What would you do if you could choose?

[Aquila1]

You know, most of the time I love being self-employed - particularly after spending a number of years working for idiots. I enjoy what I do, am very good at it, and make a pretty good income.

But if I had to pick three other things:

1. Doctor (actually I did get kicked out of pre-med )
2. Chef/Restaurant owner
3. Classical musician

 

[Homburg]

1) Self-employed
2) Self-employed doing some other thing
3) Self-employed doing some thing other than the other thing

At this point, I don't really care what I'm doing, so long as I am not working for someone else in an office somewhere.

Note: I'm not even picky about the self-employed part, so long as I work out of my home. Fuck I hate offices.

 

[StrayKat]

1. Doctor (actually I did get kicked out of pre-med )
2. Chef/Restaurant owner
3. Classical musician

1. My Dad was a neurologist, I could never have his patience and compassion for people, so no.
2. Years of every day cooking for family cured my love for cooking, no way.
3. I used to be promising young pianist at the age of 10, until I had my first performance. That was one thing in my life I still have nightmares about.

If I could choose..... a huge plot of land on top of certain mountain filled with all kind of plants and animals. If I could live on that it would be my idea of heaven.

 

[eastern sun]

1. Flamenco dancer.
2. Marine biologist.
3. Prophetic visionary.

 

[AbiNormyl]

1. Pedatric Oncologist
2. Perinatal Hospice Counselor (this one I am actually working on becoming)
3. Editor for books.

 

[Netzach]

1) Self-employed
2) Self-employed doing some other thing
3) Self-employed doing some thing other than the other thing

At this point, I don't really care what I'm doing, so long as I am not working for someone else in an office somewhere.

Note: I'm not even picky about the self-employed part, so long as I work out of my home. Fuck I hate offices.

Same.
I'd even work in an office, as long as the above criteria are met.

 

[StrayKat]

3. Prophetic visionary.

I always thought that was a call, not a job.
Not something you can just quit if you dont get a raise or boss pisses you off is it?

 

[Netzach]

I always thought that was a call, not a job.
Not something you can just quit if you dont get a raise or boss pisses you off is it?

Shit, it was the job description for derivative traders for decades.

 

[chy_girl]

1) Own my own apartment complex. Unfortunately, this is one of those jobs where the people at the bottom of the shit pile with all the practical experience have none of the start up money. And the people with the start up money are dollar oriented fools without an ounce of common sense.

2) Writer... Ok, paid writer. I think it would be cool to get paid for that.

3) Artist. I love to draw and paint, though my painting could use a lot more practice. As for my drawing, it would be nice if it was good enough to actually get paid for it.

*sighs*
This just made the potential job for a phone sex operator a lot less appealing.

 

[Aquila1]

3. Prophetic visionary.

Is that the same thing as being a television evangelist I wonder?

Could be fun. And I like the idea of earning an income made up of love offerings.

 

[Aquila1]

Same.
I'd even work in an office, as long as the above criteria are met.

That is entirely possible - I managed to plan and set up my own business while working (in an office) for someone else. When I left I was able to take a large chunk of the client base with me. Did I feel guilty? not for a fucking nanosecond.

 

[ecstaticsub]

1) Patient advocate (for hospital inpatients who don't have family nearby)
2) Swimming instructor for kids under 8 yrs old
3) Pharmacist in a well managed hospital that was fully staffed.

I am a pharmacist now. I make very good money. But it is incredibly stressful and we are way overworked. The rest of the professionals I work with are also overworked. If i could just reduce the stress a tad it would be an almost perfect job.

When I retire I will train to be a patient advocate. In some hospitals they are volunteers and in others they are paid close to minimal wage. Every patient needs someone to speak up for them.

I was a swim instructor all through college and loved it. There is something so rewarding about teaching a child who is scared to death of the water to finally be able to put their face in the water and then to look forward to coming to lessons. Too bad that job doesn't pay enough to pay the bills.

 

[BiBunny]

1.) A lawyer. I used to want to be one, and I think I would be good at it. But I've decided my crippling shyness is probably going to be an impediment to getting through law school, much less actually practicing law, so I decided to drop that one.

2.) A professional horse trainer. I wanted to do this for years until I got hurt a few too many times and gained way too much weight. Then, the politics of the horse world really put me off after that, too.

3.) A writer. This is still a dream of mine.

 

[graceanne]

Honestly, I love my current job. I'm so enjoying just taking care of the kids and the house. Normally I do that AND a million other things (like school). But . . .

1. An artist or writer that's good enough to make a living off their work.
2. A journalist.
3. A nurse.

 

[Homburg]

3. Prophetic visionary.

I imagine that a good prophetic visionary is just rolling in tail.

