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Location: Idahome | bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple.
I'm trying to research different careers. Who here loves their job and what do you do for a living? Can you describe what your typical work day is like? I'd appreciate any and all input on how you got started and what the pros and cons are. Thanks in advance! | |
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Location: On a paint horse... | I am a Certified Health Coach and I LOVE it!!! They provided all my training so no expensive schooling required. I have worked since I was 15 from fast food jobs, to state jobs, to corporate jobs and I can honestly say NOTHING compares to helping others get their lives back! Most fulfilling 'job' ever...and I get to set my own hours, work from home...and LOTS of time to ride my horse  | |
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Location: You never know where I will show up...... | I love my job. I am self employed, have a ranch.
I also breed, raise, and train some barrel horses.
My ranch work cuts into my barrel racing fun at times, but I get to go a fair amount in the fall when things here wind down some.
Some days when the weather sucks and we have to be out in it all day but most days are really good.
Not many people get the opportunity to do what I do for a living so I am thankful that I have had the chance.
My typical work day varies on the time of year. But mostly it just consists of doing things that need to be done.
A typical early spring day will be checking cows at midnight then again at sunrise, 2-3 hours of feeding & bedding cattle in the morning, tending to any babies that might be in the barn, checking cows again after chores, riding a couple horses, checking cows again late afternoon and then again at bedtime. If it's breeding season then add in there an hour for stallion collection & shipment processing if it's a breeding day, and a couple hours in there for mare ultrasounding.
A typical summer day will consist of the same things for breeding season (every other day we ultrasound mares and we collect stallions every M-W-F), plus whatever jobs in the hay field need to be done, fence that needs to be fixed, pasture water to be checked, ect. I generally get only a couple horses ridden a day in summer since I spend a lot of time on a tractor and in the breeding shed.
A typical fall day consists of gathering up hay bales put up over summer, fencing, working cattle, preparing for weaning calves & foals, and generally just getting ready for winter. I get most of my riding on my young ones done in the fall months.
A typical winter day is feeding livestock for 2-3 hours in the morning, chopping ice, moving snow, and I usually get 4-5 horses ridden a day unless we have other things going on. Today I only got 3 ridden and it started snowing and blowing. Don't want them hot and have to cool them out when it's like this, so I am taking the rest of my day off until 5, then it's chore time again.
Edited by rockinas 2013-12-19 4:07 PM
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Location: Arkansas | I absolutely love my job!!! I wear multiple hats; stay at home mom, horse trainer, and promote Limu! Promoting Limu enables me to share with people how to improve their lives physically, spiritually and financially! | |
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Location: Corsicana,Tx | I love my part time job,i work for a energy company Ambit energy and we reduce peoples electric bill xnd get paid doing it.its very rewarding knowing i can help people out. | |
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| rockinas - 2013-12-19 3:59 PM
I love my job. I am self employed, have a ranch.
I also breed, raise, and train some barrel horses.
My ranch work cuts into my barrel racing fun at times, but I get to go a fair amount in the fall when things here wind down some.
Some days when the weather sucks and we have to be out in it all day but most days are really good.
Not many people get the opportunity to do what I do for a living so I am thankful that I have had the chance.Â
My typical work day varies on the time of year. But mostly it just consists of doing things that need to be done.
A typical early spring day will be checking cows at midnight then again at sunrise, 2-3 hours of feeding & bedding cattle in the morning, tending to any babies that might be in the barn, checking cows again after chores, riding a couple horses, checking cows again late afternoon and then again at bedtime. If it's breeding season then add in there an hour for stallion collection & shipment processing if it's a breeding day, and a couple hours in there for mare ultrasounding.
A typical summer day will consist of the same things for breeding season (every other day we ultrasound mares and we collect stallions every M-W-F), plus whatever jobs in the hay field need to be done, fence that needs to be fixed, pasture water to be checked, ect. I generally get only a couple horses ridden a day in summer since I spend a lot of time on a tractor and in the breeding shed.
A typical fall day consists of gathering up hay bales put up over summer, fencing, working cattle, preparing for weaning calves & foals, and generally just getting ready for winter. I get most of my riding on my young ones done in the fall months.
A typical winter day is feeding livestock for 2-3 hours in the morning, chopping ice, moving snow, and I usually get 4-5 horses ridden a day unless we have other things going on. Today I only got 3 ridden and it started snowing and blowing. Don't want them hot and have to cool them out when it's like this, so I am taking the rest of my day off until 5, then it's chore time again.
This is awesome! Thanks for taking time to type this all out. | |
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| Thank you to everyone who responded! BHW is full of a lot of really hardworking and talented people. I really enjoyed getting a peak into your different careers. Y'all have given me a lot to think about! | |
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Location: Oklahoma | I work for one of the world's top 10 privately owned staffing companies. My official job title is Staffing Consultant. Basically, I put people to work. We have clients that use our services to find acceptable associates. We are more of a temp to hire meaning the first 90 days is through our company on our payroll, then if the performance and attendance is good the clients usually hire the associate to go full time and on their payroll. I also do the payroll for our office. I have anywhere from 30-60 associates I keep tabs of on a daily basis. It's fast paced, sometimes frustrating, but I enjoy what I do... the ONLY downfall is wearing pantyhose and a skirt on a daily basis. | |
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Location: TEXAS | Me!! I'm an elementary special education teacher!! Love my job, love my kids, they all teach ME something different every year!! Very rewarding job. I go into classrooms with them everyday and help them  | |
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| I am an accountant at a HVAC wholesale company. I oversee every aspect of accounting, which in the summer time can get pretty hectic, but the people I get to work with are truly awesome. Sometimes being the only woman working here gets a little old, but the guys are great. I work from home a couple days out of the week, but have extremely flexible hours the rest of the time as well. (Oh, skipped over the background part: graduated 4.0 with my Bachelor's in Accounting, finished my MBA after that, then passed the CPA exam. ) I love working with numbers and doing reporting, but also wanted to have some level of flexibility; this job is one in a million and wouldn't change unless they ran me off with a pitchfork! | |
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Location: On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams... | lexyy12 - 2013-12-19 12:28 PM Tys-ol-lady - 2013-12-19 10:54 AM bracersmom - 2013-12-19 8:17 AM Good grief...the question was, Who loves their job? I do, I don't. Simple. Read the rest of the question.
If you don't like the post then don't read it!
whooh...better get them panties out of that wad. It wasn't that serious.
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