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I'm sat at work having another "is this it, is this all my life is going to be" moment (I have these moments quite regular!). I'm sure hat when I was a child I didn't say "oooh I'd like to work in an office as a customer support manager mum"!
My dream is to work with leisure riders to improve confidence and help them progress or to have my own tack shop.
So what did you dream of doing when you grew up? Did you follow your dreams or work to finance your hobby like me? :(
 
I'm sat at work having a "i really should be doing something...." moment but no i did not follow my dream at all. I often think that I was too closed minded when working out what most of my adult life was going to be and somehow I ended up in teaching - now dont get me wrong, worthwhile career, contributing to education of others etc (oh and plenty of holidays) but it is not the way i would have prefered my life.

I always imagined i would work with horses and spend all day outside. I think most people end up working to finance what they love....
 
I would love to work at a trekking centre somewhere up in the Rocky mountains i.e Denver or such like. I have a real passion for the wilderness but so far can only make it to Bodmin Moor or Dartmoor if I'm really lucky.
 
I have my dream job :)
As a kid I said I always wanted to work with horses, but not directly (as in mucking out etc).
I use to spend my weekends making scrap book magazines of what we had done as a family, trips to the beach, nature walks, national trust houses etc. I was meticulous in how I wrote and drew what we had done. I collected leaflets and cut out images to stick in my scrap book...I now work for the UK's leading free regional publisher of equestrian magazines!
I've had this job for 7 years and have worked my way up to national sales manager, but my route here wasn't that clear cut.
I graduated from Exeter Uni in '01 with a degree in Business Management with Marketing and Finance and went straight into banking, thinking that I would be happy to earn the money to keep my horses...lasted 9mths! I then took the plunge and left without having a job and went temping for another 12 mths, which I loved, then I landed a great horsey office job, Marketing assistant for a retail outlet, stayed there for 3.5 years and made fab contacts - one of the main reasons for taking the job. It then led to my current job.
Getting your dream job isn't easy but in this market it's all about networking and making contacts, it's a small industry but fab once you break through :)
 
Sandylou said:
I'm sat at work having another "is this it, is this all my life is going to be" moment (I have these moments quite regular!). I'm sure hat when I was a child I didn't say "oooh I'd like to work in an office as a customer support manager mum"!
My dream is to work with leisure riders to improve confidence and help them progress or to have my own tack shop.
So what did you dream of doing when you grew up? Did you follow your dreams or work to finance your hobby like me? :(
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I have those moments frequently - but have been unable to think of a job that I'd enjoy AND pay the bills AND that I'd be qualified for.
Maybe opening a bookshop / internet cafe.
 
Lisamd said:
I have my dream job :)
As a kid I said I always wanted to work with horses, but not directly (as in mucking out etc).
I use to spend my weekends making scrap book magazines of what we had done as a family, trips to the beach, nature walks, national trust houses etc. I was meticulous in how I wrote and drew what we had done. I collected leaflets and cut out images to stick in my scrap book...I now work for the UK's leading free regional publisher of equestrian magazines!
I've had this job for 7 years and have worked my way up to national sales manager, but my route here wasn't that clear cut.
I graduated from Exeter Uni in '01 with a degree in Business Management with Marketing and Finance and went straight into banking, thinking that I would be happy to earn the money to keep my horses...lasted 9mths! I then took the plunge and left without having a job and went temping for another 12 mths, which I loved, then I landed a great horsey office job, Marketing assistant for a retail outlet, stayed there for 3.5 years and made fab contacts - one of the main reasons for taking the job. It then led to my current job.
Getting your dream job isn't easy but in this market it's all about networking and making contacts, it's a small industry but fab once you break through :)
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This is brilliant!!Good for you :) I would so love to run a charity rescuing horses and other animals. We own some land but its just so expensive to start up :( That would be perfect for me though i get so upset when i hear about animal cruelty xx
 
I have these moments regularly, think ideally though I would like to win the lottery and not work and just have several horses and compete regularly and not worry about money (I can dream!);)
 
I would love to own loads of land and have a stud (but without the stallions:D). I would breed dressage horses and have a few competition horses.

