What is your dream job?

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It would be a lot of fun methinks to be a priest-professor at a Major Seminary
 
Someone already said it, but I’d like to work in a bookstore…ala Barnes & Noble. Don’t want to own one…just work there
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my dream job is to work from home and have my own Catholic store that I can run from my home.
 
mommyof4 said:
I have a hypothetical question. If you had the financial freedom to persue any job/occupation/activity that you could, what would you do?

Me? My husband and I would own/operate our own family farm. He loves dinkering with tractors, thinks combines are pretty cool, and we both love being outside and being around animals. Unfortunatly, the way farm prices are, we could never make it.

So, what would you do? What job would make you happy? Or are you in your dream job?
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Professional couch tester…

No I’m just kidding. If I could teach Business I’d be happy as a clam 🙂
 
Katie1723 said:
Someone already said it, but I’d like to work in a bookstore…ala Barnes & Noble. Don’t want to own one…just work there
Kathy
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I did that in college. The problem is you end up spending all your money there.
 
One of my dream jobs would be to own my own bookstore. I would like to serve deli foods & gourmet coffee inside of the bookstore.

My husband’s dream job is to own & run his own Pizza Shop.
 
Katie1723 said:
Someone already said it, but I’d like to work in a bookstore…ala Barnes & Noble. Don’t want to own one…just work there
Kathy
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My dad used to work there. He liked it, but it’s not too enjoyable for the workers sometimes…retail is retail…but anyway, you could probably make that dream come true, right? In my town they hire retired people for part time positions there all the time. Maybe you could do it someday when you’re done at your job you’re at now or something. 🙂

As for me, I’m working on my dream job right now. 👍 A second dream job would be to be a stay at home mom. And I like the running a little country b&b idea too. Sounds fun.
 
I would be a race car driver. Rally, F1, Indy, LM, and any other type of racing you could think of. I would even throw some NASCAR in there every once and a while.
 
I really enjoy my work…but it’s not my ‘dream’ job. If I could do anything it would be writing a children’s book(s)–I actually have manuscripts and had an agent before I started working where I am currently, and I didn’t stay active with the changes that she suggested, so it’s just lying in a drawer dormant.😦 Second, I made organic pies last year for our church during holiday season…and the word spread like wild fire, and I made some nice extra money off of that! I placed the pies in decorative bags, with fancy ribbons, and I had cards made “Pies to Go” which showed a symbol of a walking ‘pie man.’ haha It was cute–I wish I could own an organic bakery. I would love there to be a healthy alternative bakery nearby-that would be ME.👍
 
Cat warmer or puppy and other baby animal exerciser:D . Reviewer of old books, not just new ones.
Slipper model.
Superhero in a comic-book city.
Easy chair tester.
 
A job with no boss, and no set hours, when I could work when I wanted to.😃
 
carol_marie said:
Taste tester for Ben & Jerry’s.
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Really, that would be cool. 😃

I really just want to be a Mommy and not have to work out of the house at all. Our family dream job is to buy some land and set up a small sustenance farm where we grew and raised our own food.

If I had to do something else, I’d like to be a social worker for adoptive families, or maybe work in a daycare or something with kiddos.
 
I think someone said this, or something similar, but I would love to own a Catholic bookstore. Not a huge one, though. I would want a room in the back where I could homeschool the kids in between customers, and the kids could help out in the store. Sometimes when I’m driving around, I find myself scoping out locations that might be good. The problem is, all the little Catholic stores that we’ve had around here have all gone out of business. Maybe there’s not enough of a market? I don’t know. Another problem is that I have absolutely no business sense. I’m sure it would be a complete failure. But, still, it’s fun to dream. 🙂
 
susie_g said:
I think someone said this, or something similar, but I would love to own a Catholic bookstore. Not a huge one, though. I would want a room in the back where I could homeschool the kids in between customers, and the kids could help out in the store. Sometimes when I’m driving around, I find myself scoping out locations that might be good. The problem is, all the little Catholic stores that we’ve had around here have all gone out of business. Maybe there’s not enough of a market? I don’t know. Another problem is that I have absolutely no business sense. I’m sure it would be a complete failure. But, still, it’s fun to dream. 🙂
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You won’t get rich, that’s for sure! Also, you need to build up a regular clientele. If you’re in an area that caters to tourists seasonally, you’ll have busy times that’ll help you through the lean ones. You may have to cater to non-Catholics (not as far as books go, but with gift ideas) to build up business, but nothing that contradicts Catholic teaching. My in-laws have owned a Catholic shop for almost 30 years and it can be hard going sometimes. But you develop a rapport with your regular clients. They’ve always kept a prayer book for the people who have asked their prayers. And that’s something else: be VERY knowledgable about the faith! People will come in with all kinds of questions, from patron saints and novenas to what the the Church teaches!

I help out at my in-laws’ shop once in a while and I do take my son (homeschooled!) with me and he has a desk in the back office/storage room where he does his work and, if needed, he can come out front to help out.

You need to think of it as an apostolate. That’s what will help you when you’re wondering if you’re going to make the rent this month. It’s not JUST a business!
 
I have another dream job… to own a bed and breakfast inn, one that also serves dinners in the evenings. Trouble with being an innkeeper is I wouldn’t be comfortable having unmarried couples as guests. Maybe that’s too scrupulous, but I can’t help it.

I’d also like to have a bakery business that supplies homemade desserts to restaurants and also has a store front to sell the goodies. And I’d do wedding cakes that the local bakeries can’t do (we have a resort nearby that is popular for weddings.)

And I can write in my spare time! :rolleyes:
 
I would love to work for a philanthropic organization, researching where the money should be donated. Interviewing people, developing strategies to produce the most impact with the money.

Are you listening, Bill Gates?
 
In the temporal sense - I am doing my dream job. Currently I am the interpreter/patient advocate for a major hospital. I am also a guitarist of over 30 years and my wife and I are the music ministry directors at our spanish mass.

In the spiritual sense…my job is to pray; eat the crumbs that come from my master’s table and to be a docile, willing instrument whenever He calls me.
 
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