Mission Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 If you could only have one job for the rest of your life, what would you want it to be? Note that I don't mean, if it were 1700 and you could only have one job, I mean right here, right now. (Warning - we tend to project our current situation into the future and that causes us to overlook potential possibilities. Don't fall willingly into that psychological trap.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Does professional job hopper count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Does professional job hopper count? No. That's like asking for three more wishes. (Although I can see what that would appeal to you.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hurricane Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Easy... I'd be what I am now - a writer. If I had oodles of money, I would be a philanthropist and help others full time. -- Hurricane -- Hurricane ______________________________________________________________________ http://piratesofthecoast.com/images/pyracy-logo1.jpg Captain of The Pyrates of the Coast Author of "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Year Before the Mast" (Published in Fall 2011) Scurrilous Rogue Stirrer of Pots Fomenter of Mutiny Bon Vivant & Roustabout Part-time Carnival Barker Certified Ex-Wife Collector Experienced Drinking Companion "I was screwed. I readied my confession and the sobbing pleas not to tell my wife. But as I turned, no one was in the bed. The room was empty. The naked girl was gone, like magic." "Memoirs of a Buccaneer: 30 Years Before the Mast" - Amazon.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duchess Posted October 10, 2008 Share Posted October 10, 2008 Does professional job hopper count? No. That's like asking for three more wishes. (Although I can see what that would appeal to you.) I thought you'd say that. I've no idea what I could do that would keep me interested forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Handed Jill Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 If I could make a halfway decent living at it, I'd go back to being a marine pathologist. Although I truly loved being a college professor. Perhaps do the marine pathologist thing during the day and teach part time at night?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Professional thinker... yeah... it would be great to get paid to come up with whacky ideas... maybe some of them even useful! My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Syren Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Hmm I think something in Forensics..Although i do miss working in advertising..That was fun and yet very demanding..Something that would challenge me... Or a ghost hunter..lol http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v519/Dara286/trident01-11.png If you got a dream chase it, cause a dream won't chase you back...(Cody Johnson Till you Can't) Â Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Cassandra Seahawke Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 traveler. Can ya get paid just to travel around the world...then to the stars...then...ok, traveling...just traveling seeing new things, meeting new people...new experiences. not getting bored....by traveling. Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarborMaster Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 SCUBA Instructor / Dive Guide I am not Lost .,I am Exploring. "If you give a man a fire, he will be warm for a night, if you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Gosh, I kinda like what I'm doing now — writing, artwork, and jewelry. But I'm also in agreement with Lady Cassandra. I'd love to do more traveling, especially around the Med. ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Cassandra Seahawke Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 (edited) oh I am an Administrative Assistant and I do art and jewelry (work in semi precious stones...bringing a bit of coin on the side) too but the question was what ONE job would you like to have the rest of your life and if I could choose only one...Traveling YEP if I could get paid for traveling that would be my dream job. Edited October 12, 2008 by Lady Cassandra Seahawke Lady Cassandra Seahawke Captain of SIREN'S RESURRECTION, Her fleet JAGUAR'S SPIRIT, ROARING LION , SEA WITCH AND RED VIXEN For she, her captains and their crews are.... ...Amazon by Blood... ...... Warrior by Nature...... ............Pirate by Trade............ If'n ye hear ta Trill ye sure to know tat yer end be near... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of these jobs, while they would be neat, have no income-generating component to them. Why would anyone pay you to do them? (I wish someone would pay me to sit and watch DVDs and eat Cheetos, but that's not a very realistic job goal.) Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silkie McDonough Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I want to be a Muppeteer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ransom Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of these jobs, while they would be neat, have no income-generating component to them. Why would anyone pay you to do them? (I wish someone would pay me to sit and watch DVDs and eat Cheetos, but that's not a very realistic job goal.) Ummm, well, maybe someone's idea of a dream job would be to get paid for watching DVDs and eating Cheetos. I mean, it could be one of those obscure, scientific experiments where they measure your brainwaves while you watch and eat. Someone probably has a government grant to do just that, trying to prove that Cheetos heighten your audio and visual abilities. Okay, the pay might not be huge, but pay is pay, and if it was your dream job, the small pay wouldn't matter. Personally, even if you paid me, I couldn't stand to sit that long, and I'm not really crazy about Cheetos, but that's just me....so..... ...schooners, islands, and maroons and buccaneers and buried gold... You can do everything right, strictly according to procedure, on the ocean, and it'll still kill you. But if you're a good navigator, a least you'll know where you were when you died.......From The Ship Killer by Justin Scott. "Well, that's just maddeningly unhelpful."....Captain Jack Sparrow Found in the Ruins — Unique Jewelry Found in the Ruins — Personal Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Some of these jobs, while they would be neat, have no income-generating component to them. Why would anyone pay you to do them? (I wish someone would pay me to sit and watch DVDs and eat Cheetos, but that's not a very realistic job goal.) Hey... I thought we were just dreaming... My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Hey... I thought we were just dreaming... Pass me the Cheetos. