Your career.

[HiddenBeauty]

I was just wondering if everybody was doing what they wanted to be doing career wise and was it easy deciding what you wanted to do?The reason I ask is because I have been travelling the south just doing factory jobs and now I have settled I want to get a proper career in something but I have no idea what or how to go about finding out what I like.I feel like someone who has just left school not a 33 year old.

[LIP]

Yeah, im doing what i always wanted to, and im happy in my job :)

[CrAzYpOtHeAd]

hahaha, LIP i like your new avatar lol. Shameless is great. You seen the one when the little kid eats a left over brownie and pass's out? hahaha

Franks my idol :D ;)

[LIP]

Lol yeah, its great, he was being fostered as well lol!

[psychocat]

I was just wondering if everybody was doing what they wanted to be doing career wise and was it easy deciding what you wanted to do?The reason I ask is because I have been travelling the south just doing factory jobs and now I have settled I want to get a proper career in something but I have no idea what or how to go about finding out what I like.I feel like someone who has just left school not a 33 year old.

I've been lucky enough to get jobs I enjoyed doing and the secret really is to believe that if you set your mind to something you can achieve it.:D ;) :cool:
I know you a little and I know that it is true about you.:thumbsup:

[HiddenBeauty]

I get bored easily and that is the problem,I have been thinking about taking a course on counselling and maybe if I volunteer for the samaritans that will also help.

Thanks guys

[bedake]

Im not doing anything remotely related to what my ideal career is...

[HiddenBeauty]

So why are you not doing your ideal career?

[MaryJaneintheCloset]

I was just wondering if everybody was doing what they wanted to be doing career wise and was it easy deciding what you wanted to do?The reason I ask is because I have been travelling the south just doing factory jobs and now I have settled I want to get a proper career in something but I have no idea what or how to go about finding out what I like.I feel like someone who has just left school not a 33 year old.

I am SO there with you, Hidden... I feel like I'll never know what I want to be when I grow up. Job-wise, I'm stuck in a rut, and like you, I get bored very easily. I really want to get into the medical field, I actually just applied to the community college and am hoping to get into one of their nursing programs or something.

[SensiRide]

Hey yeah I feel you. I left school not knowing what I wanted to do whereas all my friends went straight to university and thats how we ended up finally drifting apart.
I started a marketing course due to pressure from my family - I hated it and left. Then I started an Art course, but couldnt get the right funding for it and was forced to leave and have spent the last 4 years in boring jobs.

I've finally decided I'd quite like to get into midwifery and will study it when I come back from travelling, but yeah, its shit when everyone round you seems to know what they want to do and you cant seem to find a career that interests you or is well paid.


I guess the best thing to do is write down all your hobbies and interests and try and find jobs that relate to that - wildlife/art/cooking/music/design etc..

[Az.]

i didnt know what i wanted to do for a couple of years, so I worked and read books, I started reading books on psychology and I loved it...

so I went back to college and am taking a health course and a psychology course.....I finish on wed!! Last peice of work is in, then i have 2 exams on the 19th and 23 of this month....and thats me for another year...

Im going to work for a year and go to uni in 2007, I am planning on studying psychology there and then speacalising in educational psychology or child psychology.....and then I want to do a teaching degree...I may do the teaching degree first so i can work and study at the same time.

hahaha thats my plans for the next 10 years of my life.

[ScarlettCrush]

I have always walked the path less chosen, but for some reason when it came to my career the path wound through some mysterious and foggy shit to end up where I am. I like it, though I can't really talk about it to anyone who is friends with me in real life.

[whitekat]

i always wanted to be a fireman since about 10 years old. got on the fire dept in 81 and been there ever since. i will be retiring this october after 25 years of service. and i plan to be just a pot head after that.... my wife is a school teacher, i may teach if i get bored after a few years of being just a pot head.

[killacamfarillafam]

Scarlettcrush are you a dominatrix or something?

I don't know what I'll be - I'm happy though forever, broke or paid, always happy.

[friendowl]

i got kids
i work this job cuz its convienient
8-5 mon-fri insurance/benefits

i used to be an e.m.t
riding in the amblance on code 3 calls
was where i belonged
nothing is better than walking into madness
and helping out .
call after call day after day it was the best
with kids my brain wouldnt handle that job well

when they get a lil older ill be back in the mix

[ScarlettCrush]

yes, I am a dominatrix.
notahooker

[whitekat]

nothing is better then walking into madness and helping out........how true freindowl! my advice to you is..... leave it at the scene.... good luck in the futher and get back in the mix

[HiddenBeauty]

Very interesting and helpful responses,most of you are happy on your individual paths and that makes me feel positive about finding mine.I need to be patient and wait to see what oppourtunities are available in the area I am moving to.I was worried about my age but I am sure I am not the first mature student and I am sure I wont be the last either.

Do any of you have to take a drug test?

