M43
what you could have been but chose not to.
October 27 2014
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cleopatrababe
10 years ago
You sound like the sort of person i would love to hang out with for a day ,,, intelligent and grounded and know what your passions are , you followed your dream , money and ferrari yes are awesome but do they make u happy not always , be happy with your decision for it was the best at the time good luck for your future
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RHP User
10 years ago
whenever my life feels out of balance. Money isn't a motivator at all. Peace, contentment, the joy of life is what moves me to change things up. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
for a career and even now I cannot think of what I want to do. There are probably a lot of things I could do, be good at and enjoy. I was aspiring to be a prison officer before I had my current job but I got screwed over by my ex trying to get an ADVO out on me (which failed) so can't see me getting through the tests now as you have to disclose all of that sort of stuff.
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QLDtwo4fun
10 years ago
I've worked in a few very different industries/occupations and have an odd collection of hobbies. I've got a hand full of qualifications, and I had a HECS debt to prove it. I still have no idea what I want to do next, the longest I have stayed at one thing was a voluntary position beyond my day job.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Welcome to the forums Newme071281. Great topic... I think you nailed the 'original and interesting' criteria for sure :) I could have chosen been a bitch; a real negative, hard-done-by, sooky bitch who just wallows in self pity, as a result of the treatment inflicted on me by my son's father. But I chose not to be, and to rise above it. It took work and a conscious effort but it's paid off. I'm happy, I have a successful career, wonderful friends, and a delightful son. Life's good and I'm glad I made that choice. I suspect that there's quite a few other RHPer's who post regularly who have made the same choice :) Much love, Elle xx
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RHP User
10 years ago
good skills ! I have so many regrets i could not know where to start to name them! But hey would not be here without every one of them .:-)) - Posted from rhpmobile
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Mr_MrsAraps
10 years ago
Nice first post and welcome to the forums :-) it's interesting reading as I am the opposite and lucked out and very happy in the first career I started in. Cheers, W. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I have had lots of different jobs. Went back to high school at 27 to get to university. Worked in pubs most of the time till I finished a degree in Social Science. I wanted to do law. But one of the lecturers was a cleric and a real arse hole to me for some reason. He even told me not to sit the exam as he was going to fail me. I sat it and got a C. I had the other subjects all A and I needed that to get into law. So i had to change my choices. after that tons of work all over the world, doing all kinds of things. till I found myself on my own and no kids at home and though fuck it, I went on student allowance and did my art qualifications. Now I no longer paint, but I do draw that keeps me interested in art. Other than that I am lucky that my partner pays all the bills and I just do as I bloody well like. I am also have other things that keep me occupied and am always learning. I do like money, I like the choices money gives so I am not going to say I would like to be poor but happy.I would not be happy if I was poor, been there done that
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6exxy
10 years ago
Went through University and have never used it. I've been in Banking and Finance for 25 years
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Missb4u
10 years ago
into my industry and the area I now work in, there was no plan to it. I had always planned to do something around criminology/forensics field. Just never got there. welcome to the forums to and can I just say ANOTHER WA profile.... Gees...
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MsSuperFoxy
10 years ago
I love my role and what I do...earlier this year I got offered a pretty awesome promotion and I didn't even have to apply for it. I have a fantastic boss, can change my roster to suit me (very very flexible), pay is pretty awesome, one the job training is offered. I am also offered all the support I need for this role. I've work really hard to get to where I am today, due to good career choices, work ethics and great bosses who have pushed me to reach my working goals. I am more than grateful for the department I work for now and am really satisfied and happy, so I can't complain. Foxy PS - Welcome newme071281 - great first forum Topic. :)
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RHP User
10 years ago
I always wanted to be the Madame of a brothel Passion for what you do in life should always come before money. Maybe one day I'll decide what my passion is Welcome to the forums!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I wanted to work in the fashion industry, but instead got married at the young age of 18. Ive always worked in places where I am surrounded by people, love meeting new folk, worked in casinos, on oil rigs, care homes, and loved very job Ive had. If I can make someone smile during my day, then Im happy.
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Twisted_Mister
10 years ago
I grew up in a small Victorian country town, and saw Top Gun at a local cinema. The very next week a RAAF recruiting bus pulled up in the Main Street (this was 1984). I went in and expressed my fervent desire to be the next Maverick, and was told I needed to do Maths 2, physics and so on to even get in the door. Being very much a humanities man, I backed out - although I suspect had I applied myself I could have done those subjects and maybe gone into that field. My fault, no-one else's. I'm still in a pretty good line of work though. I also think I could have been a millionaire secret agent astronaut, although the jury's still out on that one. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I fell into the career path that I was in before I had kids, when it came time to go back to work I thought long and hard about what I really wanted to do with my life and decided to make a change. I started my 3 year degree at 35 and as a single parent, working night shift it took me 5 years to finish it, but I'm now doing a job I love and I have and never will regret the decision I made to change my life. It's great you found your passion early newme, but it is never too late to change paths if you're not happy with the one you're travelling.
