There are so many things I visualized as I grew up, yet now that I have the knowledge and experience I could actually have gotten there. I just didn't know. Would love to hear your aspirations.
2007-02-01 04:13:02 · 5 answers · asked by chatterella 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Right now, I'm happily unemployed /// semi-retired /// a bum /// the envy of all my friends /// a little boared.
I was educated in Business Administration: double major in Economics and Finance. This paired with a Daddy who was addicted to charts & graphs & the stock market taught me the value of money. To be a stock-broker, one needs to have a low moral mentality. As I entered into this, the sucessful stock brokers were the ones with a small understanding of the industry, and did as they were told in selling. I saw people who understood the financial game fail as sales people quitting the business. Meanwhile those with not industry familiarity acted in immoral ways, and their sales skyrocketted.
I found a modest place to work ... saved 50% of my earnings ... and now, I'm semi-retired bum ... they're still working, rich --- but who wants to act like a used car sales man and never enjoy their money??? Not me.
My education taught me to live retirement while I was young, could travel, and enjoy the free time. Sure, I'll be working at 70 years old ... or be dead ... I just don't want to die not being able to spend my money that I earned.
2007-02-01 05:35:15 · answer #1 · answered by Giggly Giraffe 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm a final year student of chemical engineering in India. I've been recruited by a design firm and I look forward to joining the firm in a few months time.
I've always wanted to teach. Not the highbrow mathematics and reaction engineering that constitute my course. Basic math and chemistry and English that I used to love as a schoolgoer. But alas, over here, schoolteachers can't hope to get much out of their jobs, at least in terms of pay. My parents were behind my teaching aspirations, provided of course that it was as a college professor, staying in the college quarters, growing a paunch and visiting my hometown on weekends...
Bur as I said before, that's not for me. But hey, its not all bad. I've got a part-time job at a coaching centre teaching SAT kids algebra and geometry. As you've said, I am in a position to live out my childhood aspirations.
2007-02-01 12:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Right now I'm raising my children, and I wouldn't change a thing. Simple, conventional goals are enough of a challenge for anyone. Find the right partner, earn enough to fund a family home, raise children with love, maybe even help them raise their children if you get time. Don't worry about bullseyes, whoever even gets on the target is doing alright.
2007-02-01 12:42:36 · answer #3 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Life seems to have its own agenda and presents us with a series of choices all the time!! Our own choices determine what path, direction, and what new choices we will have. I think that the Beauty of this is that we have a chance to LEARN better choices, learn from our experiences and transfer that learning to new situations. My choices led me from a government job in DC with NSA; to school again; to teaching; school again; to Guidance and Counseling and working with very troubled adolescents for 21 years. LOVED it ALL!! Now I'm Grandmothering, and while I miss all the other kids, I LOVE my current job!
2007-02-01 19:32:53 · answer #4 · answered by Martell 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have nothing to regret. Things happened as they have happened and I can not be sure if I had done things different that it could have had any more of a negative/positive outcome than what has happened.
2007-02-01 12:23:06 · answer #5 · answered by amiaigner 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