When did you find out what you wanted to do with your life?

My brother had a friend that made a career change every seven years. It was his design to always do something different. I think towards the end of the seven years he would begin training for the next one, and if it required extra he would used saved money to study for however much extra time he needed.

Then he would begin his new career.

 

Disecting a heart in biology. I told myself that this was what I wanted to do with my life.

 

I'm 35 and I still don't want to do anything. Doing stuff is overrated.

 

That's awesome, FB.

A-train, 30ish is absolutely not too old to try something new. You only live once, who wants to sit back when they're 80 & say "I wish I'd have..."?

 

"I did nothing. I did nothing, and it was everything I thought it would be."

When I auditioned and got the job playing in my band in 2001, I thought I would be able to quit my day job in 3 to 4 years. It's now been 5 years and I would go broke if I quit my day job.

I do have a standing offer to teach private lessons at a studio on the north side of town. They would get me as many students as I want and take care of the parents paying, but of course they would take some off the top. If I did that, along with my band, I could probably make as much money as I make at my day gig, but the stability wouldn't be the same. I need that stability since I'm a home owner. I also need to keep maxing out my 401K (which I couldn't do without my day gig) so I don't have to depend on social security when I retire.

So, I guess I have to keep my day gig as long as they'll have me. If I get laid off, I will probably go back to school (blech) and finish my teacher certification.

 

I'm about to turn 30 in 15 days (Clutch, I know exactly what I want for my birthday) and I still have no grasp on what I really want to do with my life, career wise.

It sucks.

 

i know you're a drummer. what other instruments do you play, if any?

(by the way..did your band get the gig at the Texans games?? what came of that??)

 

Piano and guitar, although I suck at guitar

No, we didn't spam the Texans website enough.... But we ARE playing live on channel 11 tomorrow morning from 9am to 10am....

 

the "suck at guitar" part isn't exactly a ringing endorsement! at some point, i'd like my older son to take guitar lessons. but he's only 6 so we're probably a ways off from that.

cool!!

 

I pretty much figured it out last year, at 27. I'll probably stay here for a while (energy trading) unless I get really bored.

 

i wish i could do absolutely nothing. there's nothing i want to do with my life. aside from making friends and meeting people from working with people and needing money to pay for stuff, i see no benefit to actually working. i would be perfectly content to sit on my ass everyday and do and accomplish nothing. i happen to be really good at math and school and so i've got a masters in petroleum engineering and, if i ever get a job (24 years and counting, baby!), should make good money, but i don't suspect i'll really find anything interesting or great or fulfilling about the job. nor would i in any job short of possibly coaching a college football team or nba basketball team (but that would require some sort of motivation and/or dedication and/or connections i don't have). any job will just be a way to make money and hopefully make enough that i don't have to do it forever.

not that i hate petroleum engineering or anything, but there's nothing so fulfilling or desirable that would give me a reason to think i'd be happier doing something else.

so basically i don't know what i want to do nor will i ever probably. unless playing sports all the time counts.

 

You could start him on keybaords.

Mozart's first compositions, a small Andante (K. 1a) and Allegro (K. 1b), were written in 1761, when he was five years old.[1] Around the time when he was five or six years old, he could play the piano blindfolded and with his hands crossed over one another

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart#Family_and_early_years

 

I'm with francis 4 prez.

There is absolutely nothing that I want to do for work. Work sucks and that's why they call it work. If it was fun, they would call it fun.

I work to make money. I do everything I can to make as much money as I possibly can so that I can have the lifestyle that I have. I like buying ****. I like going places. I like living in a nice area. These are the only reason why I work. If I could be independently wealthy I'd probably travel all day. I'd go to culinary school, not because I want to own a restaurant (that would be too much responsibility) but because I like cooking good ****. I'd probably go to school to learn about other things that interest me and if I didn't like what I was learning, I'd stop. Then I'd take another trip.

I'd probably move to Europe too.

 

thank God I'm not alone...

28 and still searching...

working with kids has been rewarding, still trying to combine that with an element in entertainment...

I guess my dream job would be hosting a kids game show...

 

i've considered that, actually. good idea.

 

I agree. I hate even typing this response. I feel as if I'm doing too much.

Nap time.

 

About 7th grade. Went against the parents and school and did what I wanted and did ok by myself. In two months I start my new career as a stay at home dad. Can't wait.