what does everyone do

[thereaperman]

what does eveyone do with thier life? what jobs and aspirations do you all have, and how do you know if your going to achieve them, and what happens when nothing goes to plan?

still lost and confused

[rafter]

I worked 30 years at one place and they gave me a retirement, so I have an income and don't have to work. I worked for the state this winter for a while, until they downsized us. Now I spend my time as a hopice volunteer, and grandparent, and I have been spending a lot of time in the hospital with my mother.

I was frustrated by being downsized as I kind of liked the job, but in retrospect, I would not be able to do the things I am doing if I was still working. God knows best doesn't he.

I still am not sure what I want to be when I grow up. I never really had any aspirations as to what I wanted to be, I just want to do what the Lord wants. That in itself is pretty easy and at the same time the hardest thing in the world. Partly because I don't know what He wants me to do and it takes patient and trust to wait on Him. I figure He will show me when the time is right.

When I do have a plan and it does not go well, I usually get frustrated and angry. Then, lol, I have to repent and realize that God is still in control. I have had children in baghdad for about a year, my mom has had 4 or 5 strokes and two heart attacks, my dad can be hard to deal with. My other son works out of state and I seldom see him. But you know what, at the end of the day it is wonderful to know that God is still God. Nothing changes this fact, not wars, not rumors of wars, not pestilence, not if everyone around me denies Him. He is still God. And that is my comfort and that is what gets me by.

Maybe you are not as loss and confused as you think, maybe you are a work in progress. It is hard to see what you will become when you are a work in progress, but God is still God.........

[Guest shiloh357]

I just switched jobs. I was working in automotive remanufacturing for 9 years. I am now selling furniture at a designer showroom. I am making better money and have much better hours. PTL!! \O/

[Leonard]

Ordained Deacon, Highway Inspector, Adjunct College Prof., Dean of St. Michael's Seminary, and Spice Importer. Sheesh! Too many irons in the fire....

[nikki]

I was an insurance agent for 17 yrs and now work for an attorney. I feel like there is something else that I should be doing but I am just not sure what it is yet. I have ask that the Lord would reveal to me what he wants me to do with the rest of my life. I keep thinking real estate but I need him to comfirm this. I know what ever I do I want to be able to witness to others about him.

Nikki

[Guest LadyC]

i don't work. i used to, but when i married mark, he preferred me to stay home and raise the kids, and help care for my incapacitated father (who at the time lived next door to us).

now we've moved, my father has died, and by the end of this summer, i will have an empty nest.

maybe i'll finish the book i started years ago. or maybe mark will start taking more over the road runs and i'll go along for the ride. the only thing i know for sure that i will be doing is continuing to raise public awareness through the media for the cause i advocate, and continue campaigning for legislative changes.

[Guest mjohn]

Part time medical missionary...currently to Jamaica...

Part time Optometrist in the state prison system...

Volunteer in the county jail...serve the Lord daily...whereever...

[JP1]

I have done many different things in my life. Been a U.S. Marine, been in the National Guard, been a radio station disc jockey, been an armored car driver, among others. For the last 5

[JP1]

what happens when nothing goes to plan?

Re-reading your post, I noticed this question and thought that I would address it since I don't think it has been yet . . .

The short and sweet answer is "You move on!"

I started at my high school radio station when I was in 10th grade. I stayed with it through high school and it was the most fun I ever had. I knew that this is what I wanted to do for a living. After a stint in the Marine Corps (during which I got married and had a child) I decided I was going to pursue my dream and I enrolled at one of the premier broadcasting schools in the nation. Everyone told me how good I was at it and that I would go far. After graduation I immediately got a job working for a small station in northen Michigan. The problem with radio, like any other area of the entertainment industry, is you have to "pay your dues" first. You don't just graduate school and then go get a job in New York or LA making six figures. You have to go to some small market town, making about $15,000. a year and work your way up.

Well, I did it for three years, and was barely able to support my wife and child. She had to take a second job working opposite shifts (so there would always be someone home to watch the baby) and so we never saw each other except 1-day a week (I worked six days). The financial and seperation strains became a great burden on our marriage. I sent out resume after resume to other larger market stations, but didn't get a single interview. My boss refused to give me a raise. I had no choice but to get out.

It broke my heart, but I had to do it. My life long dream, which I thought that I had realized, was shot out of the water. That was in 1987, and sometimes I still miss it. But it just wasn't meant to be. Obviously, that wasn't the calling that God had for me. But you just move along. You pray, and you ask God's guidance and what he wants for you.

[hazel]

Ordained Deacon, Highway Inspector, Adjunct College Prof., Dean of St. Michael's Seminary, and Spice Importer. Sheesh! Too many irons in the fire....

DUDE!!!