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 Three in a Bikini
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| I have read through the career thread and it got me thinking...
If you could do anything in this world, what would your dream job be?  |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | Adult film star |
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 Total Germophobe
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Location: Montana | I have a couple I'd like to have, and both are very different from the other.
One, I would like to be a veterinarian...love animals, love science, I think it would be fascinating.
The other would be a mechanical engineer and build/design cars. Like I said, very diverse, but that is what interests me. |
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| Pediatric oncologist. My dad has been fighting cancer for 8 years and I love kids so it's the perfect combo. |
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Location: on the fine line between insanity and geniusness | Call me weird, but I'd be a forsenic pyschologist. I have a fascination with what makes criminals do what they do. All the way from petty theft to serial killers. They know they are more than likely going to get caught so why? I've worked in corrections for five years so knowing the consequences and what they're subjected to- I can't imagine why they would want to take that risk. The scientific side of me would also love to me a pathologist. I'd love to put the puzzle pieces together to figure out from the end result what disease caused something. I have a very scientific brain and the human body fascinates me, how and why it works the way it does especially. |
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| I wanted to be a vet but circumstances didn't allow that. When I changed majors, I really wanted to be a dietician but the head of the department directed everyone into education. I only need a few hours to have a second major in nutrition. With that said, as I look back and see all the lives I have affected, it is pretty rewarding. Several ex-students are pharmacists, legal secretaries, doctors, teachers (even though I told them not to!!!!) and some good parents. There are a few less successful but that happens. |
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| anything OTHER than an accountant. so boring but I am 4 months away from having my master's degree so to late to change my mind now |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | JUST ride and run horses...no 9-5...but I need a winning lotto ticket to fulfill that goal. |
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Location: London Ontario | My dream career would be to have a rehab facility/therapy facility for horses. Sand track, hot walker, Aqua Tred, Pool(for horses and me!!!), red light therapy etc. And I guess to have enough money to not make it work! Have a massage therapist, chiro, biokinetic etc on hand daily and have people send their horses to get legged up or rehabbed. |
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| MC1993 - 2017-08-08 2:08 PM
My dream career would be to have a rehab facility/therapy facility for horses. Sand track, hot walker, Aqua Tred, Pool(for horses and me!!!), red light therapy etc. And I guess to have enough money to not make it work! Have a massage therapist, chiro, biokinetic etc on hand daily and have people send their horses to get legged up or rehabbed.
^^^I would agree with this! Although, I'd definitely have to move!
On the other end of that...I have always loved law. Litigation, criminal, pharma, etc...I always thought I'd go back and get my paralegal cert but it hasn't happened yet. |
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Location: OH | Breed Horses, oh I do that. MAKE A LIVING AT IT----I don't do that. |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | 1DSoon - 2017-08-07 8:18 PM Adult film star
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Location: Texas | My dream job would be to be independently wealthy and not have to work. LOL.
Jokes aside, I'm a vet and I love it. There are parts to my job that suck. Like, when you make people cry because you give them bad news, and when you go out on emergency calls and people stiff you on the bill. Or when you do everything you can to make someones bill as cheap as possible and they still are mad about the total. Or you know people owe you money but you see them buy new things and go on trips on FB.. meanwhile you don't get your emergency bonus because they haven't paid.. And the near $200,000 student loan burden i have I won't even talk about haha.
Last night I went out in the middle of a thunderstorm to treat a colic... trailer was an hour away at a different property so no way to haul to clinic. no stalls, no barn, no shelter of any kind. So in the pouring rain I'm doing everything.
The actual helping animals part is a lot of fun....getting mares in foal is fun.. wound care is super fun.. lameness and joint injections are challenging but fun...saving sick near death babies you didnt think would survive is amazing. I wish I didn't have to deal with the $$$ part and angry clients.
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Location: Montana | Speedy Buckeye Girl - 2017-08-08 12:59 PM JUST ride and run horses...no 9-5...but I need a winning lotto ticket to fulfill that goal.
Good point...I think I change mine to this one too.  Would WAY rather do this than anything else! |
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 I hate cooking and cleaning
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Location: Jersey Girl | My dream job would be staying home but still collecting my salary LOL |
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Location: Missouri | I'm sure I used to have a dream job when I was younger, can't think of what it would have been though. Now I'm 56 and just dreaming of retirement. |
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| Owning an Equine Rehab Facility always sounded so fun to me.
I do have a job within the Equine Industry right now though, so I am about as close as it gets to having my dream job |
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| 1DSoon - 2017-08-07 8:18 PM
Adult film star
Don't sell yourself short! Go for your dreams!!!    |
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| I have some that are very different from each other:
Run horses and not have to work but have a steady income
Raise trophy elk and have a HUGE amount of land
Go back to school and get a law degree- become a high powered attorney
teach high school English (I would love to teach elementary, but just English and reading) |
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Three in a Bikini
Posts: 2035
| I have been mulling this over...
1. I have my dream career. Working in quality/nutrition for animal feed products.
On the other hand there is a lot of stress and long hours. I wish I could remove those parts.
2. I could be a fashion stylist for barrel racers. I see a lot of runners that would benefit my mix & match skills.
3. Ranch owner. I feel like we are working our way towards this, but it is a lonnnnggg ways away.
Fashion stylist is definitely my most fun option. |
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 Nothing Comes Easy
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Location: Texas | I'm a hospice nurse, and I really love what I do. I really like helping people at end of life, teaching families and bedside nursing. It would be my "dream job" if I didn't have to drive all over the world (errr... city) to see my patients and only had to work 6a-2p. But... that's not going to happen. |
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| fulltiltfilly - 2017-08-09 5:21 AM
My dream job would be staying home but still collecting my salary LOL
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Though my current job is pretty decent. Breeding/kennel assistant, hard to hate going to work to play with puppies and doggos  |
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| Cultural and forensic Anthropology. |
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 Go For It!
