Dream Career Essay

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MY Dream Career If you could have any job, what would you do? This is a typical first date question, job interview question, or composition class free writing topic, one whose answer may provide a great deal of insight into the life of the respondent. If you were to ask this question of me, my answer would surely provide insight into my psyche simply because the way I would answer is far different than the average American. Honestly, I don’t know that I would be capable of narrowing my dream career down to just one job. While most Americans may dream of having that one stable, full-time job (with benefits,) and the job security that comes with it, to me, working just one job seems dreadfully boring. I’ve had full-time jobs in the past. It’s not that I ‘can’t’ work a full-time job if I have to. I just don’t want to. Instead, I would prefer to incorporate two or three part-time jobs into one full-time career. If that career could consist of any three part-time jobs I want, then I would be a writer, teacher, and farmer. I’ve always been a writer and always will be, no matter what else I do. Writing is my art. It appears in everything I do. When I worked in finance years ago, I found myself always writing something. As soon as my superiors found out I could write well, they had me writing everything. From memos to work process documentation, I wrote it all. But I hate finance, so I quit that job after three long, tedious years and went searching for a job that wouldn’t drive me crazy. I eventually ended up freelancing out of the sun room I turned into my home office. But the pay wasn’t that great, and I do like to get out of the house once in a while. So, I eventually turned to teaching for a respite. Like writing, teaching seems to come naturally to me. It seems like I end up teaching someone something in every job I do. When I worked in finance, my supervisors
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