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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Uh...no one, which is why the OP is asking what you want to be when you grow up.
I'm in school still for Hospitality and Tourism Management. Ultimate goal is to be involved with running a golf course/resort in some way. Doing something with music festivals or something like that would be pretty cool, too. I guess it all depends on what places I can get connected with.
I'm already connected with that whole festival scene.... There actually is a niche where "high end" catering/hospitality could work. I've seen it for years, it's been talked about amongst a lot of vendors. Real high-end dining. People see a Music festival and they see a bunch of sweaty, drugged up kids eating grilled cheese -- and there's nothing wrong with that. However, those people do not realize how many people they don't see that are also at these events who are able and willing to spend whatever the price is for a better experience.... There are a lot of "foodies" at these places and they're willing to open up the wallet for it.. They are teh ones who fly back to Colorado/California to their mansions on the sides of mountains. Your idea is one that in my eyes should work if executed properly and at the right events, it's just that nobody has had the balls to put up the operating capital. Most of the people I know are just happy to make a few thousand bucks for selling tshirts all weekend while drinking beer in a 10x10 tent.. They don't see the benefit in taking the risk when they make 100k in a year by just going to music festivals and selling merch for a few months out of the year.
My wife and I were tempted to get the VIP tickets for the upcoming Desert Trip festival. $1,500 each isn't a big deal when you see the acts that are playing. The show boasts world class chefs and dining experiences, but we've been burned too many times to really buy in to this fully. I guess you could say, we won't be fooled again.
That said, if I could be 100% sure that the experience would be more country club and less Lollapalooza, I'd gladly pay the $1,500 per person.
In ten years, my youngest will be 23 and I'll be living on the west coast after selling all my earthly possessions. I've already had two fairly successful careers, so I don't think I want to invest that much energy in work. I'm a creative person and a maker of things, so if I could find something to keep me engaged into my old age, that would be great.
Have you had it with Evanston, iirc? Ready to head out to sunny California?
Absolutely. I'd go now if my kids would be up for moving.
Your job gives you that flexibility? That's cool, and you're very fortunate.
households should be parent-directed, not kid lead. sounds like you have ceded power and it's time to take it back. this is not to say you don't ever listen to your kids or invite their input (as they get older and earn it) for certain decisions, but on the big stuff like this you are the one who has the wisdom to make the decision, not them.
I'd like to make a lot of passive income, preferably.
at least this time you didn't say that when you grow up that you want to live with underground Grandma.
I'm guessing your first business was selling pot, the second business was a Vape store, and your new one is a medicinal marijuana store?
I want land and animals. She wants an apartment.
Is your name "Oliver" and her name "Lisa?"
#GreenAcres
:-)
I hear you re: the land and animals part. Given choice between city life or country life, I'd opt country in a heartbeat. I'm not a fan of cities.
for your life, and don't wait.
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my current job which pays better, doesn't require a suit and tie, has a better boss/coworkers, and actually makes me feel like my work makes a difference
Would you share what that new role is? Serious question.
I'm facing end-of-career and am exploring alternative occupations. The money is less an issue than the "my work makes a difference."
I think that's great. I hope that you find your niche, and can indeed make a difference. Life is too short to be miserable in a job/position/career you hate, but do just for a paycheck.
I know you didn't ask, but if I were you, I'd try to find something that uses the skills and talents and abilities you've used and gained over your lifetime. I mean, you can do something completely unrelated, but often enough, we have skills that we can apply in a more productive place, skills that would make a huge difference somewhere. Good luck in moving forward.
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currently working in a boring cubicle job (Financial analyst/accountant) but luckily getting my MBA at a top 5 school at the same time. Hoping to leverage that into working at Disney in marketing and/or strategy.
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you finding any?
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I'd love to be a brewer with my brothers and have a small brew pub, but we all have comfortable jobs for the man and have families... Perhaps as a retirement gig.
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go back and get a Bachelor's from Michigan, obvs. (and we have zoology!)
I took on history as my minor but am working more with ecology.. It's been ... a lot of work, but rewarding!
