What Is Your Dream Job?

[Christine]

Please share your stories! Some questions for you to consider:

What is your dream job?
How did you figure out what your dream job is?
What other jobs have you had before discovering your dream job?
What (if any) steps have you taken any steps towards finding your dream job?

Please share any other thoughts, resources, videos, websites, quotes, or stories of things that helped you along the way! Thanks for sharing!

[Christine]

It took me a while to figure out what my dream job is, but I've finally discovered what it is. My dream job is to be a fashion designer that designs beautiful evening wear and to also be a NY Times bestselling published author.

Just this past year, I've thought about and tried many different potential careers after leaving the consulting world: independent contractor (information architect/project manager), entrepreneur creating a graphic design/packaging design/wedding invitation business, feng shui consultant, energy healer, organic bath salt business, and then back to the world of the web as an interaction designer. I've gone through many transitions during my search for the perfect dream job indeed!

Now, I have finally nailed down a career path that I feel will suit my future goals and interests and I am sharing it here in this community and also on my new blog:
http://christineykim.blogspot.com

My journey is just beginning. I'd love to hear what all of you have been going through and to see if any of you are going through the same thing--starting a new career or going through a career change. Please share!

[Retrain Plain Gerlaine to Obtain]

I went though this massive change of careers over and over until I finally figured it out! I am a writer and self-development coach. This is my thing! Awesome Group!

[Patricia Blumberg]

Hi Gerlaine! I am not sure 100%, but my dream job is very similar to yours. How is it going for you?
Best of luck!!
Patricia

[Athena]

My dream job is to be a life coach and to be very good at it and make money AND help people. Plus I like the idea of some singing (for money) and maybe some writing thrown in there. Also be nice to be a computer games reviewer for money. Web design maybe too but the one I am focusing on at the moment is being a life coach and starting a course (in the UK) hopefully this September. I am currently a teacher (a dream job when I was a teen) and I asked myself what I DON'T like about this current career and job and what is the opposite of it and realized life coaching is a match to the things I DO want. (Plus the things I DO like about my current job/career.)
I learned about life coaching at a seminar about something else, someone gave me their business card and it said they were a life coach. When I looked it up online etc. I realized it was the kind of thing I'd been looking to get into. Haven't been in a place to start doing much about it till this year. My boss knows in five years I hope to leave and become a life coach and accepts that though she wants me to stay for 20 years! (Fat chance!)
Only steps so far are writing about it a bit, doing a slide show on being a coach and hunting round for courses (not so easy in UK as in the USA! but I think I've found some great resources. Will let you know that for sure when i know.)
AND I attracted free coaching myself by a coach in training this year - six sessions - giving me a better idea of how it will feel for my clients.

[Athena]

Oh with regards to the singing, writing, web design what have I done? Couple of photos of me singing on a slideshow, HAVE sung before e.g. for two weddings, one birthday, for a school event once, (was asked to sing for 3 of these) choir, kareoke but now I'm thinking I will only sing for money!
With writing tried a writing group but it wasn't a good match. If I found a writer's WORKSHOP for a good price (again, in London, UK) I would think about it. Tried writing a novel once several things got in the way and I stopped and I've submitted a couple of small articles to things online so far nothing published. YET.
(I DID have a poem get a gold star as a kid and another poem get published in the school magazine as a teen.)
Web design, just looking for courses - UK and distance learning - so far nothing seems write but again I'm not done yet.
Have also considered teaching English as a Foreign Language and might but it's NOT one of the dream ones.

[Kathy]

I'm working towards my dream job ... it still requires me to step into it ... but that's coming. I will be working in an organisation, training people who are coming back into the workforce; looking at skillsets, CVs, interview techniques, negotiation skills, ... believing in oneself as the 'product' X company needs and having them believe it as well [so you're hired!]. Also working with community groups on life skills, and with organisations on their staffing dynamics. All these things I have used or am using in my current work - the idea is to have all these skills that I have, and am good at using, come together and be useful in one place!

Recently I attended a Christopher Howard, Breakthrough To Success Weekend in Auckland [New Zealand] and this career move for me came through very strongly. I could see the whole process; from me approaching them, them hiring me, me in a training situaton, training, travelling and signing up new clients.

I could feel it all ... and I know it's coming to me.

[Dominic Armstrong]

My dream Job is to be a Free-lance writer, both journalistic and recreational writing. I love knowing what's going on in the world, especially the issues right outside my front door and if I could be the voice for all of that it would be great. Not only do I want to choose what to write about, I want magazines, newspapers and any other publications to seek me out for stories. Also I want my creative writing to be published as well, that my poems and short stories are accepted and pay well. Furthermore I would like to have a semi-successful band kind of staying on the outskirts of fame, this is because I have seen people become famous in the music world and they change completely and tend to wind up hating their music. I would rather be able to tour independently, record and promote independently rather than having some one call my shots for me.

I am still young and am working at a grocery store right now, and I know that this is NOT for me. I don't enjoy the work at all, it requires no imagination, no challenges and each member is completely venerable to getting sacked over some stupid stuff. I only say that because there's a small chance I might be getting fired soon just for trying to help a customer(long story, but I did nothing out of line).

I am starting an independent magazine with a few friends to help promote and educate people about the arts and music culture here in the west valley of Phoenix, so thats a start. I also am looking at going too school for writing, but as far as getting my foot in the door at the actual writing business I don't really know where to start.

[Marisabel Munoz]

My dream job is working on and for children publications. I want to become both illustrator and writer, analyzing how other illustrators have published their self illustrated book, I say I'll step first on the author title, and then illustration. But this is my ultimate goal. I knew it since I was a little girl but people always say it wouldn't give me anything. So in a way I gave up on it when I was force to decide my career after school, with the idea that people who figure it out then are more successful than those who start later. How wrong I was, so now I'm in no hurry as long as I get to where I want to be. I studied psychology and even considered continuing studies despite knowing is not my goal. My ex boyfriend reminded me of this, he didn't thought me going back to school was a good idea if it didn't followed my dream. And my current one don't want me to settle for less than what I want, and this support is giving me so much strength. I am currently writing a set of stories and waiting the arrival of the Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market book in a few days. Once I have it I will start following the instructions and sending away to publishers. I am also working on my portfolio as an illustrator. Once I have 10 - 12 images I absolutely think of as amazing, I will have my portfolio complete. I am recording all thsi through my blog, http://marisabelart.com. Also there I published my "Life Application" essay, which is a letter containing my demands, goals, and the life I want. A personal application to the Universe on why I deserve the life I want.

[Caitlyn Patten]

I know what I want my dream job to be, and that would be a character designer for animated films or television. Either that, or a storyboard artist. I do want to be somewhere in pre-production when it comes to animation

It's hard to say for me, because it's just so daunting. It's so highly competitive, and it's very hard to get a job as a character artist or concept artist unless you are stellar. And I'm still a student. But I'm trying to get over that, and telling myself that I am good enough, that I can step up and be an artist to get a job in character design. And to be able to be successful in my professional realm. I think accepting my professional dreams and goals is something I might do for my first 100 days.

[Gwen Coppari]

My dream job is to be a fashion illustrator and I just completed a course in Costume Design so I love that too. I used to be a fashion designer Christine but it wasn`t really for me but I still love fabrics and well made clothing.I wish you every sucess!
I`m working on my website as part of my 100 day challenge.
What baby steps are you taking to making yr dream job a reality?

[Karina]

My dream job is to be an event/conert manager in Munich, Germany (where I live). I am a project Manager currently in the Telco Industry, however I definitely need to get out of there as it is not the right industry for me to be in.