What Is Your Dream Job?

I know a little kid who was the son of a family friend and who grew up to become a smart young man and high school valedictorian. Jonathan said in his valedictory address something insightful: "Work does not necessarily make you happy but it may give you the means to be happy."<p>Don't put all your eggs in one basket, one dream job, one relationship. Treat your job as a good friend, don't become too emotionally involved with it. Don't just get a paycheck from your job - if you do, you are <i>underpaid</i>. Do things outside of work. If you work with computers all day and you don't do other stuff that does not involve computers, consider new hobbies that pertain to interests. For example, if you like sexy iPhone app UIs like on <a href="http://wellplacedpixels.com" rel="nofollow">http://wellplacedpixels.com</a>, consider going to an art gallery with friends to see what kind of art is out there and why you like certain pieces of art.

There's a running joke among my friends that I "can't hold down a job" more than a year or two, and for completely different reasons than most. Reading this post makes me wonder if that's why. I like changing things for the better. Not necessarily because something is new, but more for the customers and employees. Where I am now I can't do that, except in the smallest increments. I feel like I have the potential to do so much, but the red tape and flexibility just isn't helping.

I think I've got my dream job, but three years ago I said the same thing about the last job, and three years prior I said the same thing about the job before that, so your guess is as good as mine what my dream job will be three years from now.

Please watch this inspiring video on youtube: Did You Know 3.0<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpEnFwiqdx8</a><p>1:10 : The US Department of Labor estimates that today's learner will have 10-14 jobs by the age of 38<p>1:16 : 1 in 4 workers has been with their current employer for less than a year. 1 in 2 has been there less than five years

<a href="http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=86" rel="nofollow">http://www.picturesforsadchildren.com/index.php?comicID=86</a><p>Pretty much sums it up!

Maybe instead of a dream job, the question should be "what is your dream life?"<p>Found this on "BetterExplained" a while back. It's about 3 minutes and well worth it:<p><a href="http://www.neticons.net/music_life/" rel="nofollow">http://www.neticons.net/music_life/</a><p>I love the last line...

One thing I liked about this article is that it's not about "working on technology X" or "making a lot of money" or "having a great title", but about challenge, learning, and passion.<p>I finally realized last year that my dream job is having a bunch of kids and helping them grow into adults. In a way, it's not so different from Gary's dream job.

Unemployed, with just enough to magically pay the rent.

"It's not having what you want It's wanting what you've got" -- S. Crow