Well not really, but if I wanted to I could make a living at it.
I remember long back in my junior year of high school, when students were forced to have a student-parent-counselor meeting. All together we were going to sit down and decide the rest of my future, or so they thought. We even had to fill out a questionnaire before attending the meeting. It looked like print out from a “Counseling for Dummies” book; nonetheless, I humored the people.
One of the questions that was asked was to list 5-7 things that you enjoy doing. Considering that I was pretty boring, I could only manage to squeak out five: organizing, video games, music (producing), medicine, sports. At the time, I wasn’t really into the stock market yet. Once we got to the meeting, the counselor proceeded to explain what the purpose of this question was. In his words (kind of.. its been quite some time):
“Every year different and unique jobs are springing up. What you might do in the future, might not really exist right now. So by making you fill this pointless questionnaire, we feel that you could possibly become a video game organizer who produces music for sports medicine”
So he didn’t really use those exact words, but, wow, I finally found my calling. There was just one problem, they don’t exactly have a major that fills all of those needs. So I did what any great prospect would do and majored in Economics. Now I am a chump who plays in the stock market, while dabbling in real estate, and running a highly regarded web site (so I like to think).
However, now I finally understand what my counselor was finally trying to tell me. If you can stay diligent with what you like to do and keep persisting, then you can essentially be successful with anything. I don’t know why he couldn’t just say that, but now I am still thinking about him all these years (sneaky little man).
But that is whats so great about this country and even the world, if there is a service somebody will pay for it. If you told me a couple years ago that there would be several successful dog waste picker uppers, then I would of told you that you’re mad, but now I have one coming every Thursday.
Just take a look at some of these jobs:
- Master Sniffer – This guy’s job is to smell anything that might go on space missions and determine its suitability. Some missions have been grounded by disgusting smells.
- Dog Food Tester – Taste and analyze dog food samples and write reviews on the results.
- Geese Chaser – These guys sit back, while their dogs do all the dirty work. Essentially the dog’s job is to chase geese of property, and the humans make the money.
- Ring Tone Creator – These people make a living off of 30 second sound bites.
I could go on and on, but I am pretty sure you got the point. Basically if you can think of it, then there is a chance of making it successful. Did you stick to your plan? Are you doing what you thought you would be after college (or high school)? Is life great?
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