If you could have any job..., oh god not another one of those threads Options

[cupcake]

ok ok please hear me out...

if you could have any job in the world, and make a comfortable living (say 75-100 grand), what would it be?

you can't say "sitting on my ass playing halo" as that isn't a job, unless I guess you were doing it as a tester for a software company.

I mean a real job. I watched American Beauty for the first time since it was in the theaters and thought it was interesting that once he had his money (1yr salary from his Ad job), the job he chose to do was flipping burgers...yet he was stoked on it.

what would you do?

(this is the first question in a two-part deal).

[Jyan]

I'd want to join on to the writing team of a major TV comedy.

Or, ya know, WRITE a new major TV comedy.

[kcroxyoursox]

again, something ive been thinking a lot about lately seeing as how soon i might actually have the opportunity to really work for the job and not the money. im having a horrible time thinking about if i could do anything for the rest of my life and not worry about money what would it be. i guess the things i like doing i can always find a reason that i couldnt do them the rest of my life.

lately ive been really interested in cake decorating. but i dont think that once i learned all the advanced stuff i would want to do it as an occupation. same thing with the culinary stuff - i love to cook, but only when im in the mood and for what i want to make, so the whole restaurant thing prolly wouldnt work out for me either. id like to take a few cake decorating classes, but really only to sharpen my skills so i can make stuff for like friends and family. though i have a friend with a cake decorating business and she seems to love it, so who knows.

music would be neat to get into. traveling with a band as they toured the us. but that lifestyle isnt really what i want because it wouldnt allow me to start a family. i love live music and concerts but i dont want to do bitch roadie work and theres not a whole lot i could do in a stationary location unless i did promotions for a recording label or something. that might be a good compromise because id be in one city but still getting to mingle with the musicians too.

id like to work with animals but not as a vet. i mean yeah id love to help cure their problems, but the whole medical arena just isnt my thing. i dont really want to work at a pet store because i absolutely hate the idea of selling pets when so many are waiting to be adopted. plus i dont want to make a career out of cleaning up dog crap. maybe an animal behaviorist/trainer, but not if it got too much into the science side of it. goes back to the medical stuff, just not interested in science.

i guess since i want to start a family i could do the whole housewife thing and just raise the children. but i didnt go to school for 3.5 years and spend my parents money so i could bear children and make sandwiches.

its really driving me nuts because pr is such a broad field and theres so much i can do with my degree. it almost makes it harder because here i am going ok i dont want to work for an agency, i dont want to do political campaigns and i dont really want to do nonprofit. theres still a lot open but im just not finding the job ops anywhere. maybe ill just work at united the rest of my life.

also, im a firm believer in changing careers. who says at 21 i have to choose my job for the rest of my life? thats gonna be a miserable 40 years. best to find something i love now and then when the passion wears off find something else to focus on. im not looking to be rich and im not looking for a rich man to marry. i just want to have enough to afford what we want (nothing extravagant) but i dont want the money to come at the expense of happiness.