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 (edited) Professional thinker... yeah... it would be great to get paid to come up with whacky ideas... maybe some of them even useful! I'm with Blackjohn on this one. Think tank denizen works for me. Sit about with bright folks, read, bash about ideas, argue, disagree, agree, agree to disagree, write up some reports/treatments and let someone else execute whatever plan, product or script we come up with (we would retain oversight, but not the actual day-to-day grind of execution.) And, yes, people do actually get paid to do this sort of thing. If anyone wants my resume, just PM me...I'll be waiting...and waiting...and waiting... Edited October 13, 2008 by Captain Jim My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 I'm with Blackjohn on this one. Think tank denizen works for me. Sit about with bright folks, read, bash about ideas, argue, disagree, agree, agree to disagree, write up some reports/treatments and let someone else execute whatever plan, product or script we come up with (we would retain oversight, but not the actual day-to-day grind of execution.)And, yes, people do actually get paid to do this sort of thing. Yes, but that's not what Blackjohn said. I actually met a woman who worked in a think tank when I was in San Francisco last year. I talked about it in this thread, post #28. Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jim Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I'm with Blackjohn on this one. Think tank denizen works for me. Sit about with bright folks, read, bash about ideas, argue, disagree, agree, agree to disagree, write up some reports/treatments and let someone else execute whatever plan, product or script we come up with (we would retain oversight, but not the actual day-to-day grind of execution.)And, yes, people do actually get paid to do this sort of thing. Yes, but that's not what Blackjohn said. I actually met a woman who worked in a think tank when I was in San Francisco last year. I talked about it in this thread, post #28. Blackjohn? A clarification if you please; would you think on your own or with others? My occupational hazard bein' my occupation's just not around... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Obviously, think tank was what was on my mind, assuming Mission pressed us for turning it into a real job. Consider, if you will, the Cheeto... My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Sterling Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 The current one I have and would never trade for another.... parent. "I being shot through the left cheek, the bullet striking away great part of my upper jaw, and several teeth which dropt down the deck where I fell... I was forced to write what I would say to prevent the loss of blood, and because of the pain I suffered by speaking."~ Woodes Rogers Crewe of the Archangel http://jcsterlingcptarchang.wix.com/creweofthearchangel# http://creweofthearchangel.wordpress.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silas thatcher Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 [The current one I have and would never trade for another.... parent. wife reading your posts, again ???? i mean, yes, i could not agree more, dear sir.... yeah, it is great, a little trying at times.... sometimes i wonder if we are supposed to learn from them and not the other way around.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarborMaster Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 (edited) Some of these jobs, while they would be neat, have no income-generating component to them. Why would anyone pay you to do them? It seems there was an assumption income had relevance to the question? If you could only have one job for the rest of your life, what would you want it to be? Most people assume if you could have only one job., "Job" there is that nasty word again..., that you are infact doing it because you NEED the income? Some of us may have reached a point income is not an issue? Could be many things ., perhaps for someone ., the kids have grown up an gone.,the desire to keep up with the "Jones" if you will ., is GONE ., a simpler life that your 401k ., interest on your savings ., and your rents could perhaps take care of you if you chose a simple life., lived below your means? Could be some have a permanent income of whatever sorts? Some may have retired early and a job is something to stay active and ward off the dole-drums ? Could be the Job was actually wanted and not needed. Now we are living......, After all the question was If you could only have one job for the rest of your life, what would you want it to be? ..., Something to ponder? I've been working hard a long time with an ugly job., in order to fullfill actually doing the job I WANT .., and now yes..., the pay isnt what its all about now......, its all about the fun ., meeting new people everyday! ., this is living ! Life is good man Edited October 14, 2008 by HarborMaster I am not Lost .,I am Exploring. "If you give a man a fire, he will be warm for a night, if you set a man on fire, he will be warm for the rest of his life!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mission Posted October 14, 2008 Author Share Posted October 14, 2008 We should form a pirate think tank. Oh, wait, I'm violating my own stipulations... That is a good point about income. I have always thought the best "job" would be one you couldn't discern from play. Although it's an odd thing...when you attach a salary to an activity, we tend to psychologically regard it as being different from an enjoyable activity. I think most, if not all, of this is an arbitrary (and learned) differentiation. Money is nothing more than a representation of "value" and it's mostly conceptual (What the hell is a small piece of paper really worth?). So why should being paid in pieces of paper or some other value exchange media reduce enjoyment more than being paid in some perceived form of psychic enjoyment? When it comes down to it, I think a key to how much you enjoy your daily structured achievement activity (or "job") is how willing you are to put up with the parts you don't like. If the psychic reward provided by the stuff you "like" makes you willing (or even eager) to get through the parts you "don't like", you have an enjoyable "job." ("Laser.") Job is a loaded word, isn't it? Career? Calling? Life's work? Path? Mycroft: "My brother has the brain of a scientist or a philosopher, yet he elects to be a detective. What might we deduce about his heart?" John: "I don't know." Mycroft: "Neither do I. But initially he wanted to be a pirate." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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