Does anyone have a career they truly enjoy?

done loads of museum contracting since 2011 and its been a blast

highlight was Ice-Age art show...... the most surreal images & objects these eyes have seen

factoid - the basement of certain museums are not unlike the end scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Damn, that sounds like a rad gig! mm raiders of the lost arc. i actually just researched a career as an archaeologist. always wanted to get into that when i was little.

  On 10/30/2015 at 11:20 PM, Lane Visitor said:

could it just be that hunting for wildlife in a cold jungle at night is actually 100 times more satisfying and fulfilling than sitting in a cubicle, sifting through spreadsheets and data, making someone who they'll never even say more than several words to's wallet fatter?

Well that lifestyle is what humans were psychologically adapted to live, so yes, it is significantly more satisfying. Don't make the common mistake of actually going out and doing it, though. Humans are group hunters, so the only way for that life to work is if you get plenty of other people to join you, at least enough for a small village, otherwise you'll end up like the others who've tried and died helpless and alone in the wilderness. Living like that would also strain your system at times, but at other times (probably most of the time) it will be much more relaxing and enjoyable, so long as you have the essentials you need to live.

  On 10/31/2015 at 12:40 AM, cwmbrancity said:

done loads of museum contracting since 2011 and its been a blast

 

highlight was Ice-Age art show...... the most surreal images & objects these eyes have seen

 

factoid - the basement of certain museums are not unlike the end scene of Raiders of the Lost Ark

Which museums have you done? What kind of things does contracting an exhibit involve?

I haven't seen ice age art, but the Sumerian exhibit in the Metropolitan was incredible, and the Mayan one in Liverpool was equally great. It's very interesting what concepts were symbolized by certain animals by the Mayans, and it's made me love herons even more than I did before.

  On 10/31/2015 at 12:44 AM, drillkicker said:

 

  On 10/30/2015 at 11:20 PM, Lane Visitor said:

could it just be that hunting for wildlife in a cold jungle at night is actually 100 times more satisfying and fulfilling than sitting in a cubicle, sifting through spreadsheets and data, making someone who they'll never even say more than several words to's wallet fatter?

Well that lifestyle is what humans were psychologically adapted to live, so yes, it is significantly more satisfying. Don't make the common mistake of actually going out and doing it, though. Humans are group hunters, so the only way for that life to work is if you get plenty of other people to join you, at least enough for a small village, otherwise you'll end up like the others who've tried and died helpless and alone in the wilderness. Living like that would also strain your system at times, but at other times (probably most of the time) it will be much more relaxing and enjoyable, so long as you have the essentials you need to live.

 

Agreed! I think it would be amazing as a temporary thing or as part of some kind of adventure travel, but yeah im probably not made out for actually living off the grid in the wilderness like that.. im too much of a hypochondriac for starters haha

Yeah, medicine is one of the major benefits to modern civilization, but I don't believe it's worth all the stress and misery that comes along with it. It's just another thing that keeps us attached to technology, but if we never had it in the first place we wouldn't even care.

I love you guys. Seriously thank you for the insight and for hearing me out. (:

But yeah i dont think ive ever hated a job so quickly after just getting a new one.. Not even two months and i cant stand it here.

i am high up in the hydraulic fracking industry, i also am an oathkeeper on my spare time and try to hunt down rogue ISIS syrian refugees trying to sneak through our border, its rad and also extremely satisfying. the only problem is my cock does not work anymore, at this point I've built up such a high tolerance to Cialis my doctor says I've destroyed my liver because of it. I'm fucked but Im still happy

  On 10/31/2015 at 2:54 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

i am high up in the hydraulic fracking industry, i also am an oathkeeper on my spare time and try to hunt down rogue ISIS syrian refugees trying to sneak through our border, its rad and also extremely satisfying. the only problem is my cock does not work anymore, at this point I've built up such a high tolerance to Cialis my doctor says I've destroyed my liver because of it. I'm fucked but Im still happy

  On 10/31/2015 at 2:54 AM, John Ehrlichman said:

i am high up in the hydraulic fracking industry, i also am an oathkeeper on my spare time and try to hunt down rogue ISIS syrian refugees trying to sneak through our border, its rad and also extremely satisfying. the only problem is my cock does not work anymore, at this point I've built up such a high tolerance to Cialis my doctor says I've destroyed my liver because of it. I'm fucked but Im still happy

no career is worth losing your cock my man

nope. and im surprised by the amount of people i know that do have a "job" they like. i got a buddy that spends like two hours a day selling these weird wicked niche russian antiques on ebay and he's financially well-off. another guy i know grows these like rare house plants, sells them for like a grand each .last week some rich person bought 35 of them. i mean he puts work into it but he loves it and i wouldn't say it's on par with me busting my ass for like nothing. anyway i guess the point is explore what you're into and how you could make money from it, it's not all that unrealistic. i guess i should listen to my own advice.

