a traditional job, but more of a lifestyle...I'd live with D and our kids on a huge piece of land surrounded my forest and fields. I guess our job would be farming, but we'd do it mostly for ourselves and give some away to friends and family. If we ever won the lottery in real life, that is what we'd do.

ramstein1027 · December 2014

brainybrunette said:

I definitely feel like I wasted my time and talents in graduate school. I feel like it robbed me of my 20's.

*quote box fail*

Preach.

mrshall1027 · December 2014

I definitely felt like I was wasting my life a few years before I met H. I was married to my ex and I was miserable. The company was struggling and we were working 12-15 hours a day 6 days a week. I felt like I should have just gone to college, never had gotten married, and I really resented myself, my dad, and my ex for the life I had. Then one day it all clicked and I decided to change my life/outlook. I kicked my ex out, filed for divorce and made a plan with my dad on how to turn the company around. 5 years later and I'm loving life!

I still wish I would have gone to school. I always wanted to be a psychiatrist but that won't ever happen now.

When I think of what my dream life would be, I'd want to have our company successful enough that I don't have to work every day so I could stay home and raise our kids but also have time to volunteer, travel, and explore other business opportunities. We are working really hard to make that a reality!

goatlady12 · December 2014

I've never been able to answer this question and it was why I never went to college. I thought it would be a wasted of money to go with no direction at all.

I guess my dream would be to not do the same thing forever. I would love to do something different every few years and experience the most that I can in this world.

ramstein1027 · December 2014

Honestly @mrshall1027 and @goatlady12 I think you made a good choice. I mean obviously we can all agree that education is valuable but so many kids today are going, getting in debt, coming out and not knowing a trade or skill they can use to get employed. It's not like you can never go back to school or take classes you want in the future anyhow. My mom is finishing up her degree now at 56. She quit bc she didn't know what she wanted to do, got a really good executive position at a bank, and figured life out first.

catwine · December 2014

^^Ditto my mom. She finished high school, started working and then got married and had me. When my brothers were born she became a full time SAHM and at age 46 went to college to get a diploma. Soooo many "older" people are going back to school, they outnumber the teenagers in my town's colleges.

mana8503 · December 2014

I'm pretty fulfilled in my job. I love who I work with, and I love our end customer (soldiers). I just don't like the management (or the new guy).

xxjen015 · December 2014

I agree a lot with @goatlady12. I went to college, but I don't love what I do. I wish I'd gone to school for something else and I tell people I don't want to teach forever. When they ask me what I want to do instead...it's a big, fat I don't know. I want to be a mom. I want to stay at home, watch my children love, learn, and grow.

I would love to do photography on the side, but it's something that I don't have the money to properly invest to get started doing even true amateur photography. I do some shots for friends who don't mind that I don't have the "right" equipment, but still.

consciousdear88 · December 2014

If money and other such things weren't an obstacle, I'd want a job where I'd get to travel the country with DH. I've loved traveling since I was little and it would be amazing to have a career where I would be able to do that.

I don't mind what I went to school for, but it's definitely gotten me nowhere in terms of career options since more places want a Natural Sciences degree instead of the Social Sciences one that I have.

Next best thing with an actual realistic obtainable goal would be to help H realize his dream of owning his own restaurant. And to possibly own a tiny house.

catwine · December 2014

I have some college regret too. I was 16 when I decided what I was going to take, and then got some college credits towards that program the next year. Halfway through the program, I realized I did not want to be working in that field (environmental) but I still finished and graduated. I was so young while in college (I started at 17 and was 19 when I graduated), so my interests changed but I wouldn't go back and change my program. D and I met through college so everything was worth it:)

pockysquirrel · December 2014

I don't have regrets. At all, really. I love where my life any my career have ended up so far.

I DO wish I had the money to take ALL the trips I want and visit ALL the people I want to see, instead of having to limit myself to a few per year.

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