Hi guys,

I work as an AE at an ad agency now, but my whole life I dreamed of becoming a travel journalist. I love traveling, filming and more than anything, writing. I get told I'm very skilled at what I do for a living right now, which is great, but it hurts to get rejection emails every time I try to apply for a journalist gig. Sucks what you're good at isn't what you love doesn't it...

So I'm curious. What's your dream job? and how many of you love your current job? And are you doing anything to get close to having your dream job right now?

Well, my new career seems to be the dream job with the best boss you could ever have!

I'm crazy, I want to do everything all at once. Home decorator, stager, computer programmer, inventor, dog trainer, realtor, waitress, real estate investor/flipper, carpenter, pizza maker, delivery driver, truck driver... but I don't know how to do any of my dream jobs.

For me, I always had my far-fetched dream job (costume designer or tambourine player in Prince's band ) and my more realistic dream job (forensic scientist).

I'm pretty fortunate that what I actually do is pretty similar to the realistic dream job.

IheartCali said:

I love traveling, filming and more than anything, writing.

Have you looked into setting up your own website? If you could simply write and put it online, and have people read it and make $$$ off it, that's your dream job right there, no...?

Note that making money will be a BIG IF!! Because it'll be ad views of the page that you put up.

IheartCali said:

Hi guys,

I work as an AE at an ad agency now, but my whole life I dreamed of becoming a travel journalist.

Yes! That's my dream job as well.
Traveling the world, writing articles, and more importantly taking photographs.

My current job? Fire alarm systems engineering.

domainator2010 said:

IheartCali said:

I love traveling, filming and more than anything, writing.

Have you looked into setting up your own website? If you could simply write and put it online, and have people read it and make $$$ off it, that's your dream job right there, no...?

Note that making money will be a BIG IF!! Because it'll be ad views of the page that you put up.

It's a crowded field - the ones making significant money have been at it for a long time.

Dream job? being able to produce my own food and build my own house; not going to happen; that's why I'm stuck with a job to pay for the food-rent; I'm not complaining, just sayin'

JoeTyler said:

Dream job? being able to produce my own food and build my own house; not going to happen; that's why I'm stuck with a job to pay for the food-rent; I'm not complaining, just sayin'

Wait - which exactly is your "dream job"? Carpentry or farming?

Because if you mean that you want to adopt a homestead lifestyle (no apartment, no job) then there are still places in Alaska that you could do this.

PurpleJedi said:

JoeTyler said:

Dream job? being able to produce my own food and build my own house; not going to happen; that's why I'm stuck with a job to pay for the food-rent; I'm not complaining, just sayin'

Wait - which exactly is your "dream job"? Carpentry or farming?

Because if you mean that you want to adopt a homestead lifestyle (no apartment, no job) then there are still places in Alaska that you could do this.

alaska?????? fuck no

but yeah, possibly a mix of carpentry+farming

I enjoy life in the city too much anyway

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