[cannabis campbell]

Food critic, get paid to eat

nah im joking... my ideal job would be something that involves moving, driving maybe and getting around.

or something to do with construction im not really that picky but i would HATE to end up with an office job i would rather eat shit for money lol.

[Swizzy89304]

Im in a bit of a dilemma. I want to work, but the thing is, theres no jobs out there that interest me. If a job doesnt interest me, I either end up skiving all the time or quitting. I dont care if it gets me money so I can train to become a _________, I just wont do it.
Anyways, I either wanna be a scuba diving instructor, a journalist, or own my own coffeeshop/headshop/smartshop, depending on the legality of several drugs. Not just so I could be stoned 24/7, its providing a service to people - a service where everyone from all races and ages can come in, order a drink and a spliff and just chill out for a few hours. No chavs would be allowed in though with their shitty soapbar.
Journalist seems the most likely out of the list, but I have to wait until September until I can sign on at Tresham again. I know about night classes, but that just takes the fun away from being at college with all the socialising and getting stoned in the afternoon. Plus theres a pub literally across the road from the college, so thats always a bonus.

[Epic]

Organic chemistry

[HiddenBeauty]

Food critic, get paid to eat

nah im joking... my ideal job would be something that involves moving, driving maybe and getting around.

or something to do with construction im not really that picky but i would HATE to end up with an office job i would rather eat shit for money lol.

I wouldnt be too keen on an office job either because I feel sitting around all day makes you feel more tired and not very fit.

[Swizzy89304]

Id hate an office job aswell. I love my shooting, so I wouldnt mind being working for the NRA and supervising shoots around the country. Im also a pretty good shot, so Id like to participate in a few tournaments at Bisley, but Im much too young to get a firearms certificate. Plus, one look at my medical record and theyd chuck my application out the window!
HiddenBeauty, you say youre from southern England? What part, if you dont mind me asking? I live in Kettering. Reason Im asking is that I wouldnt mind meeting up in the summer with some people on this board for a toke or two.

[MorbidImpishFae]

I have no idea what I want to do...I've got too many damn interests...and I'm not amazingly better at any one thing over another, so I can't just pick what I'm best at, since I have no idea what that is.

[whitekat]

yea, i get drug tested, random and if you get hurt and if you are involed in any type of accident. all this started in 91. we lost some good workers threw the years. just last week we lost a guy with 12 years on. he took a pain pill that wasnt prescribed to him, it was his wifes and he had a tooth ache....FIRED... to keep my job, i quit smoking pot(my drug of choice) i get some long vaction twice a year so i toke up the first week then dry out till i go back to work. i retire in october and plan to burn again for at least a few months before i start teaching.....school board screens too. hope this helps

[SensiRide]

I wouldnt be too keen on an office job either because I feel sitting around all day makes you feel more tired and not very fit.

I work in an office Monday-Saturday 9-5.30pm and its SO boring, just sitting on my ass all day but then again, I like being able to sit and email friends all day, chat on MSN, come on this website, generally browse the internet the whole day and I have my own little workspace which I've personalised.

I would prefer an active outdoor job, but not in Scotland - 99% chance its going to be grey, wet and freezing outside so its probably best to be indoors.
The downside of working in an office is all the people I sit beside are so annoying! Behind me is this couple who sit and giggle and whisper all day like they are 13 or something, in front of me is a really LOUD girl that constantly asks me questions and to the side of me is this girl who constantly goes on about her pregnancy as if she is the 1st woman to ever get pregnant

Drives you nuts!:upsidedow

I'd love to work on an animal farm or a petting zoo or something, something outdoors that involves animals

[Swizzy89304]

I work in an office Monday-Saturday 9-5.30pm and its SO boring, just sitting on my ass all day but then again, I like being able to sit and email friends all day, chat on MSN, come on this website, generally browse the internet the whole day and I have my own little workspace which I've personalised.

I would prefer an active outdoor job, but not in Scotland - 99% chance its going to be grey, wet and freezing outside so its probably best to be indoors.
The downside of working in an office is all the people I sit beside are so annoying! Behind me is this couple who sit and giggle and whisper all day like they are 13 or something, in front of me is a really LOUD girl that constantly asks me questions and to the side of me is this girl who constantly goes on about her pregnancy as if she is the 1st woman to ever get pregnant

Drives you nuts!:upsidedow

I'd love to work on an animal farm or a petting zoo or something, something outdoors that involves animals

Clearing up shit all day? I suppose thats the only downside. Id love to work in a zoo aswell, pengalins and giraffes are so cute. And a little rain never hurt anyone... well, apart from the tsunami in 2006. And flash floods in India and places like that. Plus they cause mudslides. Actually, looking at it, rains a bitch.

[HiddenBeauty]

Office work doesnt seem that bad now Sensi I think I could handle just chilling on the net but I doubt I could put up with the people around you.

If I lived in Scotland there is noway I would have an outside job,I wouldnt even have an outside job in the north east where I was born.The south is warmer but it's more expensive to live so you cant really win either way.