Answered on 26th February 2008:

I have a job, but I would love to have a career. My job pays the bills and then some, but it's not fulfilling to me. My job helps me stay routine in life, but it does not enrich me. My idea of a career would be working in a field you truly are passionate about or doing a job you are passionate about. Having a career means that you can expound on your job over the future years and continue getting better at it and becoming more fulfilled. To me a career doesn't have a dead end but a job does. I wonder sometimes how many people are just like me; didn't go to college right out of high school because no one in my family did and no one talked about, got a job to get a car and pay the bills and then found yourself in your 30's married with kids (or 1 kid) and longing to go to school, thirsting for knowledge. How many people don't realize what they like to do or what they are passionate about until they are almost 40? What are we supposed to do then? Who is going to hire 40 year-old people that have just found themselves? It's a good thing I have a sense of humor. :)

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