I’ve been blessed, in that with a few exceptions, I’ve loved every job I ever had. I don’t think I’ve ever actually worked a day in my life.
Now that is wonderful...so few people actually love the job that they have...they work, because, well they have to...bills need to be paid, kids need to be clothed and fed and educated, we all need to pay the doc, houses need to be bought...so unfortunately for many, their jobs are not something that they love....they are just necessary for living ones life...
When someone actually loves what they do, that is just really special...I wonder what a poll on this would show...
I worked in nursing homes for years, and met some really fascinating very old people, whose minds were still intact, and could tell me all about their lives...some worked almost right up until the time they moved into the nursing home, because they so loved their jobs...one old man, an obstetrician, was still delivering babies, for just a few years before he came to the nursing home...he just loved the babies and bringing them into the world..he was a rare fellow indeed...another old man, was still practicing law, until quite old, and was still participating in trials, up until he had a stroke which greatly debilitated him, both mentally and physically...
When I would greet him in the morning, most times he already had his suit and tie on, and had his briefcase in his hand, and mistakenly thought I was his secretary, come to drive him to court...it was sad to see him that way, yet I did realize that the law and going to court was something that he had done all of his working life, it was something he loved, so it was natural that he would carry that with him, right into the nursing home...
I have taken care of doctors, lawyers, high powered businessmen, architects, professors, politicians, farmers, ranchers, one judge, one concert pianist and one Barnum and Bailey circus clown...they all loved their jobs, and older age, never caused them to want to retire...
But then there the clerks in the stores, bus drivers, postal carriers, bank tellers, and on and on, who tho they excel at their jobs, and work fine and necessary jobs, are nevertheless, not enthralled with their jobs, and do look forward to the day, when they wont have to work anymore..
Myself?...I loved working in nursing homes, expressly because I met some of the most fascinating people I may have never met otherwise...but nursing home work, is hard and grueling work, and I was quite glad to retire...