Anyone Wish They Were Doing Something Else?

[Knight Templar]

I wish I was not selling insurance. I really wanted to stay in the army for 20 years and then retire to do something else. I never dreamed it would all be cut short 8 months in by an accident.

I don't care if I got to join the family business and work with my grandfather, dad, and older brother. That was not what I wanted for my life. Sure it is no doubt far easier and pays more than my original plan, but it still wasn't what I envisioned.

How many others here wish they were doing something else?

 

[auntiehill]

I don't mind what I do; I only wish I could get more hours and more pay for doing it. Yeah, it's boring as hell sometimes, but other times, it can be a challenge. It's probably the only thing I was ever good at--so naturally, I'm slowly being replaced by software. Pretty much everything I envisioned for my life has not come true, mostly due to my own staggering incompetence, so I guess I'm lucky to have such an easy job to begin with.

 

[Finn]

No. I like where I am now

 

[thestrangequark]

Yes and no. I'd really like to go back to grad school for a phd in neuroscience, but I have to get things together before I can do that. I'd also like to make a career as an author/illustrator, but that will take time. Right now I'm working for a small non-fiction children's book publisher, and I really love it. The atmosphere is great, the pay is fair, the work is good...I like books. I am very happy at this job for now, but I don't intend to be there forever.

 

[Miss Chicken]

I just wish I was well enough to work, if I was I think I would be satisfied with whatever job or hours I could find.

 

[TheBrew]

Sometimes, but then I realize that I'm not an insurance salesman and that it could be worse.

 

[Deranged Nasat]

I'm having trouble getting any sort of career off the ground at the moment, so certainly I wish I was doing something else. Part time retail work isn't my ideal by any means. The frustrating thing is the amount of email responses I get saying things like "Your CV is really well-written and the range of experiences listed should be a great starting point for any career you pursue...sadly we have no vacancies at present and are unlikely to have any in the near future". It's like being told by potential love interests that you'd be a great partner for some lucky person, which is reassuring but also incredibly frustrating.

 

[Tora Ziyal]

Right now? Oh yeah. I wish I were working instead of being home on disability. Looking back at my career, I'd say I was where I wanted to be about half the time.

 

[ancientone51]

I know the feeling. I wanted to stay in the Air Force, made it 4 years and was riffed.
I've just completed 25 years teaching high school, and would like to think about retiring, but can't afford to. And I don't know what I want to be when I grow up, if they'd hire me at my age anyway.
Good luck to you all.

 

[Warp Coil]

I like my industry and I like the company I work for okay... I just hate the actual position that I have. I would love to do something different but there seems to be little opportunity for advancement at the moment. I may have painted myself into a corner and I'm not sure how to get out of it without making a dramatic change. Sadly, every opportunity that I may have had to get into something different has required a pay cut (which I can't afford to take).

 

[RevdKathy]

Right now I'm watching the Jubilee Concert. Right now, I wish I were doing Anything else.

 

[bbailey861]

No, I love what I do. It'll be a hard day when I have to retire.

 

[Maestro]

Yeah I did... and when I was cut to part time and started down a different path, I realized how much I loved teaching and was rewarded by finding a much nicer full time program to take charge of.

 

[Spot's Meow]

Yes, but I do have plans in place to change where I am. I will be starting my second Master's degree soon, which will hopefully make it a little easier for me to actually do what I want to full time. I could continue to search out part-time jobs or internships in my chosen field, but after many months of unemployment I am quite grateful for the job I have now, even if I don't want to make a career out of it. It is challenging, I get along well with my co-workers, it pays better than any other job I've had, and my boss is great. So, for the near future, it is certainly good enough for me, even though I don't find it as meaningful or fulfilling as what I'd like to do for the rest of my life.

 

[RandyS]

I used to, but then I did something else.

 

[Balrog]

I love what I'm doing. Am I where I thought I'd be? Nahhh...

It's a much better place.

 

[Crusher Disciple]

Not right now. I finally went for it and started writing full time. I love it. I learn a lot, get to write about things I never thought I could.

And I'm amazed at how things have opened up for me. Now I can afford to take the time to write fiction and nonfiction.

I love pitching things to editors and employers. There's no way in hell that I'd go back to working for someone else now.

 

[Disruptor]

Shagging Natalie Portman.

Oh, you meant, like jobs.

 

[RandyS]

Not right now. I finally went for it and started writing full time. I love it. I learn a lot, get to write about things I never thought I could.

And I'm amazed at how things have opened up for me. Now I can afford to take the time to write fiction and nonfiction.

I love pitching things to editors and employers. There's no way in hell that I'd go back to working for someone else now.

Except for the pitching, I haven't reached that stage yet, I can completely relate. I'm doing the same thing.

 

[tomalak301]

I wish I was fully employed, but it will come.