What do you do for a living? (Page 3 of 5)

There's certainly a lot to be said for trades.  Not a waste of time at all, imo.  Regardless of the $ one makes, knowing skills is a huge plus.  If you have a well rounded working knowledge of several skills you can really help yourself and others immensely.  Apprenticing at a young age and then growing into one's own business is a great way of getting a career, but it's getting much harder to do that.

Hey, Auscastian way to go!  I thought you might like this web-site.  I think it would be a great place to sell your T's. It is an alternative web-site to  Live Earth. Check it out!

http://www.aliveearth.org/

Also, check out this incredible video. Reggie an angel, an STO King.  A Tribute to Reggie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvDHOW9gp3c

Hey Seeking the Truth, I screen print all my clothes.  And ya know that thought of yours could definitely turn into something, same with your friend.  The fact of the matter is people will buy anything, so if you combine creativity with originality I think that would  definitely light a spark and then you could possibly implement some sort of positive movement into it??

Millenium-I will definitely check out that site, I appreciate it

Currently into my fourth career. I design and sell a line of medical office equipment. Generally direct upfit or renovation, I try not to deal with contractors. Physicians are very picky and anal but they pay well. I also coach a number of young aspiring women golfers. I fine tune swings and course management.
  Prior to this I was in the wholesale auto trade for 12 years. Dealt in higher line cars and 4x4 vehicles that were primarily shipped into Central and South America. This was very lucrative when you weren't chasing receivables.
   Prior to that I was in public relations with 3M in Southeast Asia. My golf game literally got me that job. I was the recreational valet for all the big wigs 3M wanted on board. They would come to Malaysia or Indonesia to party and grift. If they wanted it, I had to go get it. It was nothing for 3M to dump $150k on a dozen execs in a weekends time. We sponsored a golf tournament for 50 fat cats outside of Pattaya once which featured bar girls as prizes. I remember riding in a bus to the resort with 60 Thai hookers , half drunk singing 'Won't You Take Me To, Funkytown". The exploited being further exploited. It's where my distain for corps was cemeted.
   Prior to that I was a golf bum. Played on the Florida and Texas mini tours. Never won much money. Played with the likes of Paul Azinger and Jeff Sluman.

I thought this is a good time to post what I do for a living since I have clarified my direction a bit more now.

At the moment I am studying a commerce degree majoring in actuarial studies - yuck! Ok it's not that bad because I now understand a lot of things that I would have otherwise just not cared about. I've learnt a lot about the business world and this has actually helped me - a little to say the least - give me conceptual tools about how a business operates and this will really help when I start my own business.

But what I really want to do is to become a photoreading instructor. The photoreading whole mind system is a learning process so what I want to do is teach and empower people that they can devour books very quickly. After my commerce degree, I want to get some teaching qualifications so I am able to teach this to a wider audience - teenagers, children, adults, corporate types etc.

To support this pathway, I am tutoring mathematics at my home. I have three students and they are really enjoying what and how I teach them. Hopefully more students are coming. I guess my higher self will provide them once I am able to handle my current life circumstances.

I am also in this Entrepreneurial Investment club where I am currently educational officer - so what I do is I am preparing this educational syllabus to members and I do presentations on stock market basics, value investing and the personal development side of financial energy.

I am also participating in a public speaking club - called Toastmaster's International. I attended one just tonight and it was great being exposed to it for the first time. Working at my public speaking will also help me become a first class teacher.

So it's all coming together eh!! Life is getting better.

cheers Pictus!
It's really wierd when you live on purpose. I feel way more confident about life and I am having fun with it more.
I'm also doing more things other than studying and I do think you need to ground yourself in physical life first before you begin a spiritual path - and
your physical life is your spiritual path. The physical and spiritual are not disconnected. They are one. So enjoy the physical but be mindful of the finer and more
etheral things in life that permeate everything.