Unless I marry a millionaire I dont think its going to happen. :D

I do enjoy my job but would much rather play ponies all day. :)
 
There is lots of funding out there at present guys if you look hard enough. We are being encouraged to get into business with plenty of great mentors and charities such as the princes trust etc. There are also grants available to encourage women into business, a bit of a cheek I feel but if the opportunities there!

Free business advice is available in many places, I say if you have a sound business idea then go for it. As someone mentioned drive, determination and pure grit can get you a hell of a lot further than education and degree etc.

Life is too short to spend it doing something you don't enjoy, and whilst I'm not condoning we all hand our notice in and ride off into the sunset thinking we'll be millionnaires this time next year, I am saying that if you delve just that little bit deeper into our passions we may, one day make it work :)
 
I often panic about whether what I'm doing is at all viable or sensible, but when I was 5yrs old I remember my class being asked to write a small sentence about what they were going to be when they were older, me? I drew a horse and rider jumping over a fence :p

I got very good grades in my GCSE's and I think everyone was expecting me to go to A levels and then Uni, until I announced that was it...education over, and I'm packing my bags and going to work for an Olympic event rider :o

I'm only 16 and have bought a 4yr old TB myself, producing it by myself and in a week it will be traveling four hours down the road with me down to my new home and job!

I think its pretty much screwed up my current relationship of over a year, getting asked "What are you going to do after? How are you going to make a living? This isn't a real career bla di da" and things are really on the rocks, right now I'm sat in a pink dressing gown having not eaten anything proper for nearly two days (does angel delight count?) and feeling pretty heart broken.

But you have to ask yourself....do I want a comfortable, secure office job with a nice salary and no personal interest, a cushy home and maybe a pet dog, married...kids....and thats it....I figured I want to have a stab at eventing big time and make something of my life. Even if I fail and it all comes crashing down around me at least my grandkids can say "When our nan was 16 she left home to work for an Olympic horsey man!" rather than "She eventually secured a lovely job in Ikea and married bob the postman" :rolleyes:
 
I don't know what I want to do. I always wanted to be a vet till I was 16, when I decided to go into research - went to vet school, ended up in research but I just don't want to be stuck doing it forever... I wouldn't mind doing something journalism or publishing related, or even going back and doing a history degree (though where that would lead, god knows!). I even miss the days I used to work in a bookshop :o

I guess if I could take my pick, I would train animals for tv / film / performance. My head is filled with trick trained sheep :D
 
BEUnderTheInfluence said:
But you have to ask yourself....do I want a comfortable, secure office job with a nice salary and no personal interest, a cushy home and maybe a pet dog, married...kids....and thats it....I figured I want to have a stab at eventing big time and make something of my life. Even if I fail and it all comes crashing down around me at least my grandkids can say "When our nan was 16 she left home to work for an Olympic horsey man!" rather than "She eventually secured a lovely job in Ikea and married bob the postman" :rolleyes:
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Good on you!


Lisamd - this time next year, Rodney...?
 
I wish I knew :confused:

Loved science at school so did my undergrad in biochem. Still loved science so did a masters in medical diagnostics. Then got bored of science :eek: :o

Spent a few years working with a variety of animals, at an equine vet practice, at a tourist farm park, at a nature reserve... Decided I needed something with a bit more scope for progression.

Went back to uni to do PGDE. Love the actual teaching but not some of the associated 'stuff'.

So back to square 1 really, and the most sensible suggestion I have received is to join the circus :eek: :D
 
rhino said:
So back to square 1 really, and the most sensible suggestion I have received is to join the circus :eek: :D
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welcome to the club - I get that suggestion quite frequently for some reason :confused:

I've resorted to telling people that when I'm done in my current job (contract's up soon) I'm becoming a Punch and Judy man at the seaside.

Well, woman rather...
 
