what do you rather be doing for a living than your current living?

[Hawkeye-X]

I'd be rather playing professional poker.

[Wapsie B]

1. If I knew that, I'd have my next major goal in life.

[fizzgig]

2. professional poker player would be cool

but i'd love to be a travel writer

[SPKrazy]

4. i would love to travel

with a writer :D

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

3. i want to get my PhD

and be a healthcare policy analyst :silly:

i know, pretty linear goal.

:shrug:

[Fox Mulder]

5. I would love to be some sort of...

paranormal investigator. I would love to do it so much that I sent a video of myself to the creators of the tv show Ghost Hunters in order to become their newest member. It's a contest, of course.

http://www.scifi.com/ghosthunters/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Professional musician.

It won't happen, though, because I suck at it. :(

[RedCappedBandit]

7. I'd rather be some sort of photo journalist..

ballsy enough to go wherever the heck I felt like in an attempt to make a difference..

[fizzgig]

15. jump in

i have great respect for photojournalists, but a lot of it is being in the right place at the right time

[Joe Fields]

8. you took the words right out of my mouth, Hawkeye...

I would like to be good enough to turn professional poker player, too.:toast:

[mitchum]

9. Grifter

[LeftyMom]

10. Collecting checks from my trust fund.

Alas, my ancestors didn't have the foresight to accumulate vast wealth for me, so I have to work. :sigh:

[Capn Sunshine]

11. professional surfer

when I was really hot, there wasn't any money in it. But now...even the satellite touring pros clear mid 6 figures.

A pro in my day was lucky to have his rent paid, and get free boards.

[Hawkeye-X]

41. Hi Capn!

:hi:

:hug:

:toast:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

12. doing music and art.

singing, playing piano, painting.

[Heidi]

18. Hey, I bet Call Me Wesley would lend you all of my art supplies

(after he's finished playing with them, of course.) :rofl:

[DFW]

13. Nothing!

I lucked out in the job department.

My second choice would be a performing musician,
but that would have meant giving up on my family,
and there's no way I would have done that, seeing
as how I lucked out there, too.

What I do sometimes involves a bit of danger (please
don't ask), but the pay is good, and I determine my
own vacations, now that I'm station chief for Europe.

Why change?

[NMDemDist2]

14. managing my Lotto winnings

:evilgrin:

[Inchworm]

16. being productive.

:rofl:

[BarenakedLady]

31. Aim high

wear pants!

;)

[Inchworm]

32. LoL

At this point.. I'll settle for anything.

"wear pants" :rofl:

You, my dear, are beginning to know me all too well. :blush:

[LostInAnomie]

17. Pimp

Pimp/Astronaut

[datasuspect]

33. astropimp

scientific representative of pimpological skillsets.

capable of funkatizing galaxies.

[sanguinivorous]

19. ...

I'd rather be screenwriting.

[Heidi]

20. Bartender is a west Texas town. (nt)

[qdemn7]

21. Managing the Moonlite Bunny Ranch

First I have to win the Lottery and then convince the current owner to sell. :smoke:

If I can't do that my second choice would be to become Emperor of Humanity. :hide:

[pagerbear]

22. Financially secure early retirement

So I could follow up on all my interests without having to make a living with any of them.

[Rhythm]

23. Restoring old houses...

Maybe not doing all the backbreaking work anymore, but contracting and organizing and getting the job done, and making the homeowner proud of their little patch of ground.

I used to be addicted to "This Old House", too.

I love old Colonials and Victorians, and it almost physically hurts me to see ones that have fallen into decrepit states.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

57. Ya wanna work on my Gothic Bungalow???

It's in Texas.

[NewWaveChick1981]

24. I'd rather be independently wealthy.

:bounce: :D :woohoo:

[Deja Q]

25. Photojournalism

My current goal is to control my mind so I don't wander into too many tangents and stray from the direct point.

[philosophie_en_rose]

26. Top Chef

But I'd be kicked off, in the first episode. I can cook, but I don't know what to do with geoduck, goat liver, and that kind of nonsense.

[Nikia]

27. I'd rather be a writer

Either fiction or history/culture or both.
I am out of practice at writing and get discouraged so easily now.
I tell myself that I should be writing stories instead of writing on DU. Perhaps writing on DU is good practice even though my posts are nothing of literary significance.

[JackBeck]

28. Besides playing second base for the Mets?

Working at a Marriage Equality organization.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

29. Writer.

[BarenakedLady]

30. Artist, Librarian

Curator?

I'm starting a Fine Arts degree in the Fall. We'll see where that leads me.

[Inchworm]

51. Cool beans!

On college!

:yourock: :woohoo: :loveya: :woohoo: :yourock:

[Dastard Stepchild]

54. woah....

I was going to say both of those (artist AND librarian)! :)

[datasuspect]

34. world famous kung fu expert and porn superstar.

[Norwood]

49. Moved: Meant to reply to message 35

[skygazer]

35. Almost anything

My job is slowly crippling me. :(

[Norwood]

52. Same

I dispise my job and I have to drive 70 miles to and from there every work day. I hate going there, I hate being there and its slowly killing me but theres nothing I can do about it at the moment cause I need the cash:cry:. When you actually hope that you either get sick or get hurt so you dont have to go in, its not a healthy situation lol.

If I could chose what I wanted to do, I would like to either be a chef (which Im actually working towards) or a professional poker player.

[WinkyDink]

36. I'm retired, but if I could: Actress.

[bertha katzenengel]

37. forest ranger or high school softball coach/history teacher

[XemaSab]

38. My current job is pretty sweet

but if they sent me all over the world to act as wildlife consultant on different projects, well, who could say no to that? :D

[1monster]

39. Making a living profit off my art work rather than supplementing

it with my day job.

[maxsolomon]

40. Famously Reclusive Painter. or Rock Star.

or Dictator of the United States. I'll whip this country into shape!

[SoxFan]

42. First baseman for the Boston Red Sox

:hi:

[Poiuyt]

43. Secret Service limo driver

I'd love to be leading that big motorcade

[Roon]

44. Working in a school cafeteria

I love that kind of work, of course, you have to know someone to get a job like that around here.

[femmocrat]

48. Really?

That is really hard work. I think cafeteria ladies and bus drivers have the toughest jobs in the schools.

[Roon]

50. Who you calling a lady?!?!?!

Just kidding, that is probably another reason why I can't land a job doing that. It's traditionally women who do that kind of work. Believe me, I tried.

[femmocrat]

56. Sorry... I didn't know!

They are still called "cafeteria ladies" where I work. Of course I know better, but I've just never seen a "cafeteria gentleman." It does seem like an archaic term. LOL

[Roon]

58. LOL!

eom

[UrbScotty]

45. Holding public office or working for someone who does (nt)

[Vincardog]

46. Full time GOLD PROSPECTOR nt

[femmocrat]

47. Living off my investments.

If I had any....

[GRLMGC]

53. Pursuing a creative career in filmmaking

I have a fear of being broke though and I don't want to let my family down

[Rabrrrrrr]

55. Bangin' Natalie Portman, Kirsten Dunst, or Sandra Bullock

[Mythsaje]

59. Anyone who's been paying attention knows

I want to become a full-time author and give up my day job completely.

To that end, my next novel, Sword and Shadow, will be available in your local bookstores as of the 19th of July.

[krispos42]

60. Porn editor

Second-best in the business, because you gotta have motivation...