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Fantasy job. (Original Post) Aerows Mar 2016 OP
Raising handsome, very intelligent, warm hearted children. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #1
You kick ass, my dear. Aerows Mar 2016 #6
Aerows, that was a lovely compliment dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #9
I'm right next door to you, cher Aerows Mar 2016 #10
Opera singer. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #2
Beautiful Aerows Mar 2016 #5
Magically make me a great singer. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #7
That is fantastic! Aerows Mar 2016 #8
A naturalist/interpreter for the National Park Service. GoCubsGo Mar 2016 #3
You have gorgeous dreams, my friend. Aerows Mar 2016 #4
If I had it do all over again,knowing what I now know about myself dixiegrrrrl Mar 2016 #11
That's another job I always wanted. GoCubsGo Mar 2016 #14
Sadly, it's not what it used to be 2naSalit Mar 2016 #13
Communications Director of Smart Growth America. Chan790 Mar 2016 #12

dixiegrrrrl

(60,156 posts)
1. Raising handsome, very intelligent, warm hearted children.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:32 PM
Mar 2016

Oh..wait....did that...


Ok....Being a pro bono community organizer and helping to make laws which made permanent positive change for women.

Oh..wait...did that.

uhhhh

ok...raising and showing Golden Retrievers..have not yet done that.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
6. You kick ass, my dear.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:55 PM
Mar 2016

I'm encouraging people to kick more ass, including yourself, for the good of humanity and animal kind.

(You are ahead by the way in the kicking ass scale.)

dixiegrrrrl

(60,156 posts)
9. Aerows, that was a lovely compliment
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:09 PM
Mar 2016

and obviously given by one who appreciates the value of the attitude.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(130,382 posts)
7. Magically make me a great singer.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:56 PM
Mar 2016

I'm not Queen of the Night caliber (hardly anybody is). And I'm too old anyhow - but it's fun to dream.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
8. That is fantastic!
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:01 PM
Mar 2016

I do not believe for a second that there is no venue for you to pursue that dream.

Lose neither hope nor faith in the pursuit of happiness!

GoCubsGo

(34,884 posts)
3. A naturalist/interpreter for the National Park Service.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 09:45 PM
Mar 2016

Preferably in some place really cool like Yellowstone or Kenai Fjords. Anywhere out West would be great.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,156 posts)
11. If I had it do all over again,knowing what I now know about myself
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:37 PM
Mar 2016

I would go for fire lookout jobs in the mountains, and be perfectly happy with the isolation.
Back when I was of an age to do it, it was not seen as a woman's job.

GoCubsGo

(34,884 posts)
14. That's another job I always wanted.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:44 PM
Mar 2016

I prefer the solitude. And, after seeing a lot of the photos DemoTex has posted over the years, I would still love to do it.

2naSalit

(102,386 posts)
13. Sadly, it's not what it used to be
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:52 PM
Mar 2016

and has become more like being a greeter at wallyworld but expected to know everything. It's a sad state of affairs for the parks lately. It was a dream job for me too but after a couple years, not anymore... I don't know if I can bear to even go back into the park anymore.

If you do go into the Service, pick a small park to work at, the big ones are no fun anymore... too many people and only a few have any respect for the parks.

 

Chan790

(20,176 posts)
12. Communications Director of Smart Growth America.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:43 PM
Mar 2016

That's literally my dream job.

I believe strongly in the principles of smart growth, the need for a focus on domestic infrastructure and transit-oriented development as a spending priority, and...well...my skill-set in NPO management lends itself to being a Comm. D. I've been both a Comm D. and an Exec. D...the second one is not really a fit for me; I don't lead well or comfortably and I enjoy the work less than being the communications person.

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