I have been out of work for a couple of weeks now and really struggling to find some around here! As a result I have started questioning what I want to do with my life and currently have a longing for working with horses, the idea has been going round in my head for a while now but nothing has ever come of it. I would love to find a little family yard to be in sole charge, as long as I had Sailor with me and accommodation it would be great :D
 
I kind of do have my dream job :p, I just wish I was more ambitious but I'm not :( :(.
I had an opportunity to show some of my paintings to a gallery/shop in London, well they saw them and wanted me to bring in a dozen to display. They wanted 50% of the money from sales but at the price they wanted to sell them at, I would have done very well!!
Instead I'm in my kitchen, cross because the sunlight coming in is shining on my canvas (hence why I'm on here!), painting pictures to sell for 1/30th of what the gallery would advertise them at because I'm too scared too have the pressure of 'having' to paint and scared in case I couldn't keep up the good work.
I used to work in an office organising repatriations for very sick people abroad, I loved it! I loved the pressure and the importance of it... For a couple of years and then I lost my empathy and my drive and started clock watching, I never went for promotions because I just didn't want them.
I wish I had drive, I used to dream of being a business woman in London but it's just not me.
 
wow some of you guys have amazing ideas of what you want to do and some of you do really cool jobs.
However if i am truthful my dream job would be to be a housewife with a husband who will support my horsey way of life. I am kind of doing that at the moemnt (i work parttime 16hrs/wk) and my OH pays for whatever else i want aslong a she gets to buy his biking stuff and go and do that. We are getting a puppy before xmas so i cant work full time then :D
 
I admire all of you that have the balls to go out and try different things! My job has evolved but I've been with the same company since leaving school 'lots' of years ago! Blimey I've just realised how old I am!!
Go go gadget balls :)
 
Eventing, big time. That is my dream and i'll do every thing i can to achieve it. Announced a few weeks ago of my plans to leave education next year and get a working pupil in an Eventing yard. Oli Townend is doing a clinic with us in a few weeks so im going to ask if work ex would be possible with him for a few weeks and i'm planning on selling my pony (:() in feb and getting a horse i can take with me.

I am determined! I just can't picture myself in the 9 til 5 office job infront of a computer for the next 50 years of my life or whatever, ( i dont mean to insult or offend people!!)
 
I have my dream job!

I have 13 weeks holiday a year, a varied and exciting job surrounded by individuals who test and challenge and ASK questions. I have a very privileged job and I love it.
 
Dancing Queen said:
I have my dream job!

I have 13 weeks holiday a year, a varied and exciting job surrounded by individuals who test and challenge and ASK questions. I have a very privileged job and I love it.
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You teach? I always assumed you did (or knew, maybe?). Makes total sense - I can see why you'd be good at it, you seem like you should be a teacher :)
 
JFTD said:
You teach? I always assumed you did (or knew, maybe?). Makes total sense - I can see why you'd be good at it, you seem like you should be a teacher :)
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Yes I teach 11-18. I love it, the kids are great, teenagers get a lot of bad press. Tomorrow I have heart dissections first thing, followed by space exploration and some mini explosions!

I am very privileged and having been in many other jobs I could never imagine doing anything else! Everyday is different and i am surrounded by people who ask questions and aren't afraid to express their opinions - Oh to be young again! xxx
 
:D yes, can't argue with that, certainly a very varied job! I considered teaching myself, but I don't think I would enjoy it enough to dedicate myelf to it and I do feel it's the sort of job you should only do if you really are motivated to do it well - it's too important.

It's lovely how much you clearly enjoy it :) xxx
 
All I ever wanted to do when I was young was work with animals. I wanted to be a vet, but although I went to grammar school, I was in hospital/off sick so much that I fell hopelessly behind. There was no support or help for pupils with problems in those days.

I thought I'd work with horses, or dogs, or both, and I did for a short while but became progressively iller. Turned out I was violently allergic to most animals. I ignored medical advice until I ended up in intensive care, aged 21, and finally gave up.

I've done bits of all sorts since, when I was well enough to work. Now I've finally settled on work which suits me, supporting disabled adults. I like it, the pay's not great but now that my allergy's finally under control, I can (just) manage to have a horse again! :D
 
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