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What's your dream job? (rant)

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This is a question I usually get asked by customers, my former supervisors, family members etc and I lie saying I wanna do this or I wanna do that.

The truth is I don't care about work. I only work for money. I do not have a dream job, I don't want a dream job because my life does not revolve around working or working for someone else. My last job, the supervisors were jerks and did nothing but put more work on us than we could handle and refused to hire more people. I cried so many times because of the customers being horrible and evil and we were short staffed. I refused to come back and work in that environment anymore because it was draining and I was in physical pain and I was afraid that one day a customer would try and hurt me. This job has made me realized that I hate working.

Also people ask me if I'm in school and sometimes I say yes and sometimes I say I'm take a hiatus. School has made me so jaded that sometimes I just don't want to learn anything anymore. All school has done for me is put me into debt. It was a waste of my time and I regret it so much.

I am so sick of people asking these type of questions because it's none of their business what I do, but I'm just trying to be polite and I don't want to be judge because I live where people think that "hardwork" equals status and school equals job. I bought into this, there were times when I didn't work and I felt bad that I wasn't working. Yet the older I get the more jaded I become.

I am slowing inching away from consumerism as well. I don't want a fancy car, I don't want a fancy house, I don't want the latest fashion. I don't want the latest technology etc.

I really want to have a cheap small house in the middle of nowhere and not be bothered by people trying to be up in my life. I am unemployed right now and I do feel free. I know I'm going to have to go back to work eventually but let me just enjoy my time. I have savings, let me have my time!

Has anyone ever gotten that question? What is your dream job? What are you going to school for? Are you sick of these questions or do you not mind them?
 

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I feel you and questions like that can really come off as dogmatic. What has worked for me is just telling people I'm more of a bohemian and my dream job/interests/hobbies change every year.
 

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Data analyst, but I'm terrible at math so I don't know how it's going to work. I personally don't mind the questions but I can see how it's annoying.
 

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I feel you and questions like that can really come off as dogmatic. What has worked for me is just telling people I'm more of a bohemian and my dream job/interests/hobbies change every year.
That's a good idea. I never thought about that. I will try it out next time. Maybe it'll throw them off and get them to stop asking me.
 

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Well...most people do not have dream jobs and for most, they don't exist anyway. There is nothing wrong with wanting to live à moderate life.
 

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I don't have a dream job because I don't dream of working at all. I'm also sick of these questions and comments telling me I need to find a passion so that when I do what I love for work. Umm..well my passion is eating, smoking, and sleeping and there's no jobs for that so...
 

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Well I already achieved my childhood dream job but honestly I am burnt from the corporate life.
My current dream job is to be a stay at home mom / housewife.
 
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I don't have a solid answer for this question either. I do have a career and I currently work in the field I studied in college. I've been binge watching videos of how people found a need, catered to that need and are now successful entrepreneurs who don't have to answer to anyone. I've been thinking about that quite often as of recent.

There's nothing wrong with working to make an honest living on a job that you're not passionate about. If its not stressing you and you get along well with your manager and team, its not wrong to stay unless you want something different and are ready to take that leap on to something new, challenging or exciting.
 

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This is a question I usually get asked by customers, my former supervisors, family members etc and I lie saying I wanna do this or I wanna do that.

The truth is I don't care about work. I only work for money. I do not have a dream job, I don't want a dream job because my life does not revolve around working or working for someone else. My last job, the supervisors were jerks and did nothing but put more work on us than we could handle and refused to hire more people. I cried so many times because of the customers being horrible and evil and we were short staffed. I refused to come back and work in that environment anymore because it was draining and I was in physical pain and I was afraid that one day a customer would try and hurt me. This job has made me realized that I hate working.

Also people ask me if I'm in school and sometimes I say yes and sometimes I say I'm take a hiatus. School has made me so jaded that sometimes I just don't want to learn anything anymore. All school has done for me is put me into debt. It was a waste of my time and I regret it so much.

I am so sick of people asking these type of questions because it's none of their business what I do, but I'm just trying to be polite and I don't want to be judge because I live where people think that "hardwork" equals status and school equals job. I bought into this, there were times when I didn't work and I felt bad that I wasn't working. Yet the older I get the more jaded I become.

I am slowing inching away from consumerism as well. I don't want a fancy car, I don't want a fancy house, I don't want the latest fashion. I don't want the latest technology etc.

I really want to have a cheap small house in the middle of nowhere and not be bothered by people trying to be up in my life. I am unemployed right now and I do feel free. I know I'm going to have to go back to work eventually but let me just enjoy my time. I have savings, let me have my time!

Has anyone ever gotten that question? What is your dream job? What are you going to school for? Are you sick of these questions or do you not mind them?
There is nothing wrong with this but I am curious do you want a family or kids?
 

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Sounds like this is a sore spot, maybe you should explore why.

As for me, I had a dream job, worked at it for some time and now want to do it on my own terms as my own boss.
 

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Ironically, I would pursue my dream job if I had the safety net of a well-off family. I would go into fashion journalism.

I don’t have time to be hustling for unpaid internships and making pennies for years post- grad. I’m going into a stable STEM field and pursuing fashion as a hobby.
 

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I would love to be a food historian/museum curator/historian with a focus on African American culture and history.
 

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It would be nice if people enjoyed what they do for a living because you'd have happier people in the workplace but a " dream job" is just that, a dream! lol

I wouldn't call myself jaded but I have come to the realization that for ME, all of this is nonsense. A job is just a way for you to make money legally so you can live and support yourself. It's fine to have career goals but those goals and your career can be derailed at any point, so it's important to not make your career or job you're entire life. Your "dream job" can become a nightmare or could be taken from you. :emoji_shrug:
 

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I don't have a dream job because I don't dream of working at all. I'm also sick of these questions and comments telling me I need to find a passion so that when I do what I love for work. Umm..well my passion is eating, smoking, and sleeping and there's no jobs for that so...
BIIIIIITCH
 

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My dream job is to win the lottery, so that I could chuck the deuces to the job I have now :tired_face:
 

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I hate those stupid ass questions and I usually talk my way around that.

“I don’t have a dream position, per se, but I love using XYZ skills/doing ABC tasks, so anywhere that allows me to do that while having a great work-life a balance is my dream job.”
 

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