What career would you love to do?

It seems you might be able to combine the three - write articles about parenting while editing the magazine, and teaching. I hope you realize your dream!

yes, you are right. all three can be pursued at the same time. it will be a matter now of time management. good luck.

What a very altruistic and noble reply. What you describe would not be an easy job at all - but very rewarding. And if anyone can do it, you can, Ossie. You are so giving and generous. I hope you can achive it one day.

Thanks Bunny but it is something that I believe very strongly in, i.e. the children are the future so they do need to be educated but to be able to learn they need to be nourished and know how to care for themselves. Also if people were able to help themselves, i.e. utilising their skills, then they would not be so dependent on foreign aid. It would give them a sense of self-worth and that is extremely important to people. One of my main criticisms of many of these welfare groups, without naming them, that operate in foreign countries is that more than half of what they collect in donations actually ends up where it is intended. A lot of the money is spent on employing people to actually collect the donations etc, and whilst employing a few people is okay when I make a donation I expect the greatest percentage of it to be used for the purpose of the donation, i.e. to help the needy. There are a lot of retired people around who have a great deal of experience and some of that could be utilised. A lot of people are willing to donate their time for nothing, but sadly it seems that in far too many situations because of their age they are overlooked.

It's like the Chinese proverb: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. it's true that retired people are often overlooked, though I know a retired professor of physics who is often called out far and wide for consulting work. He is over 80!

A very noble profession, professore. I hope you achieve your dream.

I love teaching too.. Only I prefer teaching kids.. :) I took up Bachelor of Elementary Education in college but didn't get to finish it... :(

Maybe one day you can finish it and realize your dream :)

The only online jobs where you *might* make a lot of money is playing the stockmarket. But you do need to have some insight. I don't know anything much about stock trading. You really won't make a lot of money unless you're willing to lose it - and it's too difficult to earn it to just thorw it away! Good luck in yur endeavours.

Of course you can have both. This is a fantasy - you can do absolutely anything your heart desires. And I like th eidea of loving what you do, making lots of money and helping people too.

Thanks for the insight. Alright, I will start to figure out which work I would love to do at the same time helping other people. For the meantime can you make any suggestions that's on your mind maybe it would help me a lot but i prefer the one pertaining to on-line jobs or something that's beneficial.

Actually that does sound like a whole lot of fun! RobinWilliams in particular would be amazing to work with.

That would be a bestseller anywhere in the world. I hope you manage to write and sell that book and then many more. Good luck!

No, not corny at all, Momma. It's a very noble wish. I hope you can do it one day. I htink you'd make a great teacher because oyu have passion.

I agree... It would be a very fulfilling job especially when you get to teach your students different values and you see that they really did acquire them... It's great to know that somehow, you get to touch one's life...

My eldest son used to LOVE astronomy - lived and breathed it. He used to belong to the astronomical society and entered a competition which encompassed Australia and New Zealand. He had to design a satellite with specific properties - he was 9 years old - and he came second :) And it was all his own work! LOL. He is now more interested in law and genetics (doing a double degree) but he does remember all his astronomy.

That made me laugh :) But I see your point. I put it to you that though it's no fun being poor, I don't think a lot of celbrities or rich people are necessarily happy. I wish you happiness above all else.

Yeah, lots of money and lots of adoring fans falling at your feet.

yeah and you get to travel to many places too... ^_^

Don't worry about it - it's easy to do :) I can't always remember what I've replied to either :)

Excuse me Bunny, only now I noticed that I had already responded to this discussion.... excuse me again, but whe I saw this discussion I couldn't resist and so I responded sudden, without controlling anything. I apologize my dear, I apologize. Really :-( I cut a poor figure. Typical Sagittarian....

From a spaceman to a painter - what great careers. I agree that personal satisfaction is so important and can make a difference to your entire life. Money is necessary to survive, but happiness comes from within and with personal satisfaction.

Hi Bunny, thank you, I'm glad you appreciated my response so much.... In my comment I wrote: "I'm happy when I have a pencil (....) in my hand". Yes, it's right, but I'm happy also when someone gives me a "little pencil" as the best response :)

We share a goal. I hope you realize your dream and become a bestseller in all of them.

Those are some excellent ideas. I hope you make it.