What is your job of choice versus reality?

My job of choice is doing research for and then writing health related articles to include in person interviews with subject matter experts, kind of a heath news journalist so to speak. This job of choice would include the option to work from home up to three days per week to complete health articles I’ve researched with deadlines. I must be willing to travel up to three days per week to attend health related conferences and/or interview subject matter experts and occasionally interview patients who have undergone certain medical treatment. I love it, writing my own job description. In addition , I must complete continuing education credits as a health journalist since this is a career with bachelors degree, masters and a PhD. ( I made that up and am not sure if this is true or not).

Oh my reality, I have a medical based education background and in the past enjoyed writing health related articles for a medical newsletter(it was one aspect of my job). In reality I’m searching for the ever perfect opportunity, of my dream job. In reality I do analyze and summarize medical data, but stressful so I will continue to search.

my dream job would be getting paid to do what I want whenever I want
my reality is I'm the 3rd shift manager of a gas station

I've had numerous jobs in my lifetime. I got pregnant early on and had to quit school and dash my dreams in order to raise my children. I love them dearly and would not change anything. But I never was able to make a proper career for myself. I never became the architect I had set out to be all those 33 years ago. I am so proud that my adult children are following their own dreams as I worked so very hard to encourage and instill in them.

This question has made me think though. Of all my jobs I keep coming back to the idea of being a tourist counsellor again. It was pretty crummy pay but it got me through two years of university. I loved it. I was passionate about what I was doing and enjoyed the job everyday. There was not a day I woke up and said 'Ugh, I have to go to work.' Yeah, it sounds silly but I've never since felt that I belonged to a job like I did to that one.

My job of choice would be a professional soccer player. I have always loved playing soccer and have played since I was little and only stopped because of what happened to me.

wildlife law enforcement officer. federal best job ever

I have a dream job. I’d not do anything else BUT I’d like to work same job but closer to home and to make more money.

Some of the best jobs to me include a challenge, helping others in some way, and a boss who supports and helps, yet does not micromanage.

My job of choice is to become a game programmer / game designer making 3D space combat games. The reality? I'm a game programmer / game designer making 3D space combat games.

I am happy exactly where I am. I don’t know if that’s good or not like if I’m not challenging myself enough, or maybe I’m just being lazy. I’m just a retail worker but I feel like I have it pretty good and I feel pretty comfortable.

Museum director at the Smithsonian, reality....SSDI

Which museum? (Please be the Air and Space Museum)

Umm no, the castle. I fell in love with the castle many many years ago. But I could get you in to the air and space for free if I were a director!

I wantedd to be a theme park engineer fixing the rollercoasters and stuff.

but now I can't work what so ever

so their goes the idea of that..

Wow, cool.

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Sorry to hear it didn’t work out, is there another job you like well?

Maybe in your spare time you could volunteer at a museum

Cool if you like job that’s great and you will know when you are ready for something different either at the job you are know, but different department or different job all together.

Job of choice: A work-from-home/remote cybersecurity OR some type of Engineer who deals with commercial aircraft (I love airports and traveling lol)

Reality: Military by next year (Can't find a job in my field and stuck in a rural dead-end state. It is what it is.)

Job of choice: none.

Reality: unemployed.

Maybe someday you can get your work from home job.