The Friday Five for 26 April 2024
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thefridayfiveThese questions were written by milo_r.
1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?
2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?
3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?
4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?
5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?
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milo_r.1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?
2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?
3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?
4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?
5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?
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Date: 2024-04-27 12:42 am (UTC)1. Are you happy with your current line of work? What do you like/don't like about it?
I'm an office clerk & legal assistant at a midsized law firm. I like the people, but dislike the fact that I don't usually get to use my brain as much as I want to. Sometimes I obsess over random things solely to have something to think about. For example, today I took it upon myself to figure out the most fair way to arrange my department's summer schedule despite that being my supervisor's job. I think that this may change if either halves of my job develop into something more, though.
2. Do you see yourself doing the same type of work in 5 years? What about 10?
Five, possibly. I have no idea if I will go through with this, but I've entertained the thought of becoming a lawyer myself. I don't want to seriously consider it though until I make good progress with a degree (if accepted to university in the first place), especially because I'm partially motivated by my frustration over the lawyers thinking that I'm dumber than I really am. Honestly, I'm probably just as smart as at least some of them. I could contend on their level if I read the same textbooks and received the same mentorship.
Regardless of whether or not I pursue law school someday, I want to do or grow into something that will force them to acknowledge me as something more than a pleasant personality and pretty face.
Perhaps all of this sounds odd given how I answered the first question, but I truly like nearly everyone in the firm. I just wish they saw me as I really am. In any case, I can see myself staying here and doing this job while at least completing an undergrad degree. Perhaps that alone would tell them that I have a brain capable of processing things beyond their immediate office needs.
Ten years, no. If I'm still at the firm, then I want to either focus exclusively on the office administration half — with a promotion — or become a paralegal.
3. Did you see yourself doing this type of work 5 years ago? What about 10?
Definitely not. I initially got this job through a temp agency.
4. Did you have a dream job as a child? What was it?
Yes. Actress. Sometimes I still fantasize about an alternate life where I pursued it and made it.
5. If you had to pick a radically different job from what you have now, regardless of whether you'd realistically be able to do it given your skillset, what would you pick and why?
Something creative, like a writer or actress (note my answer above). I've always loved the arts. My biggest issue isn't skill, it's follow-through. I'm quite lucky in that I have a natural aptitude for most creative endeavors, but I never know how to begin. If I ever told you all how much I've daydreamed about writing a novel and yet can't even start a short story or fanfic...