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how do you feel about what you do for a living?

I have a career, I enjoy what I do most of the time, every other Friday is always a good day. I do not like the concept of a job though. I'd like to wake up whenever I wanted, take lunch whenever I wanted and not have to sit on conference calls with dumb ass people.
 
As defined by Swampbuck62, I guess I would consider what I do to be something between a career and a vocation. I love the type of work I do and aside from maybe playing professional baseball, I don't think I could tailor make a career that would suit me any better. It offers me some flexibility in schedule, the opportunity to be creative and to use what little intellect I have to effectively problem solve day-to-day. I started working as a private investigator 21 years ago after college when the FBI decided to go on a hiring freeze and did not need any more new recruits with criminal justice degrees. I started my own company about six years ago and it's really breathed new life into my passion for what I do and the clients I do it for. It is not a get rich type of career, but like most things, if you're at the top of your field (in your area of specialty) you will probably do pretty well. Most importantly, my kids see that I work hard and try to be a good provider while still making time to be involved in their day-to-day activities. I think I am setting a good overall example for them to follow the way my father did for me. A side perk of my career is the endless humorous stories I have compiled over the past couple of decades. Maybe I'll make my real fortune if I ever publish a book.
 
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A job...something you do merely for a check, basically just getting paid for your time and not very rewarding.. there is little balance in family and work in fact more often then not the scale is tilted towards work because the more hours you work the more you make..

A career .. something you went went to school for or received more training to do. A career often involves more of a personal and often financial commitment from you..it gives you a little more personal as well as monetary rewards, but still just a few notches above a job..

A vocation... something you feel you are called do something you love something that balances family and work evenly.. The financial rewards are good but that is secondary to quality of life..

Most of my life I have always been between job and career and only once had what I would call a vocation something that I truly loved and enjoyed to do every day....Today I really don't have to work but have sort of gotten stuck in the job rut once again.. I think it's time to find my true vocation again life is too short..

where are most of you at......

Meh is how I feel.

I work for a family business doing aircraft management. The business is cool, but my job is so blah. IT is boring. Once I move back into sales I'll be much happier.

It sure does beat the hell out of the plastics recycling industry I was in for the closer part of a decade.
 
I do Technical support on the telephone on recycling equipment. Electrical, Hydraulic, PLC ladder logic. I have 3 computers up one which stays on the ODT. Back in 1994 we built the shears that cut up the Russian submarines when they did the nuclear disarmament . Company has been in business sine 1890.
 
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