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Dream Job

"Dream Job" 





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The 30 DBC prompt is "Have you ever taken a job you didn't want in order to support yourself? What was it? In "The Meaning of Work," an episode of NPR's TED Radio Hour, psychologist Barry Schwartz asks, "Why is it that, for the overwhelming majority of people on the planet, the work they do has none of the characteristics that gets us up and out of bed and off toward the office every morning?" Are you working in your dream profession now?"

Yes I have taken jobs I didn't want just to support myself. It's amazing how much of a motivator going hungry can be. The jobs I have had that I didn't want included everything from cleaning cages in the humane society to telemarketing and even a stint with a fast food restaurant. I didn't like none of these jobs because I am a writer but hey, the bills have to get paid now don't they.

In answer to Dr. Schwartz I believe most people simply take the first thing that comes along instead of holding out for their dream job. I'm 55 and still waiting for a writing job that pays.

Yes I suppose I am working in my dream profession now because I am a writer. It doesn't pay yet but I'm building up a nice writer's resume with the awards I'm winning. I'm waiting to hear back from the television stations about possibly going to work as a writer there.