Jobs– What did you want to do? What do you actually do?

[Everose]

What was/is your dream job? What was appealing about it? Why do/don't you do it?
List as many as you want.

What do you actually do for a living? What is your favorite part about it?
Even if it's not considered a "job" I would love to know
If you're not comfortable listing your exact job then the general field works too.

 

[KRack]

This is going to sound real corny, but oh well. I always wanted to be a wife and mother. It wasn’t a super acceptable answer throughout my life from my teachers and parents perspective, but look at me now! I homeschool my kiddos and have a wonderful marriage. God knew it was an acceptable answer.

 

[Isadora]

This is going to sound real corny, but oh well. I always wanted to be a wife and mother.

As did I. And here I am, living my dream

 

[Sally PB]

I wanted to be a dentist. Then I wanted to be a photographer. I ended up working in a photo lab, with a brief time as a plastic injection mold designer.

I never really did what I wanted to do, and now I'm retired and get to do what I want.

 

[Everose]

This is going to sound real corny, but oh well. I always wanted to be a wife and mother. It wasn’t a super acceptable answer throughout my life from my teachers and parents perspective, but look at me now! I homeschool my kiddos and have a wonderful marriage. God knew it was an acceptable answer.

One of the most honorable things any woman can do
It's not easy, especially not nowadays.
Someday I'd like to be a foster mom.

 

[SmiYa0126]

I would love to be a home maker who gardens, keeps chickens goats and a couple of cows. And also paint pictures.

I'm currently in finance although we do have chickens!

 

[azurbanclucker]

I was going to be an astronaut. Nothing was going to stop me.
Then I watched challenger blow up on tv.

Then I was going to be a geologist and study planetary geology.

Then Someone threw a lot of money at me to become a systems admin. More than I'd make as a geologist unless I was working for a mining corp or a fossil fuel producer.

So now I do computer things. But I still love geology and space, and some day I WILL get to orbit...

 

[2ndTink]

I wanted to be a saddle maker, creating useful things, being able to use them on my horses, and just the general good smells and feels of a saddle shop appealed to me. I didn't do it because the two year course I wanted to take at a community college ended the year I graduated HS so I couldn't go to it. I did end up learning western saddle repair and make a lot of custom tack but never as my career.

I was talked into going to college, then talked into getting an engineering degree. Now I am a manager over engineering and maintenance in the food industry. My favorite part is trying to remove roadblocks for my team and trying to pass on the random knowledge I've picked up in previous jobs. I've always been in food manufacturing, it's nice to have a job that benefits people and being able to go to the store and see what we make there.

So, I guess even though I don't do leather work for a living, I'm still making stuff in various forms to try and make life better for others.

 

[Gwhite3678]

I wanted to be a marine biologist or a veterinarian… I’m an insurance adjuster

 

[SmiYa0126]

This is going to sound real corny, but oh well. I always wanted to be a wife and mother. It wasn’t a super acceptable answer throughout my life from my teachers and parents perspective, but look at me now! I homeschool my kiddos and have a wonderful marriage. God knew it was an acceptable answer.

The hardest and most rewarding job