Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Working Wednesday


I'm concentrating a lot of my time and energy on this new project (I mentioned it the other day and was extremely grateful for the abundance of advice I received about its conception).


I wanted to write up something fun and simple, so what came to mind? A List!


Here are my top 10's (in random order):


Most Engaging Jobs:


  1. Hot Air Balloon Operator

  2. Hospital Chaplain (with a focus in crisis management)

  3. Novelist (Freelance Writer, Journalist, Musical Lyricist, Blogger, Essayist...anything to do with putting words on a page)

  4. Interviewer

  5. Food Critic

  6. Mail Carrier

  7. Firefighter

  8. Youth Pastor

  9. English Professor

  10. Boat Person (is there a job where you can just ride around on a boat all day...a sailor perhaps? That's what I want to do and get paid for it of course).

Most Repulsive Jobs:



  1. Anything to do with Money & Numbers (Accountant, Banker...you get the drift)

  2. Plumber

  3. Administrative Assistant

  4. Assembly Line Worker

  5. Kindergarten Teacher (hey, at least I know my weaknesses)

  6. Model

  7. Flight Attendant

  8. Road Worker/Cementer

  9. Dental Hygienist

  10. Gastric Endocrinologist

For anyone who does the latter 10...I respect you and I feel for you. For anyone who does the first 10...are you hiring (especially for the boat person job)?


What makes your list of engaging & repulsive jobs?


Happy Working!

8 comments:

  1. Of course, I would love to write full time! But for now I squeak in what I can. My God-given duties as a wife and mother and manager of my home are priority at this point in my life. But next to all of that, I absolutely LOVE writing! I doubt that I would ever be completely happy at any other type of job. (I've tried and it hasn't worked!)

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  2. I love lists!

    I think it'd be cool to join a circus like one of the Cirque de Soleil in Vegas. Not a travelling carny folk circus. Of course, I also think it would be cool to be a marine biologist or zookeeper (until you have to clean out cages).

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  3. Jody,
    I loved how you wrote manager of your home...it makes it sound so official. :D I'm with you...I'd write all day too!

    Joyce,
    I tried to get my mom to drive me to try out for the circus when I was 12. I think she knew I didn't have a future as a tightrope walker. Yes, the zoo...certainly not the cleaning of the cages. :D

    Fun, Fun, Ladies!

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  4. Cool blog, Wendy! My top two jobs would be mother and writer, for sure! I also enjoy teaching. :) Least fav job would have to be any sort of cleaner because its my least fav. thing in the world!

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  5. I ditto Katie, writer and mother! I'm a payroll manager, and I love my job (stop laughing, I really do!) But my dream job would be to stay home with my kiddos and write books. I might still temp in office jobs sometimes just for the heck of it!

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  6. Oh, sorry, and worst jobs? Um... garbage woman... gynocologist (ugh!)... and hamburger flipper for any fast food resturant.

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  7. Definitely writing here, too. I find great satisfaction in it, fiction, non-fiction, blogging! Something I've always wanted to do is really learn to play the piano, so I don't know if there's a feasible way to make a living doing so, but it seems like it would be fun!

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  8. I love this idea -- making a "bucket list" of dream jobs and vocations! I've been a freelance writer for years (so I do have a dream job, most of the time) but I've also toyed with working in a bookstore, an Eileen Fisher shop, or maybe working full-time as an artist or gardener or innkeeper...

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