OT: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Or, where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I've spent my entire career in banking at the same company, having my soul slowly whittled away into a tiny little nub. I didn't even want this job, I just sort of fell into it.
So this year my wife and I are starting a small business. We've done it twice before (one did very well, the other, not so much) and I think this one is a winner.
What about you? Are you already in your dream job saving the world and making tons of money doing it? Retired? Slowly going insane in your cubicle? Any escape plan?
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Yep. Being an adult is way overrated.
The good news on that front is that once you reach a certain age, you begin to regress. But I'm pretty sure that isn't something to strive for (says the person who just bought adult diapers for an aging parent).
Not adult diapers; just the regress part.
Me too, regressing to about 22, sans hair, trim body, being single and resilience to partying for more than three hours.
You've got my sincerest sympathies. From personal experience, It's hard to think of anything worse when it comes to parents.
It has been challenging for me.
But, not that we are keeping score, it's been really tough on my dad. He's had a difficult time dealing with the fact that he feels like he dumped his wife off on an "institution," as he calls it.
And my mother was not exactly the easiest to deal with in her good years...let alone in the ten years or so between the onset of dementia and her move to the memory care center a few months ago.
I'm fortunate that I have a good support system and, frankly, that my parents' financial situation is such that it isn't a drain on their bank account.
My father is slowly descending into that, and trying very hard to act normal. But we know through his caregiver that he has times of confusion and can't remember a lot. The hardest thing so far is fostering the illusion of independence for him, while closely monitoring everything he does. He has no idea that we are telling the caregiver how to handle things and what to do. I think for man who ran a company, which my father did, it's very difficult to ask for help or even acknowledge that you need help.
I definitely wouldn't do the accounting thing again if I could do it over, that's for sure.
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You are a stronger man than I my friend because I could never start a business with my wife. I would starangle her (or vice versa) in a very short amount of time.
As for me, I'll go with healthy, wealthy and WINNING!
I run a business with my wife and I can tell you there have been multiple attempted strangling incidents.
but she's into that.
I thought you were also, or is that only by homeless men you pickup???
/asking for a friend.
They're migrant workers.
who isn't?
This man loves him some autoerotic asphyxiation.
I just want my red stapler back. Is that too much to ask?
I am sure there will be all kinds of facetious answers but in an alternate life I always saw myself as a travel writer for a company like Fodor's or something. I had wanted to be a journalist when I was in college but was worried about the job market as well as the pay. Sadly I know better now, that it is better to pursue your passion than just getting a job.
are better than feces posts.
And I'm not just being shitty about your post.
I've always thought it would be awesome to work in Middle Earth, but I've heard Bilbo's company has better benefits.
Yes, like profit sharing and Funeral Arrangements.
to be...a dentist.
Dentists have been held down for too long. Next thing you know, you'll be saying they should have their own schools.
Are you hiring Hatter? lol.
Retirement at 50?
Oh woe is you....
Wasn't really looking for sympathy. Plus, judging by the career threads on this blog, I best many folks on here could retire at 50 if they wanted to and put their mind (and wallet) to it.
You aren't nearly smart enough to retire at 50 if you believe the bullshit you read here...
Problem with that is you basically flush your twenties down the toilet which is kinda your prime. Might be better to live it up and retire at 65.
I often ponder this as well. I don't really have a passion. Instead, I tell myself that I have to cultivate a passion where I am. However, I really wish I had an obvious passion, like WD's SuperGuides, that I could turn into a career instead . Owning my own business sounds great, but I don't even know where to begin. I know you'll all tell me to sell eucalyptus or something of that nature, but I'm being serious guys. I've done the sit in the tree thing for years and now I'm in a corporate environment selling eucalyptus futures. I'm not fulfilled. Tell me what my passion should be oh fellow internet dwellers.
One word, Joe. Plastics.
Go on . . .
There's a great future in plastics. Think about it.
Will you think about it?
I'm thinking about it. What do I do? how do I get started?
to drift aimlessly in the pool until Mrs. Robinson hits on you.