Quote Originally Posted by cstone View Post
I have worked with awesome people...at times. I have been passionate about the work I was doing...at times. I have been fortunate that many of the things I have wanted to try or explore have become available at different times. Some of the things I thought were going to be awesome turned out to be not so awesome. Some of the things I took for granted while I was doing them are the things I miss most.

I like Mike Rowe's take on work. Don't do what you love, learn to love what you do. I am as guilty of not following this advice as many, but I try to remind my adult children that until they are competent at a job, they really don't know enough to hate the job. It is easy to be frustrated and hate things that I suck at. More often than not, once I have gotten good at something, I can actually make a fair judgement on whether it is something I would like to do for any length of time.

Of course my work partner, who just retired last year used to always remind me that "we work to live, not live to work." Best way to ruin a hobby is turn it into a job.

Gook luck with your next challenge.
Thanks and I agree with the loving what you do part. It's just that, for the most part, these sales type jobs I tend to gravitate towards become very difficult to "love" long-term. I think if I could a sales gig with a cause I can get behind I would feel more fulfilled maybe? I dunno. I just feel like, there's something better for me out there but I don't know what that something is and I don't feel like I've got enough time left to sort of try several things, settle on something and become an expert at it. I love Mike Rowe though and his teachings are legendary.

Quote Originally Posted by mb504 View Post
Maybe you could start your own school and teach "Adulting Classes"!

https://nypost.com/2017/03/17/helple...lting-classes/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adultin...relationships/

http://www.newser.com/story/239162/m...grown-ups.html

Wouldn't that require me being an adult to begin with? Wouldn't part of adulting be knowing it is I want to do for a career when I'm an adult?