I was just thinking on my way home from work tonight...am I ever going to have a job where I don't have to stare at a computer screen all day? or answer numerous emails, talk to idiots on the phone, and deal with the mindless conversations with co-workers where nothing is really answered and you're left guessing how did work get this way? what the hell did people do at work before computers?

then you start thinking that mankind wasn't supposed to be like this and start think of leaving it all for a simpler life somewhere, then realize that once you get there you're going to think that this is not what I expected and I gotta do something else and maybe keep trying something different until I'm happy, then quit trying because you'll never be happy forever and the grass is always greener, so you end up depressed and start thinking of ways to make money with the least amount of human interaction possible, because bottom line is dealing with other people is what causes all this stress, but you have no idea how to do this, so you keep showing up to the job you have and may not like because all the other options like simpler life, going back to school, etc. will lead you to the conclusion that yes work sucks, but the only thing worse than a bad job is having no job at all, therefore you keep working until you can retire and remain faithful to the industrious design that we all know oh so well and cannot escape unless we win it all in the lottery and get those millions that will make us rich and solve everything...

sorry man, I haven't met anyone who really loves their job. maybe there are some, but they probably stay away from the internet and live on farms in the country

I like what I do, even though it's a tough schedule. A sense of purpose and having valuable skills makes all the difference. Maybe I'm lucky, but it seems like what I used to think was bad luck was actually me trying to get a job where I just wouldn't fit in. The sterile office setting used to seem like the ticket to a steady decent paycheck but now I realize how fake that is.

I had to be out of college a few years before I could recover from my bullshit "education" that wants to make you forget that there's room in this world for so many different kinds of people to be successful. My high school chemistry teacher was a cunt, but now I make drugs for MS and hemophilia and where I work is IDM as fuck.

I feel you, I'm going through this problem at the moment. I've been looking into potentially getting into sound design somehow. I feel like I'd rather make a decent wage doing something with audio than twerking at a plant (which is an option) or becoming a programmer (which is an option). I feel like if I take a job I'm very 'meh' about then 20-30 years down the line I will regret it.

I am unsure though.

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done loads of museum contracting since 2011 and its been a blast

Museum contracting?

The only way to win, is to not separate "work" from "life". Live in a way where you are just progressing everything forwards. Just, doing and being.

I do not have a job, I do not have a career- I have a LIFE.

My fulltime job is my bread and butter. I'm a sound engineer at a voice over company and even though it can be extremely frustrating I think things are taking a turn for the better.

When I'm not at work-work I do lots of freelance work which is what I truly enjoy. I make music and sound design for commercials, films, animated films and I've just finished working on a target render for a video game. So yeah, even though I have a tendency to bitch and moan in the FWP thread I still enjoy what I do.

Yeah Squee I've talked with you about it before, I am jello :)

yeah, museum seems like the ultimate bludge. Plus culture.

hell no. and at some point i figured i probably never will because even the things i enjoy usually start to suck at that very point i feel i've "got" to do them to meet expectations/bills etc ... goodspeed to those who do, tho (enjoy/"live" their work).

i studied graphic design, worked at various bureaus for a couple of years, never fucking again... now i'm officially self-employed with a part time job as receptionist in a retirement home (lel) as basic financial security. i don't get rich but i have loads of time on my hands and i'm more content than before...

anyway, no matter how you look at it:

:)

  On 10/31/2015 at 11:14 AM, delet... said:

yeah, museum seems like the ultimate bludge. Plus culture.

it seems important that you move from museum to museum too, I wouldn't want to work at just one for too long.

i've got a pretty sweet gig...

yes, for the past 2 years it's been great, doing/assisting in various social researches, work from home at the hours i choose. the pay is not that great but it's enough and the job is always interesting.

but it's all gonna end in a year or so and then i'm probably gonna be real fucked.

I enjoy my job quite a lot yes. It took a while to finally get there, was stuck in a job going nowhere when I decided to start studying to actually do something I thought I may enjoy. Took about 5 years in said shit job but I'm where I wanted to get to now, so I'd say that it's definitely worth the effort of taking time to think about what you could enjoy and what could be possible, there's many options available for most people.

I'm a web developer btw.

A lot of people have this expectation of being in this constant state of happiness, contentment and enjoyment. And frankly, I think it's a slightly spoiled mentality.

That's not life and has no ground in reality, life is also frustration, boredom and disappointments.

I know that sound a bit melancholic and all, but the sooner you learn to accept those aspects of life, the happier you'll acutally be in the end I think. I mean a lot of seniors are actually quite happy and content with life, they've learn throughout life that not everything is a dance on roses all the time, so they're content with everything not being perfect all the time.

Most of us probably won't get the dream the job, and I think that is okay to be honest. There's obviously nothing wrong with trying to achieve it, I think everybody should, but there's no reason to feel like a failure if you don't.

And I think people that pretend to live the "perfect life" is pretty much just really good at putting up a facade anyway. I mean you never hear about the inevitable bad days that everybody has from those people, it's just swept under the carpet.

  On 10/31/2015 at 12:29 PM, Npoess said:

A lot of people have this expectation of being in this constant state of happiness, contentment and enjoyment.

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Most of us won't get the dream the job, and I think that is okay.

This. It's all relative anyway, i mean would i be doing this if it wan't for mere survival? Fuck no, but considering the circumstances i consider myself lucky. Getting along with co-workers to me for example is a very important aspect, and that's definitely the case atm.