Yet another fun topic to write about but had to think the other way for a moment.
Normally, I think very positively. I know what I like, what I want and enjoy doing.
But now the opposite is being asked.
Currently I'm at home, not capable of working due to a temporary illness, and I noticed that I miss the people around me.
So to have no contact with people during work hours would be a no go for me.
The need to be able to communicate, hear other people's stories and share my own thoughts are great.
I am a real people person and would be miserable with no one around me.
I wouldn't want to miss my children and colleagues at school for anything.
A job which would require too much physical labour is also not wanted.
Working as a builder for instance.
The work in itself doesn't bother me.
It's just that I worry about the potential harm that continuous heavy lifting and hauling could do to my body in the long run.
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That's what bothers me most about those kinds of jobs.
Many people around me who have always done heavy physical work run out of steam later in life.
Their bodies then have so many physical complaints that they cannot really enjoy retirement.
When the time comes and I retire I want to fully enjoy it.
And not be stuck with all kinds of physical complaints.
I still want to do so many things so I try to take care of my body as best I can now and that includes avoiding heavy physical work.
When I was a teenager, I worked in the fields as a holiday job. (Cutting asparagus, picking berries, planting crops, weeding, etc.)
How much I suffered then.
In the pouring rain, burning sun and cold, I stood there working.
The pay wasn't great either and when you got home you were exhausted. The summer job after that in the catering industry was quite an improvement thankfully.
Although my current job is seen as mentally demanding by some, I don't experience it that way.
For instance, a job as a psychiatrist.
Just hearing about other people's problems.
Constantly listening to misery does something to your own sense of happiness and mental health.
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No thank you, my job should bring me joy, happiness and satisfaction.
But to get back to the point and questions.
What's that one job that I'll never do?
That would still end up being a lonely profession.
For example, a lighthouse keeper on a deserted island.
No one to talk to, no going to a cosy restaurant, or watching a movie at the cinema.
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No, not even if I got a top salary.
If I was always stuck on that island alone, no money could compete with that.
And having all that money is pointless if you can't spend it on something fun.
Is there room for a bubble bath in a lighthouse?
And driving your brand-new Porsche around a deserted island doesn't sound very cheerful either.
All this is pointless if you can't share it with someone.
By the way, Robert Waldinger, professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School has researched that the unhappiest jobs are also among the loneliest. Source
So I'll stick with my current job with my regular salary.
A career switch to super rich, lonely lighthouse keeper is not for me.
Wishing you all the best in life and much health.
Paula (
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