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Dabell
Beach Fanatic
inner peace with ones self can make or break you. I just closed my studio and now I am working from home part time. I too am looking for a job that I can just go to and leave with a pay check. I really love doing make-up and I will always do it but not on a full time base. I need change in my life that because I've changed as a person. I know today I am a better person than I ever have been. Where will I be in a year? I don't know!
audie
fartblossom
i am a hospital pharmacist, work 3rd shift and love it. would despise it if i had to work a different shift though. my husband is a pharmacist for cvs - he hates it, unfortunately found out too late what it is like to work with the public and insurance companies. but after spending all the time and money to go to school, what do ya do? why is it that the people getting everything paid for them are the nastiest most hateful people to deal with ?
shakennotstirred
Beach Fanatic
I am a Financial Manager for a bank. I wouldn't say I love my job - some days I do hate it. I don't really dislike what I do but am tired of dealing with the politics of the corporate world. I think one of the secrets to making it work is to try not to let work related stress get the best of you & to forget about work once you walk out the office door. Or win the Powerball. Somedays I think the latter may be easier.
peapod1980
percy
Hmmm...tough but good question. Mermaid will be proud of the thread you started!lucky13 said:I need to take a poll and see how many of you love your jobs. I just switched jobs for the sake of keeping a job, and I'm less than happy. REALLY lesss than happy. So, I'm just curious--what do you do? Do you love it? Hate it? What's the secret to making it work?
I don't know how many jobs I've had in life that I really loved; I think those are rare. At the time I left my job as a magazine editor to stay home with my first child, I was pretty content there and loved many aspects of that job. But lots of things about it, I disliked.
I find the same thing with my "new" job as a stay-at-home mom; it's very hard, and I don't feel like I love it every day, but I do feel like it's where I'm supposed to be. If I had a secret, I think that would be it--it works because I feel like it's what I'm supposed to be doing. My calling, if you will. That's what keeps me doing it every day. I think either you have a conviction about what you do, or you're blessed enough to actually love what you do.
Or it pays an insane amount of money. :funn:
Cil
Beach Fanatic
Right now I am jobless. I am a preschool teacher, have taught little ones for 25 years. I truly enjoy teaching preschoolers; they are little sponges, soaking everything up, their energy, affection and honesty never fail to move me.
I was really happy with the teaching job I had in Denver, but then we moved here.
I am not sure what I will end up doing; I am not in a big hurry to make a move, but I am not exactly the Corporate Wife type.
The local Head Start offered me a job floating, but at only $7.50 an hour. Obviously I did not get into Early Childhood Education for the vast wealth, but that's half of what I used to make in Denver. We'll see.
I was really happy with the teaching job I had in Denver, but then we moved here.
I am not sure what I will end up doing; I am not in a big hurry to make a move, but I am not exactly the Corporate Wife type.
The local Head Start offered me a job floating, but at only $7.50 an hour. Obviously I did not get into Early Childhood Education for the vast wealth, but that's half of what I used to make in Denver. We'll see.
katie blue
kt loo
My conflict is that while I enjoy being creative (music, photography, graphics, etc.), I've found that when I do that for a living, it takes some of the joy out of it. It's stressful to create "art" for a living, because it's terribly subjective (there's no right or wrong answer, you never know when your project is actually complete, and your best work can be panned by a client for any reason at all-they don't like the color, or maybe they just have different tastes. Very frustrating.) For me, the balance is achieved by doing less-artistic work for a living (HTML/web work, tech writing, what have you) and saving the creative energy for my hobbies and interests. (Until and unless someone wants to pay me insanely to do them, which I don't expect or plan for.)
Every job gets old after a while, once it's completely routine. I've hit that point with web work after doing it for 10 years. I've been considering going back to school to teach web/media at the college level, or possibly getting a realtor's license. (I wouldn't be one of those red-blazer go getter types, just casually practice it if I decide to go through with it. I love real estate, and it would jibe well with the music demands, but it seems that the last thing the world needs is another realtor. Teachers, on the other hand....)
Every job gets old after a while, once it's completely routine. I've hit that point with web work after doing it for 10 years. I've been considering going back to school to teach web/media at the college level, or possibly getting a realtor's license. (I wouldn't be one of those red-blazer go getter types, just casually practice it if I decide to go through with it. I love real estate, and it would jibe well with the music demands, but it seems that the last thing the world needs is another realtor. Teachers, on the other hand....)
iwishiwasthere
Beach Fanatic
I teach as well and love it. I truly believe it is my calling because I have had other opportunities, but they did not feel right. What I dislike about my job is that everyone seems to think that all students must score 90% or better on tests. I am tired of the government dictating what I do without ever walking in my shoes. 
No two children are alike and each have different needs. It seems education is so consumed with keeeping up, that we do not take time to build a strong foundation. They just keep dumping more on these children.
I have considered realty appraisal as a second career. A good friend's husband does it, and it seems like a great job. Out of the office some and well paid. But for now I will stay where I am.
No two children are alike and each have different needs. It seems education is so consumed with keeeping up, that we do not take time to build a strong foundation. They just keep dumping more on these children.I have considered realty appraisal as a second career. A good friend's husband does it, and it seems like a great job. Out of the office some and well paid. But for now I will stay where I am.