Location: Texas |
I think I'm doing what I love right now! I'm 53 and just started my own business, and it's horse related, and it's doing really well in just a short time! It was a difficult decision to step out and do this... I had to sell one of my horses (a really nice horse) to get the money to do it. I got my DBA/INC. on April 1st of this year, and so far I'm loving it. I love talking to people, hearing and seeing all the success stories, getting to do the horses all at the same time. I'm not going to lie... it's a lot of work, but I'm so glad I took the chance and just jumped! And I can do it from home! #feelingsoveryblessed
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| I need a stylist!!!! Start a business that styles affordable, functional clothes for barrel racers and I'll be your first client. |
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Location: Southeast Louisiana | Stride - 2017-08-09 7:18 PM
I'm a hospice nurse, and I really love what I do. I really like helping people at end of life, teaching families and bedside nursing. It would be my "dream job" if I didn't have to drive all over the world (errr... city) to see my patients and only had to work 6a-2p. But... that's not going to happen.
I have always thought that was more of a calling than a career choice... a good hospice nurse can make such a difference for so many grieving family members and friends. Thank you for what you do. |
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Location: Texas | GrinandBareit, i would love to hear more about you new business! |
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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | grinandbareit - 2017-08-19 9:00 PM I think I'm doing what I love right now! I'm 53 and just started my own business, and it's horse related, and it's doing really well in just a short time! It was a difficult decision to step out and do this... I had to sell one of my horses (a really nice horse) to get the money to do it. I got my DBA/INC. on April 1st of this year, and so far I'm loving it. I love talking to people, hearing and seeing all the success stories, getting to do the horses all at the same time. I'm not going to lie... it's a lot of work, but I'm so glad I took the chance and just jumped! And I can do it from home! #feelingsoveryblessed
What do you do???? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | Stay at home animal mom. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | I have it. Ranching, raising a handful of horses and part time brand inspector. I went to school for 2 yrs and got an Assoc degree. I want my kids to do something school wise even if they decide they want to ranch as well in the end. A good "useful" degree and/or trade school (mechanic, plumbing, electrician etc etc) can sure be useful later in life and always a need for those trades. |
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Location: Phoenix | Killer whale or dolphin trainer. |
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 That's White "Man" to You
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| wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-21 12:04 PM I have it. Ranching, raising a handful of horses and part time brand inspector. I went to school for 2 yrs and got an Assoc degree. I want my kids to do something school wise even if they decide they want to ranch as well in the end. A good "useful" degree and/or trade school (mechanic, plumbing, electrician etc etc) can sure be useful later in life and always a need for those trades. I'm a banker and it always amazes me how much better the ranchers that haves some post high school education do compared to those who don't. It doesn't even matter what they study.
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Whiteboy - 2017-08-21 1:22 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-21 12:04 PM I have it. Ranching, raising a handful of horses and part time brand inspector. I went to school for 2 yrs and got an Assoc degree. I want my kids to do something school wise even if they decide they want to ranch as well in the end. A good "useful" degree and/or trade school (mechanic, plumbing, electrician etc etc) can sure be useful later in life and always a need for those trades. I'm a banker and it always amazes me how much better the ranchers that haves some post high school education do compared to those who don't. It doesn't even matter what they study.
I have to agree based on the successful ranchers I know. The ones that are really successful and can afford improvements and add to their land the old fashioned way-buying it. The ones that have never left and inherit it generation after generation seem to need to sell off bits and pieces. I know not always the case, but I know of several that have no idea about the real world. Never been anywhere away from home and most importantly never worked for anyone else. |
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 My Heart Be Happy
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Location: Arkansas | Whiteboy - 2017-08-21 2:22 PM
wyoming barrel racer - 2017-08-21 12:04 PM I have it. Ranching, raising a handful of horses and part time brand inspector. I went to school for 2 yrs and got an Assoc degree. I want my kids to do something school wise even if they decide they want to ranch as well in the end. A good "useful" degree and/or trade school (mechanic, plumbing, electrician etc etc) can sure be useful later in life and always a need for those trades. I'm a banker and it always amazes me how much better the ranchers that haves some post high school education do compared to those who don't. It doesn't even matter what they study.
My momma is V-P of a mostly agri bank and I'm an accountant, so Chan gets "the TALK" quite often about finances and taking care of all aspects of business, not just the business on the pond levees or tractors or paddlewheels. We get eye rolls occasionally, as you can imagine! |
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Go For It!
Location: Texas | UTAHCANCHASER - 2017-08-21 10:32 AM
grinandbareit - 2017-08-19 9:00 PM I think I'm doing what I love right now! I'm 53 and just started my own business, and it's horse related, and it's doing really well in just a short time! It was a difficult decision to step out and do this... I had to sell one of my horses (a really nice horse) to get the money to do it. I got my DBA/INC. on April 1st of this year, and so far I'm loving it. I love talking to people, hearing and seeing all the success stories, getting to do the horses all at the same time. I'm not going to lie... it's a lot of work, but I'm so glad I took the chance and just jumped! And I can do it from home! #feelingsoveryblessed
What do you do????
I started a company called Rebar Ranch Naturals... it's products that I have made and used on my own horses and my friend's horses for many years. My vet encouraged me to start bottling them since I always had such great results. So I did it! You can can it out at http://www.rebarranchnaturals.com/
I'm actually in Mississippi at the Mega Race right now doing a booth! I'm running here too, which I probably wouldn't have done. But now I figured, what the heck! Might as well bring my horse since I'll be here anyway.
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Location: Georgia | My dream career would be in the marketing and promotion department for classic equine, professional choice or any big company that sells equine products in this industry. |
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Dream Job?