Melissa B Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sports statistician - college level Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I would like to own a winery, but freelance writing for the Onion and spend my weekends as a college football commentator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMV Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I would still be a physician but in my dream world our health care system would be overhauled in several areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Writer Geologist Park Ranger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrixieB Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Children's librarian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Own a thriving used book store in an old Victorian house. I would live in part of the house and the store would be the rest of the house. It would be a cluttered mess, but everyone would love it. Creaky stairs, old faded rugs, a few stained glass windows, wing back chairs hidden in little alcoves behind the wooden shelves. In the evenings, I would write books and be a published author. On the weekends, I would take pictures and have them published in magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammie Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Head detective at the NYPD. Egyptologist. Museum Curator Mystery writer (YA books) I used to think I wanted to be a lawyer...until I became one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroe1 Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Be Minnie Mouse at DisneyWorld. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 SAHM. I have no desire to re-enter the work force. I really like my lifestyle. I do wish I had more cooperative kids who didn't fight and fuss so much, but really, I like what I'm doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
violamama Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 All chamber music, all the time. We would be a happening force in my own town during the year, and would have a vibrant winter festival in China for 6 weeks. This job would include the ability to commission works from composers and a bi-annual chamber music competition. It would also include the kind of personal assistants who make these things happen with me signing off along the way. Like a boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seasider Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 A successful artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinesWife Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Urban planner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I want to be a homesteader. Making bread, quilts, early mornings, dirty hands, long days....whole deal. I have wanted to be a farmer most of my life, but somehow that did not really appeal to my parents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted October 29, 2014 Author Share Posted October 29, 2014 I love the variety in all of these responses. I really have no desire to enter the workforce full time either. I just wish we had the finances so that dh and I could both follow our dreams and do a lot more charity type work. Dh would love to start up a machinist/tool and die training program for at risk young adults. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Own a thriving used book store in an old Victorian house. I would live in part of the house and the store would be the rest of the house. It would be a cluttered mess, but everyone would love it. Creaky stairs, old faded rugs, a few stained glass windows, wing back chairs hidden in little alcoves behind the wooden shelves. In the evenings, I would write books and be a published author. On the weekends, I would take pictures and have them published in magazines. Along the lines of your fantasy....If you are ever in Lyme Regis in the UK (where the harbor wall called The Cobb enters into Jane Austen's Persuasion and John Fowles The French Lieutenant's Woman), stay as we did at the The Sanctuary Second Hand Bookshop--and Bed and Breakfast. The two guest rooms and stairway up to them are completely lined in books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1GirlTwinBoys Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Organizer or Home Stager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I'm one of the fortunate ones who can say I've had my dream jobs. Both of them actually. I wanted to be a teacher and I wanted to be a sahm. I taught school for 15 years - 2 elementary, 1 middle school (that was hard!) and 12 high school (my favorite). When I became pregnant, I retired from teaching and have stayed home ever since. We never intended to homeschool, but once we did, that drew both of my dream jobs into one (though there are times I question my sanity in making this decision LOL). I'll be 60 when ds graduates next year. I don't want to have to go back to work, so I no longer have a dream job. My back pain would make it difficult for me to go to work on bad days. However, I've looked into volunteering. So far, I'm considering the local SPCA and Meals on Wheels. Oh, and my dream job had I been born a century or two ago would have been to be a naturalist. Oddly enough, I never wanted to be a biologist in the current age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 My dream job has been to do what I do--sahm. However, from time to time I do wonder what I would do if I had to work, or what I might do when I've finished the homeschool 'job.' But I always run into the same thing I ran into when trying to choose a major for college--there are lots of things I would like to do a little bit, but nothing I want to do all the time. Things that at least theoretically appeal: Bookstore owner/employee Hospital volunteer who rocks sick babies Professional college student (Like the widow mentioned above) I have a B.S. and a Master's. I don't want to get another degree, I just want to learn things and hang out with young adults. TESOL professor Coffeeshop listener to college students who need to talk to somebody Volunteer to help immigrants get settled into their new life Paid housewife :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndOfOrdinary Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I am totally down with paid housewife and would like a promotion bonus for paid homeschool mom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevergiveup Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 Sadly, I read this thread for ideas since I drew a blank..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I am retired so this is from memory. My number one thing would be the people I work with. I have worked on projects with people I loved working with and knowing, people I respected and trusted, and I have worked on projects with the other kind of people. I am still in occasional contact with 2 or 3 people I worked with in 1978/1979. The next thing would be whether or not what I am doing is interesting to me and whether or not I am learning new things. I have worked in companies that were well run and I have worked in companies that were run by incompetent idiots. I worked as an Engineer, so what I wrote here is based on that kind of job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted October 29, 2014 Share Posted October 29, 2014 I always wished I'd been a member of Anonymous 4. What a great job. I love singing in choir (choral, medieval, ancient music) and studying the history, plus a little travel would be awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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