Quote:
Originally Posted by divine1966
There might be a career that you will always love.
If you choose a career that you love then yes it’s very reasonable.
I love my job and always have, so does my husband, my daughter, one of my stepdaughters (the other one is still unsure), both my nephews, my nephew’s wife, my brother, several of not all my friends, my cousins, my father who still works, my mother before she retired etc etc We are all in different fields but we love our careers. Examples of careers we love not in order for anonymity reasons: teacher, nurse, engineer, executive chef, firefighter, lawyer, police detective, business owner, software developer, graphic artist etc Actually my hair dresser loves her job too.
Your issue of not loving your job might be due not having or wanting a profession. So the trick is to have a profession/career, not just a job.
It’s very sad you think it’s unreasonable to have a job you always love. I never did not love my job
I don’t know where you immigrated from but I myself am an immigrant and know ton of other immigrants from all over the world, most certainly many of us pursued career of our dreams, didn’t just work. People have careers all over the world. But maybe where you are from people just work, so that’s besides the point. You are now live in the US. Not pursuing your dreams is very sad.
Not every dream will come true but you can still achieve many of them if not all.
|
How lucky you are to know so many people who love their jobs.
I am in a “career” right now. One that requires a college education and experience. Not just a “job”- ie it’s not working at a grocery store or fast food place. And even with my career I realized I don’t love it.
Almost everyone I am friends with has a “career” and I can think of very few who say they “love” their job. These are people who are engineers, architects, software developers, computer scientists, environmental scientists, recruiters, Human Resources managers, accountants, real estate agents, business owners, nurses, social workers and teachers. Many of them barley tolerate their jobs and some downright hate them.
You just said loving your job can happen if you chose a career you love and “follow your dreams”. What if I don’t even know what those dreams are? I finished prerequisites for one career before I realized through an internship that I hated it. Then I spent a few years working in another career and now I hate going to work most days. I have worked with various career counselors and professionals to find what I love and I haven’t found it yet. I have jumped ship more times than I can count. I was undeclared for 2/4 of my college years. Am I supposed to keep trying new things out and just have short term work experience without bringing any real expertise? Just keep job hopping until I magically find something that may not exist?
I immigrated from a country where close to half the population is unemployed, and for young adults it’s over half. So people are pretty lucky to have any job much less a job they actually “love”. I came as a refugee actually so when you’ve been through war the mentality completely changes on what to expect out of life.