[niki]

I'm currently in somewhat a confusing dilemma, as usual, with the whole dream-career versus reality of current "real job" & other 'family/parents' obligations/expectations' I seemingly have to oblige.. hence I want to ask this simple question:



what do u guys think of ur current job?
do you guys enjoy it?
or, not so much?
or (if you're like me), hate it so much,..but unfortunately still trapped in it and constantly looking for ways out, in a hope to pursue that 'dream-career' ?
(then my 'NP' endlessly thought if the 'dream-career', in Reality, would turn out to be less than enjoyable too..O_o)

if you answer the 2nd, especially the 3rd choice, then what's ur current plan for it?

let's discuss.

[Calvaire]

I said so-so because I'm Unemployed

Obviously unemployment has some perks I uh get a lot of time to myself,I watch a lot of t.v I realax a lot.

Oh but I have no income and I need and search for work a lot.

So yeah I like being unemployed but it's not good for this world we live in so I need to get a job and join the 'real' world soon.

Good thing I'm going to college in 19 Days.

[suicidal_orange]

I still haven't worked out what I want as a "career" (more money and thus stress is about as appealing as a day in a torture chamber) so I temped, got given a contract in payroll which wasn't so bad then got moved to the technical side of payroll, which means instead of helping people on the phone all day I sit and work. Couldn't be any more boring or pointless!

What am I doing about it? Nothing, yet. It's still easy money and great working conditions (15 minute walk there, arrive by 10 and leave at 3 any day - just make the hours up, nearby park for lunch...) I'd like to try a non office job and briefly considered being a fireman until I noticed they run round in coats all year round while I wear short sleeves

Everything in my life is changing rapidly now, something will appear soon and I've switched off all worry and fear and will just go for it.

[Rayne]

Well as this is kinda similar to my thread.

I currently work in a convenience store part time.

I quite enjoy it, as much as you can enjoy a job anyways. The days go pretty fast, faster than when I was at college.

I'm supposed to be doing an Art & Design foundation course in about a month but I got to thinking and I'm pretty sure I don't want to do that for a living.

I've been thinking hard over the past couple of days and I think I want to follow in my mum's footsteps and be some kind of teaching assistant. Or somebody who works in learning support. I would REALLY enjoy doing that for a living. Female dominated environment (a male dominated environment is my worst nightmare), check, helping people, check, decent hours check.

[northernsky]

That sounds like a great idea Graice. It's really fun working with children, very rewarding and interesting. No two days are ever the same! The pay isn't great but if you found you liked it so much and wanted to take it further you can do on-the-job training to be a teacher. Or even a specialist TA working with children with special needs, I went to visit a special needs school for an interview and it was such a lovely supportive atmosphere and you can become quite highly paid in those circumstances. Not that money is my everything or owt, but it's a means to an end and I know the TAs at my school love their jobs but they do get a bit arsey with the teachers sometimes cos of the pay difference.

[bloodyrain]

Well my job is okay. It pays pretty well and I have good benefits but it's so mundane and boring. I do the same things every month. I've always wanted to study anthropology but I chose to do accounting because it was a more "practical" choice. But these days I've been questioning my choice...

[Ectoplasm]

I don't enjoy my job. All day, every day I dream of what could have been and what could be and what won't be if I stay.

Its a customer service job where when I'm not standing like a wall against a catapult barrage of customer's ego's complaints or bad jokes I'm trying to achieve good stats, all so I can stave off the spectre of being fired when you don't make enough sales for an overpriced company. Half the time my company are on my back, half the time they are not. I asked someone else why they continue to hassle someone when they think they're a sinking ship and they responded that they think there's still something left to salvage. It's not easy to have people believe in you when you are more focused on salvaging your life than your sales stats. But my job has a comfort zone: When you're feeling detached or stubborn from criticism then the work is an extremely easy job and hard to break away from, when there's comforting around you and anxiety in front of you.