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Same.
I'd even work in an office, as long as the above criteria are met.

I dunno. I was sitting there today, having just got back from some fieldwork, and was chatting with a friend on IM. I typed in, "You know, I'm wearing entirely too much clothing to get any serious work done. BRB." The response was golden, but the gist was true. I knew that I wasn't going to get good quality work done til I'd shucked the workboots and heavy pants and put on some shorts and sandals.

It took me years to get to the point where I could really do good work from home. It's tough, and a lot of people don't realise the stunning amount of possible distractions. I still get lost in them. Nowadays though, I am miserable when I get stuck in an office. I'd take a job driving a truck over sitting in a cubicle every day pounding on a keyboard.

I actually turned down a good position with a very serious company that is known to pay well and have good benefits because they wanted me to run a team at a desk-based claims center. No thanks. They even bumped up the salary offer.

I have my own desk right here. This is where I want to work from.

 

[BiBunny]

Phone sex itself is meh. The working from home part, though, is fabulous. And I actually enjoy the marketing and the SEO stuff. If I were better at graphic design, I'd whore myself out as a web designer. But I suck at actually building sites, unfortunately, and very few businesses will pay someone for search engine optimization without any graphic design skills. Particularly if one's SEO skills have been confined only to the adult industry. *Sigh* Such is life.

 

[Aquila1]

It took me years to get to the point where I could really do good work from home. It's tough, and a lot of people don't realise the stunning amount of possible distractions. I still get lost in them. Nowadays though, I am miserable when I get stuck in an office. I'd take a job driving a truck over sitting in a cubicle every day pounding on a keyboard.

Yes, it can be tough. When I first started working for myself I vacillated between either working way too much or skiving off to play. Add to that the fact that I am a procrastinator extraordinaire and have a tendency to seek out all manner of distractions and it was a rough transition to go through in the beginning.

It actually took me quite a while to find the balance that works for me and also make family and friends understand that I was working and not available to them at certain times. I now have an office that is off limits to the rest of the household where I can work without being disturbed. I really like shutting that door when I'm done and walking away. Some days, I don't even choose to open it - I go fishing or work in the garden.

 

[00Syd]

1. Born rich
2. Award winning and extremely sought after screenwriter
3. Costume consultant for Mad Men.

 

[graceanne]

I've worked for myself, in the technical sense, most of my adult life. I was a caregiver through the state, and they considered me self employed. But I was - I paid my taxes separately, had to get myself to work and drum up my own business, and was responsible for keeping my 'clients' happy with my work. After that I did daycare. I've only worked for a business twice, once as a waitress, and once selling bras and stuff. It always kinda surprises me when I think it through and realize I do better unsupervised than I do supervised.

 

[Homburg]

Yes, it can be tough. When I first started working for myself I vacillated between either working way too much or skiving off to play. Add to that the fact that I am a procrastinator extraordinaire and have a tendency to seek out all manner of distractions and it was a rough transition to go through in the beginning.

It actually took me quite a while to find the balance that works for me and also make family and friends understand that I was working and not available to them at certain times. I now have an office that is off limits to the rest of the household where I can work without being disturbed. I really like shutting that door when I'm done and walking away. Some days, I don't even choose to open it - I go fishing or work in the garden.

Yep, once I moved my desk into the garage, it became much easier. Sure, the family can walk down the stairs and pester me, but it is not as easy as it was when all they had to do was poke their heads around a corner.

Now my only source of distractions is me

 

[celticsunspiral]

I actually love the main part of my job, its just the administration and paper work that get to me.

but if I could choose something else.

2. College student
3. Writer

I loved going to college, I did it later in life, in mid mid 20's and early 30's. I loved learning something new everyday.

 

[Anordinaryjoe]

Self-employed lawyer and professor.

 

[ShyVixen]

1) A NY Times best selling author
2) Owner of a small, independent bookstore
3) Virologist

 

[Vixandra]

I'd open a bakery.

Fridays will be cosplay/fetish wear day. I have this mental image of a gleaming glass show case, behind which stands a lovely young woman in a Victorian-influenced French Maid like costume. She's politely asking how she can help customers as I'm walking out from the back, a full tray of eclairs with spun-sugar falls that look floggers.

I'd love to host the local munch. Or the weekly bridge club. Whatever.

Someday... sooner then it was before.

 

[chy_girl]

Is that the same thing as being a television evangelist I wonder?

Could be fun. And I like the idea of earning an income made up of love offerings.

About 10 years back my brother wanted to be a TV evangelist so bad he could taste it... Mostly because he wanted to be able to smack people on the head and not be charged with assault.

The sick and twisted sense of humor part seems to be a recessive gene in our family.