08-17-2005, 09:43 AM
It's kind of funny to start thinking about jobs. I'm currently working in my 36th job so I have a bit of experience in this department.
The one truth I can say is that if you are happy with the work you do then the rest of your life is a LOT easier to deal with. My all time favourite job was working in collections back when I lived in London. My wife an I could only afford the one car between us but I left work every day happy with the people I worked with and happy about how management treated me and most importantly, I felt like I had actually helped people straighten out their finances rather than just harping on them. I hadn't expected that job to be as satisfying as it turned out to be.
I've tried being in business for myself and I'm sure that I would probably have enjoyed it if I were a better business man. If you go into a business for yourself then you have to be a business man (woman in Nina's case) first and whatever your job is comes second. Because I'm a lousy business man my family almost ended up going hungry.
Now I'm working a job that I really don't like but it pays better than anything else I've ever done before (at least when I'm working). I'm going to keep doing this job till I'm out of debt and have a bit of a nest egg built up. After that, I really don't have any idea where I'm going. I just know that hating my job every day I'm away from home is eating me up and I can't live like this forever no matter what the pay is like.
Don't be blinded by what you're doing right now. Look at what courses you can take through work towards earning a teaching degree or a social work degree. Use what you have to build towards your future. Every time things start to get you down just look forward and remember the goal you're working towards and if you still want that then things should be easier.
In the end, being happy with what you do is more important than how much money you make.
The one truth I can say is that if you are happy with the work you do then the rest of your life is a LOT easier to deal with. My all time favourite job was working in collections back when I lived in London. My wife an I could only afford the one car between us but I left work every day happy with the people I worked with and happy about how management treated me and most importantly, I felt like I had actually helped people straighten out their finances rather than just harping on them. I hadn't expected that job to be as satisfying as it turned out to be.
I've tried being in business for myself and I'm sure that I would probably have enjoyed it if I were a better business man. If you go into a business for yourself then you have to be a business man (woman in Nina's case) first and whatever your job is comes second. Because I'm a lousy business man my family almost ended up going hungry.
Now I'm working a job that I really don't like but it pays better than anything else I've ever done before (at least when I'm working). I'm going to keep doing this job till I'm out of debt and have a bit of a nest egg built up. After that, I really don't have any idea where I'm going. I just know that hating my job every day I'm away from home is eating me up and I can't live like this forever no matter what the pay is like.
Don't be blinded by what you're doing right now. Look at what courses you can take through work towards earning a teaching degree or a social work degree. Use what you have to build towards your future. Every time things start to get you down just look forward and remember the goal you're working towards and if you still want that then things should be easier.
In the end, being happy with what you do is more important than how much money you make.
Gullible isn't in the dictionary.