So I try and find "that little something" I look for in life to lead to a life of fulfilment. By avoiding relationships and keeping my social circle small all this time I could essentially cut myself loose at any moment and follow my dreams, leaving only a family who would be glad to have me out from under their feet. However, I procrastinate A LOT and I'm very afraid of taking the necessary steps which is why I'm still sitting here when I was even considering going to live in a Buddhist monastery way back in 2007 yet I'm still sitting here on the computer under the staircase.

I hope to look back one day and see everything thats happen, good and bad as if it was like a dream (no matter how naive that may be.) I don't know what my ideal life would be but I guess I should go travelling in the hope it would provide key insight into finding what is right for me.

[lopare232]

I voted so-so. I work doing clerical stuff part-time (technically I'm a temp, but I've been there two years D:), but I'm currently looking for something else. Issues with the new boss aside, it's kind of boring, which we all know is a double-edged sword. I can only stand being online so many hours a day!

If wishes were riches, I'd pay off my 6-figure student loans from undergrad and do social work or nutrition, which are two things that mean a hell of a lot more to me than my undergrad degree, which I don't ever plan to use. But since riches are not, right now I'll take what I can get. All I want from life is the time to run nice trails and the food to fuel it. :)

To tell you the truth, the more realistic side of me has been toying on and off with the idea of going to my community college to get licensed as a pharmacy tech. It's a muuuuch smaller investment than another degree and I volunteered doing that in college and found it pretty fun and fast-paced. I wish vocations got a better rep than they do so I would have considered that sooner, but colleges are so in your face because they need to feast on money and souls to live, ahhhh!

but that's a topic for another forum. ;)

[Ectoplasm]

I don't enjoy my job. All day, every day I dream of what could have been and what could be and what won't be if I stay.

Its a customer service job where when I'm not standing like a wall against a catapult barrage of customer's ego's complaints or bad jokes I'm trying to achieve good stats, all so I can stave off the spectre of being fired when you don't make enough sales for an overpriced company. Half the time my company are on my back, half the time they are not. I asked someone else why they continue to hassle someone when they think they're a sinking ship and they responded that they think there's still something left to salvage. It's not easy to have people believe in you when you are more focused on salvaging your life than your sales stats. But my job has a comfort zone: When you're feeling detached or stubborn from criticism then the work is an extremely easy job and hard to break away from, when there's comfort around you and anxiety in front of you.

So I try and find "that little something" I look for in life to lead to a life of fulfilment. By avoiding relationships and keeping my social circle small all this time I could essentially cut myself loose at any moment and follow my dreams, leaving only a family who would be glad to have me out from under their feet. However, I procrastinate A LOT and I'm very afraid of taking the necessary steps which is why I'm still sitting here when I was even considering going to live in a Buddhist monastery way back in 2007 yet I'm still sitting here on the computer under the staircase.

I hope to look back one day and see everything thats happen, good and bad as if it was like a dream (no matter how naive that may be.) I don't know what my ideal life would be but I guess I should go travelling in the hope it would provide key insight into finding what is right for me.

[Rayne]

That sounds like a great idea Graice. It's really fun working with children, very rewarding and interesting. No two days are ever the same! The pay isn't great but if you found you liked it so much and wanted to take it further you can do on-the-job training to be a teacher. Or even a specialist TA working with children with special needs, I went to visit a special needs school for an interview and it was such a lovely supportive atmosphere and you can become quite highly paid in those circumstances. Not that money is my everything or owt, but it's a means to an end and I know the TAs at my school love their jobs but they do get a bit arsey with the teachers sometimes cos of the pay difference.

But to be fair the TAs don't have to do any planning or marking or proper talking to the whole class teaching.

But yeah, money doesn't matter that much to me. As long as I can afford somewhere to live, be able to save some money and have some spare for a few leisure activities I''ll be fine. And if I'm living with someone else I'm sure the pay wont be as much of an issue anyways.