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RHP User
10 years ago
but I have absolutely no idea what I'd like to do. Instead I fell into a job out of necessity and have stuck at it despite myself to be honest. I'm good at it, but don't enjoy it one iota and envy those who enjoy getting up and going to work every day (like most of the people I work with). On the plus side it's provided nicely for my family and they haven't wanted for anything. Hopefully lil3 can follow her dream of becoming a movie director and all I've gone through will be more than worth it. If I had any idea what I'd like to do I could probably go out and chase it but until then I'll just keep plugging away. Sounds rather morose doesn't it lol. Sorry there's no inspirational ending to the saga....maybe someday.
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inspirit
10 years ago
Ditched it and traveled. Then went into this and that - now I mainly do as I am told Welcome to the forums.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Great post but alas sometimes you have no control over choice or destiny. I remember I went back to where I used to live in the UK many years ago, caught up with old friends, still doing the things they always did. On conversation when chatting about moving countries, their reply was always the same, that they could have done that. But they didn't. Life is the only chance we have to be the best we can be, our dreams are who we are, go for your dreams no matter how high you have to reach, if you don't make it you will still be a lot higher than those who could have but didn't. In life we have choices, crossroads were we have to choose. All are compromises, but sometimes it takes many roads to reach your destination. Throughout your life you may have several careers, I can count a few in mine but all have moved me to enjoy who I am. Could have? Should have? Both are for regrets...
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PL1963
10 years ago
Started riding round in trucks at 8yrs old and loved it, started part time in a small bakery at 12, learnt to drive trucks at the same time. Was offered a Pastry Cook apprenticeship, but knocked it back because of 2am starts. Started a Diesel Mechanic Apprenticeship at 15yrs old, moved onto the Hire Industry, Mechanic, Sales, Operations, Middle Management etc. 13yrs ago at 38yrs old I turned "Truckie", at nearly 52yrs old, I now shift gears, burn diesel 55-60 hrs a week and love it, if the Transport Industry money improves, I will do it till the day I die. Cheers P.L.
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RHP User
10 years ago
But I didn't want to put Peter North to shame lol :p So I settled for truck driver lol - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
I am working on making it happen right now. I originally started an apprenticeship. But had a rather large motor cycle accident which killed all chance of that. As a result I fell into retail and then worked into hr but never really enjoyed. A year ago I stepped out of my career and started my own business. It's not yet there but it does have a clear path back into the a trade. It's major hard work but beats the hell out of an office job! Money is certainly important but life is all about that precarious balance between having money and having a life.
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RHP User
10 years ago
by sheer luck when you call it this. I like it and its challenging. However, I always say should I ever be young gain I would like to be a sexologist study human behavior around sex .....I am fascinated why people do what they do in sex and why so many are messed up by sexuality.
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RHP User
10 years ago
some make things happen and others think it come's to them... It's about goals and how bad you want it.. I chase my goals because it makes life interesting and Im never bored. When you finish one thing , you start looking for another...
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Mischeviouslad
10 years ago
I could been Canadian.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Most of the jobs I have had the opportunity has just presented itself.I have worked in beautiful bookshops where famous and the fabulous frequented..managed a Buddhist retreat centre in the Santa Cruz mountains.. lived amongst the Sequoia..devised and managed arts based services for people with a disabilities..now I support kids with l.earning disabilities two days a week...my life has been blessed...I live in a beautiful place and get to do whatever takes me fancy:-) ....
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Shoogly
10 years ago
Thanks for all your comments. I will try to reply more personally soon. Bad thing about being a chef. The hours so kind of suck.
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RHP User
10 years ago
A career isn't everything its cracked up to be, you are not always in control of your destiny, choosing to have a wonderful life with children and a great partner is so much more rewarding too. We cannot have it all, a brilliant career, an outstanding partner and a beautiful family without compromise along the way. People say we should always search for a life balance, I really believe such a balance is so fleeting that it's gone before you realize you had it. Life is what YOU make it, well done... :-)
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RHP User
10 years ago
Drive planes for a living after deciding there was no future in driving tanks! If I had my time again a professional underwater photographer travelling the world taking aquatic snaps for high paying magazines!! And an astronaut, fireman etc etc lol - Posted from rhpmobile
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