Dream Jobs

Yesterday, my friend asked on facebook, something to the effect of, "If you had no limitation of skills or resources and could have any job in the world, what would you do?"

Well, we all know how I do with hypotheticals.

(Do I get to choose my hours? Am I only supposed to declare one job? Are my kids grown up?)

All of my crazy questions aside, I have a few jobs in mind, so let's just say that in hypothetical terms, it's possible to do them all and have perfect work/family balance.

In no particular order...

Professional Choreographer

I danced up until I graduated from high school. I'm okay that I'm no longer a dancer, but it kills me to not be able to choreograph. There are pieces of music that just make me want to create something. In my mind, music makes me see movement and feel emotions. I want to channel that into some amazing choreography.

Audio Book Performer

This may be my weirdest one, but I want to record audio books. This would be my little gig on the side, you know, the weird thing I do in my garage on weekends. Children's chapter books would probably be my preference. Maybe some YA.

College Professor

I would love to teach college courses on-campus. I'm not sure what subject, but it would be something I'm passionate about. Probably something in the social sciences. I don't want to be a little po-dunk community college instructor that's just working nights to have my student loans forgiven (some of these instructors are still fantastic teachers, but a number of them are passionless). I want to be Professor Britt, with a PhD and all sorts of published works but no ego. I want to really know what I'm talking about. I want to connect with my students and really inspire and push them.

Author

I want to write books.

Nuff said.

(Then I can do my own audio books in my garage and read them the way they were intended to be read).

Motivational Speaker

There's a part of me that really wants to inspire people (if you can't tell from some of my other job choices). I'd love to go around sharing messages that impact people in a positive way. I'm not sure, exactly, what my subject matter would be, but marriage and family are always good. I'd also like to tackle some of the more difficult topics like pornography addiction, domestic abuse, or body image. Since I get to have unlimited talents and resources for this gig, I'm just gonna go ahead and cure the world with whatever I say.

A Yet-To-Be-Named Job That Makes a Huge Difference

I can't really choose what to put here because there are so many options, but if I had unlimited resources and skills, I would want to do something that makes a huge difference. It doesn't have to be a world-wide difference (though that would be awesome), but it needs to at least make a difference to a few people (which can still be huge).

I'd love to provide opportunities that might be hard to come by - perhaps helping refugee families or working with people who have addictions. Maybe a school for autistic children and people with unique learning needs.  Maybe a safe place for victims of domestic violence to get back on their feet. I'd love to open a facility that helps people heal or helps people learn. Or both.

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It's hard to draw the line because I can think of a lot more things I'd love to do, but as you can see, I'm already pretty busy with my hypothetical careers as it is. If none of those work out for me, I'll just go ahead and re-open Jurassic Park. And get it right for once.

So, what would you do if you could have any job with unlimited resources and skills?