Decent-Steak-Dinner Dreams Pretty-Good-Beer Wishes

Decent-Steak-Dinner Dreams Pretty-Good-Beer Wishes three wishes by MayaChappell The wishes say inspire, create let your dreams soar. Arent those nice wishes? Heres the 3rd installment in guest blogger ( When I Grow Ups scholarship winner) Sarah Ivies series. Her first post, Change is Like Laundry, focused on how, uh, change is like laundry. Her second post, Jumping with a Safety Net, focused on, uhobviously our post titles are very self-evident. What is Sarah focusing on now that were two months into our sessions together? Youll just hafta read below! What would you do if you could do anything you wanted to? I wish I had a nickel for every time Ive been asked this question.   I  am, as Michelle has helped me figure out, a  Renaissance SoulI have a lot of different interests and skills. Ive never been able to  answer that darn question!   I could tell you 15 different things I could do, or  20 things Id enjoy doing, but  not one  thing I ideally want to do.  Ive even figured out what I can do well and what pays the bills, even if I dont like all of it. So when I  came to  Michelle to figure  this  whole work thing out, I came with a fairly decent day job  that  unfortunately involves a lot of spreadsheets and reports, which Im good at, but  dont love. I also had (and have) a  plan  to start a small business with my  husband, a developing blog, an on-my-own small business plan,  about a million percolating ideas, and a desire to find out what I want to be when I grow up. What I am figuring out  (with a lot of help from a certain life coach) is a different way of asking that million-dollar question and of answering it.  What makes more sense to me is to ask, If you could  do any job you wanted, what would you want that job to be like? What would you want to get out of it?   I can answer that!  I  can tell you pretty much right away that  I want  a job where I have  a flexible schedule so I can spend time with my  (future)  kids and family, have FUN, be creative, have positive interactions with  other people, be recognized for what I do, contribute something good to the world, and  make enough money. Thats  all I  want. Oh, that, and chickens. (OK, Id be willing to have chickens as a hobby if they dont work into the perfect job) For me, finding the perfect occupation is fitting together a puzzle with all of the above requirements as puzzle pieces. Im working on this puzzle diligently, trying pieces here and there, trying to make it all fit. Im starting to get a pretty good idea of what I think the finished picture will look like, and Im starting to get pieces that go together really well! I think my many interests and skills fit together in a lot of different ways, and Im starting to feel good about finding a combination that gives me what I want out of my job my occupation. But still,  I have to pay the  bills, so I have to work.  Now that Im married and responsible to another person (and yes, getting older) Im not super-comfortable being that person who pet sits, works at the bookstore part time, and sells tupperware on the side to make ends meet.  (Yes, these are all things Ive  done). I need  enough stability in my income to know I can  pay bills and buy a couple of magazines if I want, and I need the safety of knowing thats going to happen every month. Even in my younger, more care-free days I always had a bit of a safety net, knowing I have those necessary skills to have the day job if/when I need it. Ive never been able to take money out of the equation when figuring out what I want to do. My husband  has  provided some important missing pieces  that  are helping me  make money less of a top priority when finding an occupation that will hopefully meet  all my needs.   He  plays the lottery.    His  lottery hobby has helped me think about  making money a little less of a priority, because as he plays he  creates plans around winning different amounts.  He plays the smaller lotteries so the plans arent really that extravagant, theyre just about making us more comfortable, and about making it possible for us to do what we really want. Its made me realize that some of my dreams are not that far out of reach. As icing on the cake, he gets excited about my ideas and they become our ideas and then our shared goals! Im so excited that things seem to be coming together in such a great way.  Combining my husbands  decent-steak-dinner dreams pretty-good-beer wishes with Michelles  homework and pragmatism with my ideas and interests  is helping me discover what I want and have the courage and support to go after my dreams!