What job do you hold?

I think actor is one of the INFP job recommendations, actually.

I am a trainer too. But I am thinking to quit my job as I am so tired of doing public speaking in front of lage audience. It is just so overwhelming to act like another person on the stage dealing with so many people in the same time!!!

Besides conducting training programs, I also work as a counselor. LOVE providing counseling to individuals!!!! ALways love to connect to different people on one-on-one basis.

i was a mental health counselor and manager in public health, a hotel restaurant manager (not to mention every other position), a rehab. counselor.
now i am semi-retired writing and editing.

Lol, I only moved here after giving up on actually acknowleging where I physically live, he he he.

in my opinion, there are no fulfilling "jobs".

but there is work, work that is enjoyable, satisfying and meaningful. among such, i like: making things out of wood. drawing. building one new house. improving on an old house. thinking about where to plant a garden and then doing the digging.

unfortunately, our system is built around money, which means that most of us have to participate in it by doing something that another is willing to pay us for. so we try to adapt our skills to fit into the system. which leads to the unsatisfying experience of feeling like simply another cog in the machine.

i can enjoy many types of work. but i hate doing any of them everyday, for the same amount of time, in trade for a set amount of money.

here's the job i want: i want to dig or saw or hammer for about four hours in the morning. then have a leisurely lunch and head to my studio, where i will draw or design a house or work on some furniture. around 4pm or so, read for a while or write a letter to someone, as i doze off in my chair. then wake to fix dinner (of home-grown vegetables, chicken and goatsmilk) with my wife and friends as my children play in front of the fire. after they are in bed, i stay up late talking quietly with the same friends as we listen to music or watch the fire. perhaps we take a walk about midnight, through the snow.

Damn, talk about cut and paste error. LOL

I soooo wish we can delete our posts. *blush*

Rose,

I've always enjoyed your posts. I have to admit though that
some of your typos have been fabulous. ;)

--Chris

PS All of us have too.

I do write, but its not a job for me - not anything worth anyone reading, but it is something I like to do.

Yes, yes and yes. In fact, I often have to tell people that are trying to talk to me while I work that "I'm sorry, I simply can't do both visual and auditory at the same time." I am very put off in my current job from folks that expected immediate knowledgeable verbal responses when they ask me questions instead of giving me any time to thinking through the problem (even when I tell I need a moment to consider the problem).

Yes! Somehow my brain can process written words more quickly than spoken. Sometimes when I'm talking to someone, I'll actually "see" the words on a screen in my brain. I don't know why my brain works that way, but it does.

As for me- I'm in school for creative writing, and I also work as a program assistant for a substance abuse program. My job involves speaking to groups of clients, which is somewhat nerve-wracking for me, though I've learned to manage. I also had a small income from reading Tarot cards for a while and really enjoyed that. I feel like a standard 9-5 job doesn't fit me very well, though I don't know how I would pay the bills otherwise.

well, work as a recruiter right now dealing with people all the time and making plenty of presentations, etc... basically, some field of education or social work for years and higher ed the last few years

I think I would like to be a librarian someday