Foster care advocate. Gotta have lots of money in that one.
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I don’t have a great answer for you, but once you figure out it out, let me know if you are hiring. I also have a middle-management corporate job that is not really how I want to spend so many hours of my life.
Not to toot my own horn too much, but I think I would be pretty good at being an assistant to the assistant to a crack whore.
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i’d rather be the crack whore, myself. i’m pretty sure i don’t have upper management written all over me.
OK, I’m going to give away a multi-million dollar idea.
Local talk show host. With a twist.
You wander around town interviewing people at random, getting to know them and what’s interesting and highlight neat stuff going on around town while reporting live - or “live” - from events as needed. The farmer’s market, Sunday breakfast, walking in the park, some accident downtown, someone walking their dog, the local carnival, Friday night high school football, … whatever. You see it and it looks interesting, you make a video and talk to people about what they know.
Questions should be informative, but more than occasionally quirky or off-beat. You make remarks about the actuarials of different things, and you point out interesting or uninteresting shoes people are wearing. You work that up to talking to local celebrities, same kind of idea, in a format that also serves as a fundraiser for area schools - and, you get kids involved with things like
- Highlighting the music department by having kids sing “The Star Spangled Banner.” Not the entire national anthem, just those 4 words, with whatever notes they want.
- Highlighting the theater department by having kids in a “You Got Talent?” competition where they show off different acting poses like it’s a bodybuilding competition.
- A “final competition” between 5-10 kids who are interested in TV and they get to show off their skills by just sitting behind a desk for say 3-5 seconds and they don’t say or do anything else.
Remember to cut me in for 1% when you make it big, and don’t forget to have me on as a guest.
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There was a show 25 years ago in St Louis called Worldwide Magazine that did this. It was pretty hilarious.
25 years ago I lived near St. Louis, and today is the first I’ve ever heard about that.
Wait, maybe it’s older than that. I saw it 25 years ago but maybe reruns, I can’t recall that far back.
I know you are looking for more humorous answers, but here comes a serious one. I never had a work passion I wanted to pursue. Anyone that does should do that right now. Start today!
If it’s just a job, do something you are good at, that pays well enough, and that you can tolerate that puts you on the path to get out of the rat race ASAP. This is not necessarily a vote for staying in your current job/company. It’s a question of are you on that path.
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That’s way too much peopling.
The one downside of remote working is the explosion of useless meetings
I have stopped going to a lot of useless meetings
I simply decline the meeting invite
I’ve been doing this for the past 2 years and no one has said a thing to me
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I am not on that path right now, no. I’m having a hard time finding my way back to that path.
I would love to feel like I can just show up and be an average worker and not care about the rest of it, but two things hold me back. 1. I was laid off 7 years ago despite always being a top performer and that has seriously traumatized me. I don’t think I can ever feel comfortable in any job as a result, especially not in a job where I’m comfortably giving less than 100%. This issue is compounded by the fact that 2. I am and will for as far as I can see be a sole earner for my family, and this is an arrangement I am happily in, but it does add to the stress of needing to make sure I am not only providing for my family now, but also that I am well-positioned to continue to do so.
Your advice is sound. I’m the problem, I know.
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My husband thinks remote work is exacerbating my work depression. I don’t think it’s accurate, I think he sees me working from home more often because I’m unmotivated and depressed, not the other way around. But I don’t think remote work helps. And knowing that remote work is miserable for me limits my options for moving companies (which I don’t really want to do anyway; I like my company and want to stay), since most roles I’m seeing posted seem to be at least hybrid, and relocation is not an option for our family.
I spend way too much time in meetings though, yes. I hate meetings. I like useful and productive ones, but those are so rare.
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This is the main problem really (sole earner). The pressure will continue to build if you keep at it. That stress will do your health no favours over time.
Seems like you are in “live to work” mode all the time, even though your financial situation is not terrible (you just don’t
feel “comfortable”).
I have seen this before in the UK (due to the very high cost of childcare) and there are no easy answers. You are probably going to have to sit down with the SAHP at length to discuss this because ultimately its their “problem” to solve as well.
Good luck.
In these cases I would usually say having a fund with about 12-24 months of expenses in liquid form (cash, high interest savings etc) does wonders for your mental health. So, even if you get laid off or if you have a crap work situation, you would be financially ok if you had no job. That tends to relax people that are worried about work and finances like you are.
I would still follow up on ones that look appealing to you. I know that “hybrid” and “WFH” are used to attract interest from a larger pool interested in those things.
For example, my current role would support the hybrid model with WFH 80% to 90% of the time; but they also fully support in-office work if you want to do this 100% of the time. But they’re not “advertising” the latter fact in their job postings.
But sir, how do I test dying???
I only know how to do it once.
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Become a professional antimeetings propagandist?
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Interestingly, HR’s current initiative includes having us take a hard look at whether too many people are in meetings.
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I’ve had a couple times where we have a 1 hour meeting to discuss the utility of a 10 minute meeting.
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As someone who has been unemployed before it’s not just the money. Sure, job losses happen to many of us, but still feelings of inadequacy, especially going through the job search process and being at a disadvantage since there will probably be other qualified candidates who have jobs and therefore perceived as stronger. Plus there are many of us who prefer structure in our lives and we lose that when we don’t have a steady job.
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Lol, no word on how large the meeting was on that one, I wasn’t invited.
I have been in some meetings that had me thinking, now that’s some payroll, hope it’s that important.
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