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My dream job would be to have a remote job or business with a 6-figure salary. I always loved the idea of remote job. I really don't like commute.

What would be your dream job?
 
Pilot.

Or something where I don’t have to report anyone. I would rather do my own business of cleaning toilets.

I’m currently stuck in a job which I don’t like. I’m just there for the sake of being there. It puts me in stress and I think about quitting it all the time. It pays ‘great’ with good benefits.

I just wanna pack my bags and hit the road to travel across the world.
 
UP said:
Pilot.

Or something where I don’t have to report anyone. I would rather do my own business of cleaning toilets.

I’m currently stuck in a job which I don’t like. I’m just there for the sake of being there. It puts me in stress and I think about quitting it all the time. It pays ‘great’ with good benefits.

I just wanna pack my bags and hit the road to travel across the world.
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Yeah. I hate to report also. It is why I want to be my own boss.
 
Itachi said:
There's no job in the world where you won't need to report. That includes own businesses too.
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What do you mean by having to report in own businesses here. I have my own business and don't report to anybody. Sometimes I have grueling hours but I also have the option of planning my workload/holidays etc, not to mention the satisfaction of knowing that I am putting all this effort into building something which I personally own.

If you meant reporting to the authorities like Tax bureau, etc that is a different thing.
 
DeadBall said:
What do you mean by having to report in own businesses here. I have my own business and don't report to anybody. Sometimes I have grueling hours but I also have the option of planning my workload/holidays etc, not to mention the satisfaction of knowing that I am putting all this effort into building something which I personally own.

If you meant reporting to the authorities like Tax bureau, etc that is a different thing.
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Or maybe you meant public companies with stockholders and investors who you have to report to.
 
Having my own restaurant and owning the location, cooking in clay pot.
 
Author.

I’ve only managed to dabble in writing thus far, and lately the job and my advancing years leave little time or energy to indulge in my passion. If I could have my way, I would write full-time.

If I were responsible only for myself, I would’ve done it already. Alas, the stultifying shackles of married upper middle class existence get in the way.
 
Nostalgic said:
Author.

I’ve only managed to dabble in writing thus far, and lately the job and my advancing years leave little time or energy to indulge in my passion. If I could have my way, I would write full-time.

If I were responsible only for myself, I would’ve done it already. Alas, the stultifying shackles of married upper middle class existence get in the way.
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This is what I hate about marriage life. You often can't pursue your dream.

I think you can be a really good writer based on your posts here.

I also love writing but I am quite average at it.
 
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Nostalgic said:
Author.

I’ve only managed to dabble in writing thus far, and lately the job and my advancing years leave little time or energy to indulge in my passion. If I could have my way, I would write full-time.

If I were responsible only for myself, I would’ve done it already. Alas, the stultifying shackles of married upper middle class existence get in the way.
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Same for me, but I'm still young. Maybe, one day! :)
 
Director of Hardware Development at Google/Microsoft/Apple
 
sweep_shot said:
This is what I hate about marriage life. You often can't pursue your dream.

I think you can be a really good writer based on your posts here.

I also love writing but I am quite average at it.
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InziRules said:
Same for me, but I'm still young. Maybe, one day! :)
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Do it while you still can. Life only gets more complicated as the years go by.
 
Orange-farmer in beautiful village.
 
i would love to be A doc even if I have opportunity to born again.
 
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Nostalgic said:
Author.

I’ve only managed to dabble in writing thus far, and lately the job and my advancing years leave little time or energy to indulge in my passion. If I could have my way, I would write full-time.

If I were responsible only for myself, I would’ve done it already. Alas, the stultifying shackles of married upper middle class existence get in the way.
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Had a similar situation. The Mrs also was attracted to the romantic side of aiding a struggling writer with visions of me typing away on my masterpiece while she dutifully served and tolerated me. The whole thing lasted about two months once we got out of the fantasy land and there were bills to pay.

However I have almost everything I could want now which I earned and am also part of the upper middle class but I have limited it to very particular and important interactions, although I have lost that spark I had due to everything that happened before. I still have a story but not the will or inclination to tell it anymore.

Stultify is the perfect word you used, you don't even know when it happens.
 
Professor of Napoleonic Tactics at West Point or History at a good (not prestigious) university.
 
DeadBall said:
Had a similar situation. The Mrs also was attracted to the romantic side of aiding a struggling writer with visions of me typing away on my masterpiece while she dutifully served and tolerated me. The whole thing lasted about two months once we got out of the fantasy land and there were bills to pay.

However I have almost everything I could want now which I earned and am also part of the upper middle class but I have limited it to very particular and important interactions, although I have lost that spark I had due to everything that happened before. I still have a story but not the will or inclination to tell it anymore.

