THLpatrick 555 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 (edited) Every other boring fecker, who tells you you should know what you want to do by now do my head in, but im just wondering what people do off here and if there happy with there job! I honestly have no clue what i want to be at all. Obviously people ask out of curiosity and thats fine but i mean people who nag and seem to look down because you dont know, i just know i dont want a desk job, but if it paid the bills id have to do it. Edited January 4, 2012 by THLpatrick Quote Link to post Share on other sites
robwelsh 354 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 ahh, i loved this f****r an all...you got to do something blah blah blah..theyre true, but i didnt have a clue what i wanted to do...but now iv been laid off, thats all i want to do is some tree hugging up the mountain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,956 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 In my opinion not many people do know what they really want to do career wise. I know I have'nt found my 'perfect' career yet, but for the time being this one will do. A fella I know/shoot with only just figured what he really wanted to do when he was in his 40s!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THLpatrick 555 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 exactly, its madness, i mean yeah people can help and advice i like that, but the nagging gets boring when your really stuck as in what you do want to do. Im doing public services at the moment, can go in the army etc of that but thats not my real aim. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
"Earth!" 503 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 In my opinion not many people do know what they really want to do career wise. I know I have'nt found my 'perfect' career yet, but for the time being this one will do. A fella I know/shoot with only just figured what he really wanted to do when he was in his 40s!!! im a keeper. work all he hours, 7 days a week for nothing BUT, get to work the dogs when i want, shoot when i want and get no hassle fron work mates so love it(most of the time!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
danw 1,748 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 In my opinion not many people do know what they really want to do career wise. I know I have'nt found my 'perfect' career yet, but for the time being this one will do. A fella I know/shoot with only just figured what he really wanted to do when he was in his 40s!!! im a keeper. work all he hours, 7 days a week for nothing BUT, get to work the dogs when i want, shoot when i want and get no hassle fron work mates so love it(most of the time!) Same as mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 They have probably got your best intrests at heart and are nagging you to get a trade of some sort take it from a 50 some thing year old try and get a trade and dont end up doing some of the shitty jobs i have done in the past with the drudgery that comes with them at the end of the day the choice is yours but its a choice that could affect the rest of your life .I packed a bricklaying apprenticeship in at 18 to go down the pit a good move for me as i met some great lads and had some great time despite it being a dirty dangerouse job and at the time i thought it was a job for life. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THLpatrick 555 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 In my opinion not many people do know what they really want to do career wise. I know I have'nt found my 'perfect' career yet, but for the time being this one will do. A fella I know/shoot with only just figured what he really wanted to do when he was in his 40s!!! im a keeper. work all he hours, 7 days a week for nothing BUT, get to work the dogs when i want, shoot when i want and get no hassle fron work mates so love it(most of the time!) mates dad does game keeping he loves it aswell, sense of freedom you dont get with other jobs he says, id like to work out doors tbh, but not sure what in, ive labored before and enjoyed that but cant labor for the rest of my life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marvin 193 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Ive only in the past 2 years started to work towards what i want to be when i grow up, i turned my back on my own business as a roofer to re-train to be a counsellor and work as a well being practitioner for people with mental issues and disabilities, best step i have ever taken and at 40 i believe i have time to build a decent career. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
THLpatrick 555 Posted January 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 They have probably got your best intrests at heart and are nagging you to get a trade of some sort take it from a 50 some thing year old try and get a trade and dont end up doing some of the shitty jobs i have done in the past with the drudgery that comes with them at the end of the day the choice is yours but its a choice that could affect the rest of your life .I packed a bricklaying apprenticeship in at 18 to go down the pit a good move for me as i met some great lads and had some great time despite it being a dirty dangerouse job and at the time i thought it was a job for life. same got thrown out of sixth form, then dropped out an ICT Diploma, but now im doing public services and actually doing quite well in it, its a good course to just open up routes i think Fireman/police/army/raf/marines etc, but its also just a good qualification to have ( also i new the course did lots of trips and days out so i wouldnt always be stuck in the class so that also made me take it) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
"Earth!" 503 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 In my opinion not many people do know what they really want to do career wise. I know I have'nt found my 'perfect' career yet, but for the time being this one will do. A fella I know/shoot with only just figured what he really wanted to do when he was in his 40s!!! im a keeper. work all he hours, 7 days a week for nothing BUT, get to work the dogs when i want, shoot when i want and get no hassle fron work mates so love it(most of the time!) Same as mate hows the baby Dan?? PM me mate.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
littlefish 596 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Ive only in the past 2 years started to work towards what i want to be when i grow up, i turned my back on my own business as a roofer to re-train to be a counsellor and work as a well being practitioner for people with mental issues and disabilities, best step i have ever taken and at 40 i believe i have time to build a decent career. That's a brave step........best of luck with your future . 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poacher3161 1,766 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 They have probably got your best intrests at heart and are nagging you to get a trade of some sort take it from a 50 some thing year old try and get a trade and dont end up doing some of the shitty jobs i have done in the past with the drudgery that comes with them at the end of the day the choice is yours but its a choice that could affect the rest of your life .I packed a bricklaying apprenticeship in at 18 to go down the pit a good move for me as i met some great lads and had some great time despite it being a dirty dangerouse job and at the time i thought it was a job for life. same got thrown out of sixth form, then dropped out an ICT Diploma, but now im doing public services and actually doing quite well in it, its a good course to just open up routes i think Fireman/police/army/raf/marines etc, but its also just a good qualification to have ( also i new the course did lots of trips and days out so i wouldnt always be stuck in the class so that also made me take it) Good luck with wat ever you choose and do Patrick as its tougher now than it were 35 years ago in the jobs market. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marvin 193 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Ive only in the past 2 years started to work towards what i want to be when i grow up, i turned my back on my own business as a roofer to re-train to be a counsellor and work as a well being practitioner for people with mental issues and disabilities, best step i have ever taken and at 40 i believe i have time to build a decent career. That's a brave step........best of luck with your future . I love every min of it, currently not being for it but know the time will come when i will be, and in all honesty the satisfaction out ways any monetary value at present, thank you littlefish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bosun11 537 Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Paddy, at the same age as yourself I had no idea of what I wanted to do with my life other than work dogs and bed women! At that time I was making decent money and working great hours but faced being booted out of the house for my dodgy dealings. I was eventually told to work or get out, by my old man and I set off unwillingly to look for a job that would suit. Luckily I found sommat, not the best of pay or hours but I liked it, could work my dogs, chase women and went from there. It certainly calmed things at home! Fell into my second job too, as an 'extra' to my first and as things were now getting a bit 'tense' at home because both dead critters and birds were constantly being brought back, I took a huge gamble used my savings, borrowed a bit more and put a small deposit down on a terraced house. It really was a tip, with an outside kazie and one tap with running water but it was mine, i was free and loved it! Nothing else to do now but apply myself to my job and keep it. The first job was working on the Mersey Rescue boat, the second 'extra' a Lifeguard and now I'm a manager over three leisure sites, seems a million miles from the start but it's what I do. I still wonder where i'd be now if my dad hadn't given me that ultimatum. Yer, I could get all romantic about it and say I could have gone on to make millions but then again.... Right now i'm very happy with my lot and wouldn't swap it for the world. At your age pursue whatever you want out of life, live the dream but whatever that dream may be push on and always apply yourself, no matter how dead end things may seem at the time, because sommat could always lead off of it. There is a saying, 'youth is waisted on the young'! That, more often as not, is just the case, bear it in mind and don't let it be so...! 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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