Aloha Friday: Your Dream Job
I really like my job. I’m getting paid to do something I love doing (web development) and work with people I genuinely enjoy being around. However, from time to time, I think about other things I’d like to do for a living. Some of these things might not be feasible, but they play to other interests of mine.
For example, you might have noticed all of the "Cooking With TechyDad" segments. If so, it’ll come as no surprise to learn that I love cooking. I love trying out new recipes and techniques to see what succeeds and what doesn’t. There’s nothing better, culinarily speaking, than putting together a dish that people wouldn’t otherwise eat and having them love it. If they want the recipe afterwords, then that’s just makes it even better. I’m constantly seeing shows on the Food Network about people who start up successful diners having never before worked as cooks. I’m not sure if I could do it in real life, but running my own restaurant definitely tops my list of fantasy jobs.
Another fantasy job involves my childhood. Growing up on Long Island, we were (obviously) close to New York City and all of the wonderful food that they have there. Trips to various bakeries, pickle places, etc. were par for the course. The food’s good where I live now, but it’s no New York City. For example, there are no bialys. There are things that kind of resemble bialys and the little tag calls them bialys, but trust me when I tell you that they *AREN’T* bialys! I would just love to run a "New York City Food" import company. I would travel to New York City, make some deals with local shops and transport the food back to where I live. I would then sell it to customers who wanted a taste of the Big Apple.
Of course, I don’t see myself quitting my day job to pursue these fantasy jobs anytime soon, but they do provide for some nice occupational daydreaming.
My Aloha Friday question is: What is your current job? If you had the chance to do anything outside of your current profession, something that you’ve dreamed of doing for years, what would it be?
Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.
Aloha #10
I currently am unemployed, but I have a degree in Elem. Ed. I am going back to school in January to get a degree in sonography.
currently unemployed…
would love to do something with photography and greeting cards
I’m a stay at home mom. If I could do anything it would be to become a very successful published author of many books! I’d love to make money writing – I mean lots of money, not just $30 a month from blog advertising 🙂
.-= Mama Dweeb´s last blog ..Aloha Friday! Childhood TV =-.
I am living my dream, I am a SAHM.
.-= Jennifer´s last blog ..Over the Holidays: Review =-.
I am a stay-at-home mom. Though I was a junior high school PE teacher. I miss that a lot and when I was teaching I would not have been anything else.
.-= Kari @ A Giveaway Addicted Mommy´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.
I’m a homeschooling mom of six boys . . . yeah it’s full time. My dream job would be as a writer.
I am a stay at home Mom right now. I do sell marykay, and work on 7 blog sites.I am a retired Emergency Nurse and Red cross disaster worker and family social worker. I would like to get back to disaster work and counseling. May be after daughter get out of school.
.-= AuntieE´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.
My current job is blogger, but if I could do anything I would be an archeologist.
.-= Deborah´s last blog ..Welcome to FeedBurner =-.
I am a sahm now. I would love to sell my polymer clay creations full time. I would LOVE to be in a studio all day creating.
I am lucky enough to be able to work from home as a graphic/web designer. My dream job, would be something that pays well and demands little (I’m sure I’m not the only one).
Have a great Friday
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I currently work from home. We own an an online store that sells clothing, accessories, and other fun things. Btw, you can check it out here: http://www.donnydixonsattic.com. Shameless plug!
If I could do anything else and make a lot of money at it, I would either work in a library or write full time. I love books and writing! I also love working with kids, so being a children’s librarian would be fun. I used to teach for 10 years but decided to try to make a work at home business so I could work on having another child. So far, we haven’t gotten the baby yet but we’re hoping for one!
.-= shelly´s last blog ..Aloha Friday: High Low =-.
Oooh. Some many people saying “writer” reminded me of one dream job that I left off my list. Back in high school and college, I had aspirations of being a science fiction writer. I wrote a few stories that were well received among my peers, but I never got them published. I recently found a whole bunch of them on an old computer. Some were in an old, unreadable file format. I’m still trying to recover those. Others, however, were in an old version of Word, that I was able to recover. Reading them was quite interesting as I didn’t even remember writing them all. I plan on posting one or more of the stories soon.
Other than SAHM for the last 18 years, I am a sporadicly working film extra. Dream job is published author.
.-= joy´s last blog ..what did you want to be? {aloha friday} =-.
selling timeshare on an island in the Carribean!!!
.-= Olga´s last blog ..ALOHA FRIDAY!!! =-.
I’m a SAHM.
If I could do anything else right now as a job, I’d do social services to work with children in adoption and evaluation. Anything to represent a child.
.-= JamericanSpice´s last blog ..Aloha Friday: Your health =-.
I have the hardest job I ever had in my whole life right now raising 4 kids and keeping up this house.
If I can do another job what would it be …I’d love to work in Cancun as a bar hopping tour guide. 🙂
.-= Night Owl Mama´s last blog ..Aloha Friday =-.