I would have liked to write and illustrate children’s books.
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Me too, or at least illustrate them. I actually gave it a whirl in my 40s when I quit one job and hadn’t yet gotten enough work on my own as an architect. I got close, got to some conferences and had a critique with an editor, but mostly I just collected rejection letters.
I’m now retiring from architecture and painting more. I’ve got work in two local galleries before the holidays and will have several paintings with a county art organization early next year. I have to juggle around DH’s travel plans though!
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When I was young I dreamt about owning a yarn store. Back then I used to knit a lot. But I wouldn’t want the stress of worrying about if I was making money. I would just like to bring in a lot of beautiful yarns, have knitting classes, sell yarns to nice customers (no difficult ones).
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It’s the sporting events. The school is required to have a custodian on duty during the hours any event is scheduled. It’s all overtime.
I have a children’s book started…will I ever finish it? 
My main career dream was always to work for/on Sesame Street. I think I would have enjoyed and been a good pediatric occupational therapist.
But if I think more about the present “me” and work as being taking a hobby of sorts to a paid degree…
- I would enjoy working in some capacity at a low-key coffee/bake shop.
- I would enjoy working in some capacity at a vintage shop (not a dusty old antique shop but a cool vibe shop with some vintage furniture, clothing, home decor - and a little spot to sit and have #1 above, a coffee and baked good.
- I’d also love to take a bunch of cooking classes and then share my knowledge and teach others how to cook delicious and healthy food on a budget.
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I worked in banking operations/investment administration for a number of years before becoming a permanent stay at home parent.
The careers I think I would have enjoyed didn’t really exist when I went to university. Even if they had, I didn’t then know that they would have been of interest to me, and I also wouldn’t have believed that I’d have had the aptitude to pursue them.
Retrospectively I would have enjoyed either being some kind of data analyst (I do love me a good spreadsheet) preferably applied to scientific research or social improvement, or a paleo/archeogeneticist.
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My local, independent bookstore was hiring a clerk a while back and I was very tempted to apply.
I just don’t want to be tied down now.
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Same here, @FallGirl. I’ve always wanted to work in a library and have volunteered a bit with our charming town library in Maine. They asked if I wanted to serve on the board, but I don’t want to be tied down while we’re here during the summer. Librarian cat-lady living in a remote lighthouse is my late-life dream.
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I see mathmom’s art on the regular, and she is quite talented.
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I’d love to see some!
@mathmom - can you please post some photos of your art? Apologies if you have done so in the past, and I missed it.
I tried to edit pictures to remove my name and they just repost the old pictures even though I made new files. I’ll try posting a second new post. Very weird.
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I did this for two years, it wasn’t fun.
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Yeah, I attended a couple of board meetings which partly informed my decision.
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I’m posting pictures again as the old ones had my name on them and post wouldn’t edit.
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[/grid] Wow they came up with my name again. They must be in some secret cache somewhere. I’ve edited yet again and I think it will be okay this time!
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I worked as a librarian for a while when my husband was at Caltech. It was a professor’s private collection which he made available to the students. Edwin S. Munger, 88 - Undergraduate Admissions He was a great guy and I really enjoyed that job. My experience was shelving library books as an undergrad. My responsibilities included making clippings from newspapers, cataloging new books and advising kids who were writing papers.
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Oh, I want to be The Dogist on Instagram. I would love to just go around taking photos of dogs!
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I have thought about that! I wonder if he has franchises? Like I could be the Dogist of (area of the city where I live).
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Beautiful! You are so talented!
Thank for you for making the effort to share even though it was seemingly frustrating with the name issue
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Thanks. Computers!
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