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SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

UpstateNYPH wrote:I graduate college and start my life in one month. Ask me again in ten years

in the name of all that's holy, DO SOMETHING YOU LOVE!

and if you find out you don't love it, don't wait as long as I did to change

Gulfbreeze wrote:Sandals
Shorts
Tank Top
Sailing
Island Trips
Deep sea fishing
Sunscreen in December
Bartending on the sunset cruise
Manage a resort on the water
Cocktails everynight at 5
Listening to RM in the Cabana now
Good woman by my side
Dogs are questionable

I'm good

R U HIRING????????

Gulfbreeze wrote:Sandals
Shorts
Tank Top
Sailing
Island Trips
Deep sea fishing
Sunscreen in December
Bartending on the sunset cruise
Manage a resort on the water
Cocktails everynight at 5
Listening to RM in the Cabana now
Good woman by my side
Dogs are questionable

I'm good

You need an assistant?

I used to work a tiki bar at the Galleon down in Key West. Was talking to a customer one day about how my inadvertent career path had taken me there. he looked out at the sunset, looked back at me and said "I think you got the best corner office in the world."

Allow me to point out as we plow along on this thread, we at BN are indeed not the norm... with 69% of us liking our jobs. I'm impressed. Maybe it's the Buffett philosophy in us that's taken hold????

C-Dawg wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

C-Dawg wrote:

RinglingRingling wrote:

"Am I happy at my job? Hmmmmm....well, it's not a bad job, but not exactly what I envisioned myself doing years ago. But, it pays the bills and allows me money for wasting on my passions.
Now, I have a part time job at a dive shop, rebuilding gear, talking diving and selling gear to others. I LOVE IT. I can wear a pair of flip flops, shorts and a dive t-shirt and work there just because I love doing it, and hope in 12 years to semi-retire and do that fulltime. Someday I will.
It's one of my passions, and I love going to the shop, even on days I'm not working.

where it says "Dive", substitute "Pipe". Where it says "Diving", substitute "pipes, cigars, and tobacco". Where it says "dive tshirt", substitute "Hawaiian shirt".

Some days I wear a Hawaiian shirt, but basically what I was saying is I can be myself there and not have to dress up like my "other job"....it makes all the difference in the world

some days I change Hawaiian shirts between the day job, and the pipe shop. unless it is too cold, then I just wear a phlocking tshirt under the sweater.

I was just telling the OP that my answer was similar to yours, just to make the changes where necessary

My brother from a different mother

there is another one out there too. You haven't met Mango Man yet.

popcornjack wrote:You need an assistant?

I used to work a tiki bar at the Galleon down in Key West. Was talking to a customer one day about how my inadvertent career path had taken me there. he looked out at the sunset, looked back at me and said "I think you got the best corner office in the world."

We won't be rich, don't worry about 401k's, IRA's, etc., 'cause tomorrow we might get hit by a Boar's Head cheese truck and all that we might have worried about wouldn't make shitforshinola difference anyway. We enjoy each day like it could be our last.

Gulfbreeze wrote:

popcornjack wrote:You need an assistant?

I used to work a tiki bar at the Galleon down in Key West. Was talking to a customer one day about how my inadvertent career path had taken me there. he looked out at the sunset, looked back at me and said "I think you got the best corner office in the world."

We won't be rich, don't worry about 401k's, IRA's, etc., 'cause tomorrow we might get hit by a Boar's Head cheese truck and all that we might have worried about wouldn't make shitforshinola difference anyway. We enjoy each day like it could be our last.

My 401k? The knowledge that there will always be a bar that needs a bartender.

I do love my job, but it is more of a calling than an occupation. It is hard to explain, but I cannot imagine doing anything else, I truly, honestly believe that this is what God has put me on this planet to do. I don't make much money and it does get stressful, but I am privileged to be a servant of God and humanity.

Yeah, but for those of you that love your job and don't make much money, my question is: Do you have children? Do you have a mortgage? Do you have a partner that doesn't make much money either?
Just asking, just curious; not judging...

Mottola-Buffett wrote:Yeah, but for those of you that love your job and don't make much money, my question is: Do you have children? Do you have a mortgage? Do you have a partner that doesn't make much money either?
Just asking, just curious; not judging...

I have a child, still living with me/us, and he's in adult years.
Had a mortgage with the ex, not me and Elrod. Rent is costly enough, though.
E and I make similar salaries, but I have more debt than he does.

I spent 31 years in "corporate confinement" and retired 3 years ago.

Sometimes I loved it....sometimes I hated it. It was a diverse career and I'm not sorry it's over. It afforded me a good lifestyle and I don't regret it.

However I love my job now. I make jewelry and sell it in an artist's co-op. I work in the shop one or two days a week. The ladies I work with are great!

txaggirl91 wrote:right now - not at all.....

and that is why i am looking to get out....

i think you should teach at Penn State...you can live in my house next year with us

Mottola-Buffett wrote:Simply put, how many of you like your job or what you are doing?

I like my job, the company that I work for and (most of) my co-workers.

The company hired me to solve a problem that they couldn't fix. I asked for a salary that I felt was fair based on my experience and their expectations. They countered with an offer 10% higher (Lori is a tough negotiator) and I accepted.

On the first day I didn't even have a job description. I got my 6 month review (and a nice raise) after 3 months.