Stultify is the perfect word you used, you don't even know when it happens.
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Back when I did write regularly, I realized quickly enough that it is a calling that requires structure and discipline, in particular with time management. This I found remarkably at odds with the fact that people attracted to the calling are often procrastinators whose mind wanders most of the time. Is reconciling the two extremes even possible? Perhaps for the mad procrastinator content with penury devoting their entire day to the calling, or for someone who has learnt enough of the tricks of the trade to churn out something that is worthwhile on surface but doesn't quite qualify as art? Then again, there are writers whose oeuvre has survived the test of time yet had paying careers. How did they do it?
 
Nostalgic said:
Back when I did write regularly, I realized quickly enough that it is a calling that requires structure and discipline, in particular with time management. This I found remarkably at odds with the fact that people attracted to the calling are often procrastinators whose mind wanders most of the time. Is reconciling the two extremes even possible? Perhaps for the mad procrastinator content with penury devoting their entire day to the calling, or for someone who has learnt enough of the tricks of the trade to churn out something that is worthwhile on surface but doesn't quite qualify as art? Then again, there are writers whose oeuvre has survived the test of time yet had paying careers. How did they do it?
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I heard some write no-matter-what for a certain time everyday like Hunter S. Thompson (midnight to 6 a.m.) or someone else (can’t remember), who wrote no more or less then 10 pages a day.

Robert Caro is the supreme example of a disciplined writer.
 
By the way, I also wanted to be a professor of history. I wear glasses and own several turtleneck sweaters, and even have a pipe somewhere in my collection of odds and ends, but I don't have a history degree. Back when I was thrust kicking and screaming against my will into engineering school, I harbored illusions of getting a BA and then an MA privately, as it is often done in Pakistan, by studying for and then sitting for the exam without having ever attended class. Youthful waywardness got in the way, as it often does, and a glittering career in the ivory towers of academia was nipped in the bud. It was history's loss as much as it was mine.
 
Nostalgic said:
By the way, I also wanted to be a professor of history. I wear glasses and own several turtleneck sweaters, and even have a pipe somewhere in my collection of odds and ends, but I don't have a history degree. Back when I was thrust kicking and screaming against my will into engineering school, I harbored illusions of getting a BA and then an MA privately, as it is often done in Pakistan, by studying for and then sitting for the exam without having ever attended class. Youthful waywardness got in the way, as it often does, and a glittering career in the ivory towers of academia was nipped in the bud. It was history's loss as much as it was mine.
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Wonderful.

But history is something I never get bored of and can spend days researching. I’m just naturally drawn towards it like some are to art or music.

And I’ve heard the saying that, “artists like to paint, authors like to have books written”.

I guess it’s easy to write a story if you have a story to tell and no one will listen to you.
 
ManFan said:
I heard some write no-matter-what for a certain time everyday like Hunter S. Thompson (midnight to 6 a.m.) or someone else (can’t remember), who wrote no more or less then 10 pages a day.

Robert Caro is the supreme example of a disciplined writer.
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That is indeed what they recommend, and most of them particularly like the time right after you wake up, since you're in something of a dream state still and the imagination works best at that time. That's the point I was trying to make: there's a rigmarole to it, an element of churn, of putting in the hours, perspiration instead of inspiration, of treating your drafts with ruthlessness when it comes to editing, of chiseling away at them. This is what I found at odds with how the writer appears in your imagination: of a tortured genius in communion with the muse at all times.
 
ManFan said:
Wonderful.

But history is something I never get bored of and can spend days researching. I’m just naturally drawn towards it like some are to art or music.
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Certainly, but dabbling in it, even if one is serious about it, is quite different from it being a profession.
 
Nostalgic said:
That is indeed what they recommend, and most of them particularly like the time right after you wake up, since you're in something of a dream state still and the imagination works best at that time. That's the point I was trying to make: there's a rigmarole to it, an element of churn, of putting in the hours, perspiration instead of inspiration, of treating your drafts with ruthlessness when it comes to editing, of chiseling away at them. This is what I found at odds with how the writer appears in your imagination: of a tortured genius in communion with the muse at all times.
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I think that image of a tortured genius (alcoholic, depressive, pariah is 1/100 like a Hitchens or Poe) that we romanticize when in reality, all great works of humanity have come through consistent toil and accident.

Most people ask Ryan Holiday to review their writing since they are a “bad writer” but his biggest complaint is they have nothing to show him.

Also, great masters always have a stimulating hobby like Einstein (violin) or Tolstoy (chess). This allows their mind to actually find new ways of attacking their task subconsciously.

I would recommend the book, “Mastery” by Robert Greene. I guess if you are on the older side of 30, then find someone who is where you want to be in 10-15 years (a writer) and ask them for an apprenticeship.

