Dream job vs actual job.

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  • bcf7683
    bcf7683 Posts: 1,653 Member
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    I'm doing my dream job. Well, I THOUGHT it was my dream job.... It still might be, if I find a new employer...
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
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    Actual Job: None. I go to school full-time in a 2-year Kanien'kéha language program. I very OCCASIONALLY get photography jobs for birthdays or family reunions.

    Dream Job(s):
    (1) Join the Peace Corps and volunteer abroad. (Modest pay, but I love travel, helping & making a difference in the world!)
    (2) Work in a daycare as a Kanien'kéha language teacher (My native language is endangered)
    (3) Work in a daycare with children who have special needs
    (4) Sports photographer!

    I've pretty much got my feet wet in all those areas, I just need to take the next step to make it official or permanent.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
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    My actual job is a stay at home mama.

    My dream job is a toss up between actress and embalmer.
  • iorahkwano
    iorahkwano Posts: 709 Member
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    It seems like lots of people get stuck in desk jobs like customer service, office management, data/file organization, or feel like a puppet for corporate companies they don't really believe in. And then their dream jobs are completely different! Photography, professional cook, writers, travel blogger, event organizer, fun stuff. I always thought peopke who got stuck in the office punching in numbers & data just really liked math. I didn't know you want to be the same things I do!

    - Person who sucks at math and science, but has talenr in many of the "softer, artsier, lower-paying career fields."
  • ChecktheRhyme
    ChecktheRhyme Posts: 68 Member
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    Teach English in Japan vs. I WORK AT GAMESTOP. *CRIES*
  • jeckalynne
    jeckalynne Posts: 102
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    My actual job is a stay at home mama.

    My dream job is a toss up between actress and embalmer.

    HELL YES!
  • labyrinth84
    labyrinth84 Posts: 90
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    My actual job : Jeweller

    My dream job: Forensic Mental Health.

    Currently studying to make this happen. After 10 years of looking at diamonds, I want mentally ill criminals!
  • JULIEdance
    JULIEdance Posts: 139 Member
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    Dream job: Dancer

    Actual job: Office assistant / interpeter
  • plcowner
    plcowner Posts: 106 Member
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    Dream job: play in the NFL

    Actual job: work for the government
  • plcowner
    plcowner Posts: 106 Member
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    My actual job : Jeweller

    My dream job: Forensic Mental Health.

    Currently studying to make this happen. After 10 years of looking at diamonds, I want mentally ill criminals!

    Stay connected to this forum and you'll find the mentally ill ! :)
  • labyrinth84
    labyrinth84 Posts: 90
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    My actual job : Jeweller

    My dream job: Forensic Mental Health.

    Currently studying to make this happen. After 10 years of looking at diamonds, I want mentally ill criminals!

    Stay connected to this forum and you'll find the mentally ill ! :)


    Haha. Indeed :)
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
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    My actual job - Realtor's assistant by day, cashier by night.
    My dream job - Writer.

    I realized the writer dream was just that. A dream. Everyone wants to be a writer. Everyone is writing. The chances of me succeeding at that are NIL. So I gave up and I focused on just making money instead of worrying about doing what I love.
  • trophywife24
    trophywife24 Posts: 1,472 Member
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    My actual job is a stay at home mama.

    My dream job is a toss up between actress and embalmer.

    HELL YES!

    I worked in a funeral home before we moved the summer before last and it was amazing. I loved every. single. second of it.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,036 Member
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    Dream job: Owner of a tattoo shop

    Actual job: Rep for the company that distributes Red Baron/Freschetta/Tony's pizza. Got that job because I worked in a grocery store's frozen foods section and became friends with the sales rep at that store. He offered me a job. I like it a lot.
  • CassieReannan
    CassieReannan Posts: 1,479 Member
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    Dream job: Registered nurse on a childrens ward
    Actual job: Working in a supermarket deli :grumble:
  • TheNewDodge
    TheNewDodge Posts: 607 Member
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    Actual Job: I help companies pay as little tax as possible
    Dream Job: 3rd base for the Angels
  • bluefox9er
    bluefox9er Posts: 2,917 Member
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    Dream Job: war photographer

    Actual job: being an *kitten* in a suit selling drugs to doctors
  • FootsoreRambler
    FootsoreRambler Posts: 80 Member
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    Dream job: adventure scientist

    Actual job: semi-adventure scientist
  • Deanner03
    Deanner03 Posts: 371 Member
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    Dream job: Nurse Practitioner

    Actual Job: Registered Nurse/Part time student. Working on obtaining that dream.
  • zCarsAndCaloriesz
    zCarsAndCaloriesz Posts: 348
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    Currently waiting to go back to school.
    But my dream job would be a makeup artist or Chef.
    I've been teaching myself cooking things from home for months now.
    :)

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