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I hear that blogging is a babe magnet . . . .
I played in a few original bands throughout high school and college and 1 semi-serious band in my 20s. Spent most of those years working in the restaurant industry and am a good cook. Went to school for marketing/graphic design, so I could market the crap out of a place and know enough about the food/costs/management to keep it running smoothly... I think. Now I just need a couple hundred thousand bucks and at least 1 partner. Any takers?
Reality: I see myself going back into banking, as BSA/AML/OFAC laws continue to attempt to weed out the criminals from the banking networks/systems. (I worked for a large bank for 6 years and am now in enterprise compliance at an insurance company) The laws aren't very effective, really, but they do help to catch some money launderers and tax cheats. Hopefully the gov. shuts down bitcoin and other virtual currency to give me additional job security...
Ten years ago, we had someone come out to sweep our chimney from "The Mad Hatter Chimney Sweeping." When I looked them up five years ago, they had changed the name to "The Happy Hatter Chimney Sweeping", with the tagline "We're not mad anymore." When I asked the reason for the change, I was told that:
a) many prospective customers were not familiar with Alice in Wonderland
b) some prospective customers were put off by the reference to mental illness
Cheerleader escorts?
As someone who was a returning student at 30 (now 34)... I've had to make sacrifices. I own a home in Toledo (ugh.. but low cost of living makes this whole thing way easier).
I've already done small businesses, mostly where someone else had the operating capital and just used me to make their ideas work, then toss me to the curb once they go from broke to millionaire. This scenario is not made up. I have also been treated decently by others, but I never finished a degree because I was so caught up in a lot of different small businesses and technical jobs. I did custom automotive work out of my garage @ 50/hr flat rate for years. I hate being greasy every day. I can handle dirty. My last job was 7 years a paralegal.
It was hard to get out of the myopic mindset of "I'm making enough money" to "I need to not care about money for a while and finish this before it's too late."
I wish Michigan had won the war of Toledo, so I could get in state tuition. :D
However, I am doing well, doing directed research as an undergrad. (I am involved mostly in environmental sciences, geographic planning, law, and have a history minor tagged on for fun. I intern on a project for Goddard (NASA) and am working on a huge project for a grant proposal.
It sucks, and I have had to learn to be quite a bit more frugal. Luckily I saved enough cash to get me through this shit for ~8 years without having to work -- mostly because everything I have is paid off. I don't know where it's going to lead, but I promised myself a long time ago that I would go back by 30 and would not stop aiming for higher degrees until nobody would accept me at a higher level... so PhD or bust? I'm thinking about a JD, but still want a scientific background.
I just want to be a consultant, you know, one of the "Bobs" from Office space. I come tell you how to do shit, you pay me a bunch of money for being right.
I want to teach a class as a grad student to see if it's something I could fall into. It's been a hell of a ride. My only regret is not having hte resources to make it happen somewhere else at the time.... but I think this will work out. Never thought I'd have a 4.0 semester with 18 credit hours and every class being senior level. (while having everything else piled on top). I can't wait to not still be a fucking undergraduate.
tl;dr I'm fucked. I was in IT out of high school (ccna/mcse/etc)... didn't like it... got into the car stuff... got tired of it... did my tour of the country via music festivals and made it profitable... got tired of people spreading "knowledge" about the "environment and science" so I went back to school to become the scientist I wanted to be when I was a kid and I'm having fun but feeling the clock.
Oregon has no sales tax, so it depends more heavily on its income and property taxes. Makes it tough on retirees, many of whom limit purchases but can't avoid the two primary forms of taxation. Washington state has sales tax and lower income and property taxes.
On the other hand, having lived in Oregon since 1980, I must say the quality of life is fantastic.
so I think I am what I'm going to be when I grow up.
But I'd really like to be King of Zamunda.
Halfway to 90!! So I'm not thinking about 10 years. I'm more of a day to day person- I don't want to set any high, unrealistic expectations, so who knows where I will be. Probably on this blog. For sure that.
I like the way you think, Mabel Pines. And happy birthday!