If you have a family, then you will have to accept the fact that if writing is what you really want to do (and we’re meant to do it), then you can have no resting time.

Just don’t give up, you are a wordsmith (takes more to be a great writer, I know).
 
Nostalgic said:
Author.

I’ve only managed to dabble in writing thus far, and lately the job and my advancing years leave little time or energy to indulge in my passion. If I could have my way, I would write full-time.

If I were responsible only for myself, I would’ve done it already. Alas, the stultifying shackles of married upper middle class existence get in the way.
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Have you thought about writing one of those Amazon E-books? You can do it as a side gig it apparently pays well if you're good.
 
Nostalgic said:
That is indeed what they recommend, and most of them particularly like the time right after you wake up, since you're in something of a dream state still and the imagination works best at that time. That's the point I was trying to make: there's a rigmarole to it, an element of churn, of putting in the hours, perspiration instead of inspiration, of treating your drafts with ruthlessness when it comes to editing, of chiseling away at them. This is what I found at odds with how the writer appears in your imagination: of a tortured genius in communion with the muse at all times.
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This is all very Dostoyevsky-ish. I do agree with the above poster (hopefully not sweep shot, don't want to check)y you should put pen to paper. Especially if that's what you desire so much. However I do understand your circumstances.

I will happily read whatever you write though.
 
There was this guy from NZ in prison who fancied himself a Gregory David Roberts and used to write a page a day and fax it the next morning (only due to this strong consulate) to someone. I read a couple of them and they were bland at best. Can't ever forget his smile, a true snake oil salesman if there ever was one.
 
sjahmed23 said:
Have you thought about writing one of those Amazon E-books? You can do it as a side gig it apparently pays well if you're good.
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Monetary gain isn't exactly his goal. Thanks for making fun of his dream.
 
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ManFan said:
I think that image of a tortured genius (alcoholic, depressive, pariah is 1/100 like a Hitchens or Poe) that we romanticize when in reality, all great works of humanity have come through consistent toil and accident.

Most people ask Ryan Holiday to review their writing since they are a “bad writer” but his biggest complaint is they have nothing to show him.

Also, great masters always have a stimulating hobby like Einstein (violin) or Tolstoy (chess). This allows their mind to actually find new ways of attacking their task subconsciously.

I would recommend the book, “Mastery” by Robert Greene. I guess if you are on the older side of 30, then find someone who is where you want to be in 10-15 years (a writer) and ask them for an apprenticeship.

If you have a family, then you will have to accept the fact that if writing is what you really want to do (and we’re meant to do it), then you can have no resting time.

Just don’t give up, you are a wordsmith (takes more to be a great writer, I know).
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DeadBall said:
This is all very Dostoyevsky-ish. I do agree with the above poster (hopefully not sweep shot, don't want to check)y you should put pen to paper. Especially if that's what you desire so much. However I do understand your circumstances.

I will happily read whatever you write though.
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Thank you both. I've vowed to start again Monday morning.

Now lets focus on helping with someone else's dream career. I nominate [MENTION=135844]pakistanisgreat[/MENTION] and the worthwhile aim of having to do nothing. Very Zen.
 
Justcrazy said:
Government Job in Canada :P
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LOL!

Government jobs in Canada pay pretty good amounts with decent benefits. For example, a TTC ticket collector (a job that requires no degree) has a base salary of $58,000. That's more than many junior developers make in private companies.
 
Nostalgic said:
Thank you both. I've vowed to start again Monday morning.

Now lets focus on helping with someone else's dream career. I nominate [MENTION=135844]pakistanisgreat[/MENTION] and the worthwhile aim of having to do nothing. Very Zen.
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Just do it!

Here’s looking at you, kid.
 
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Nostalgic said:
nominate [MENTION=135844]pakistanisgreat[/MENTION] and the worthwhile aim of having to do nothing. Very Zen.
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But isn't that the cliched dream "job". I did it for a couple of years a few years back during my down time and felt really bad for doing nothing, although I didn't really care at the time. Would kill to have such a dream job at the moment though, even just for a week.
 
ManFan said:
I’m sure he meant that he could support his family while performing his dream job at the same time.
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He is well off so supporting his family isn't really that big an issue even if it does crush his soul.
 
Professional International cricketers, at least that what I wanted to be when I was a kid. Lack of talent and very strict mom " forced" me to study and become what I'm now, very happy with my current profession but was not my dream job , my 2nd best job tough.
 
sjahmed23 said:
Fair enough. But what can be better working your dream job while it also pays the bills? :yawn
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Who knows maybe [MENTION=22846]Nostalgic[/MENTION] bhai could be Pakistani JK Rowling. I wonder how many JK Rowlings were lost to engineering and med school in Pakistan due to parental and societal pressure to earn.
 
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