I work hard, I am compensated fairly, the company has never had a layoff and our business is good.

Mottola-Buffett wrote:Are you following your passion? Had you always wanted to do what you are now doing for a living or did you just fall into it?

I've done every job I ever seriously wanted to do, but this one is not really a passion.

I've been around the transportation business all of my life. My father has been in the business since before I was born. My first job off the farm (still in elementary school) was in the claims department of a trucking company.

Mottola-Buffett wrote:Or... do you hate your job and dream of doing something more interesting/fun/satisfying?

I dream of other things, but not to the point that it makes me unhappy with what I am doing. (If I hit the lottery this weekend, I would stay at least long enough to recruit and train my replacement.)

I read his job description, maybe Breeze needs an assistant? If not, I would like to be an instructor/divemaster on Blackbeard's cruises.

I really like my job. The only red flag is that I have a new boss who, so far, is much more "hands on" than my previous couple of bosses. So we'll see how things go from here out.

I love my Current job.. My Company has many good benefits.
I like my Job so well I work Overtime..
OK so I don't make as much as I want..
But really? my stress from work is near <strike> 0 </strike>
I am up to.. 26 days a year off..
yes sometimes we have a shift bid and My shift might not be
all Roses.. But overall I am happy..
No kids.. NO house payments..

did I see this on my horizon?? no..
I wanted to be a Radio DJ..'till I found out they don't
pick the songs they play...
I wanted to be a concert promoter... But I had no backing..
and I found out that Concert day is a bear for the Promoter..
no hanging around and drinking beer..

And at some point... If you had told me I was gonna last this long..
I would either have laughed.. Or shot you...
when I was doing my thing.. thirty was never gonna happen..

I've always enjoyed my job, or if I didn't I started looking REALLY hard for a new one!

My first job was delivering newspapers, and from the time I could walk, I wanted to do that, because all my older brothers were doing it. My very feminine Mom used to say, "She wants to be a paperboy when she grows up!!!" When Dad found out we could get college scholarships from the newspaper company, he said, "Let her." So I delivered the afternoon paper for four years. It felt like having a "beat" because I made the same rounds every day, saw the same people, and picked up all the news and noticed things. Perfect for a future writer. (and I got the scholarship, one of only two girls that had gotten one.)

During college I was a Pizza Hut waitress, because you could eat your mistakes, and you took home money EVERY NIGHT! And you got instant feedback -- if your attitude was good, you got PAID for it. I learned that being nice to people and helping them have a good time was a rewarding skill.

Then, I pursued my passion and faced my greatest fear: writing something that everyone would read. I had my first newspaper articles published in my hometown paper when I was 20. Because our Feature Writing professor said we HAD to have something published somewhere or we'd flunk the course.

The elderly man I wrote about planted all the azaleas in our hometown, which now has a Flowertown Festival coincidentally this weekend that draws 60,000 plus people. Sooo this was 30 years ago this weekend my articles were published. He got sick and went into the hospital and they put my articles on the wall over his bed. I found my calling!

During college, I fulfilled my third-grade dream to be a teacher by taking a couse in which I taught French to third-graders one semester.

I realized ADULTHOOD IS FOR FULFILLING YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS.

After graduation, I went to work for the same newspaper company that gave me the scholarship (not a requirement, just a coincidence.)

After that I have been a publications director for a Medical University, radio station promotions director and announcer, head of community relations for a medical center, Chamber of Commerce vice president of community development, Medical center magazine editor... redefining myself each time my husband's promotions moved us to a new community. He stayed in the newspaper business, so I just stayed in it vicariously.

The only time I really hated going to work, I loved the job, but I couldn't stand the boss or the people I worked with. Thankfully, that was very rare, and it didn't last more than one year. I looked and found something better as soon as possible!

Now, I am on the verge of launching my own business, a marketing and public relations service.

This has been an interesting thread to read how people got into what they do and what they like about it!

PIA wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:right now - not at all.....

and that is why i am looking to get out....

i think you should teach at Penn State...you can live in my house next year with us

No good can come of that.

LIPH wrote:

PIA wrote:

txaggirl91 wrote:right now - not at all.....

and that is why i am looking to get out....

i think you should teach at Penn State...you can live in my house next year with us

No good can come of that.

she wont move north...its too cold... its a shame...we would have a lot of fun!

My most recent job was my favorite

Working for a high risk, high reward corporation that worried more about results then politics

Good Pay
Great Benefits
Company Car
Work At Home
Make Business Decisions without having to run them up the flagpole
Some Travel
Great Co-Workers
Long Hours, but freedom to take off when needed

Then the housing market slumped and a company that wasn't planning lay-offs, layed me off. No warning, here today, gone tomorrow

So, I'm looking for my next job. No sour grapes, just trying to keep the career path on the upswing and not settling.

I like to work hard and play hard and as my avatar states,

"I'm searching for a job to support my JB habits!

No kids, no wife, no mortgage, a lot of debt I'm not paying off, my money is, for the most part fun money. Saw brother in NYC last night and splurged for "Spamalot" tix, cause I could.

Am I following my passion? No, because there is a LOT more work to being a successful actor than just hanging around and hoping you're discovered. Some of my friend still do it, and God bless them for having that stick-to-it attitude. But am I happy with my life? Yes. I get paid very well, I enjoy what I do, and I do it very well.