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You get to goal, you are fit and healthy, you can do anything in the world.. What is your dream job?

Mine would be to travel the world and protect/rehabilitate wildlife.

I know that once I have savings and drop all my weight, I will be heading overseas to South Africa to volunteer with the Lions there.

So, what would you do? What makes you happy?

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I have always loved to write, but I've never really believed in my abilities. Low self-esteem has really held me back. I believe once I shed this weight and deal with the emotional issues that brought me to where I am today, I have a real shot at living my dreams. I want to be a successful published author, whose books sell all over the world. Then I would have an excuse to travel...for book-signings! LOL! I LOVE to travel too. :D

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I am lucky to say that I have the job I believe is my dream job. I too travel the world, well I have been to Europe, Asia, and North America in my 18 years of experience so far. While I would love to visit Africa and work with Lions I must admit that I am at home in a big hangar managing the retrofit of commercial airliners! What I look forward to is air travel without seat belt extenders or possibly rude seat mates who think a fat person is a curse on them, being in Asia without being the gigantic American woman, being able to shop in regular sized stores anywhere - not just Lane Bryant or American department stores, feeling like I can stand on my feet or walk for more than 15-20 minutes without foot/back/leg pain, be able to drive something smaller than an SUV without feeling like I am stuffing myself into a sausage, not being this close to having to order a seat belt extender for my husbands car, I could go on and on....

But all that said - I am totally supportive of anyone who has a dream to change their job/environment after weight loss, lets here those plans!

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I have always loved to write, but I've never really believed in my abilities. Low self-esteem has really held me back. I believe once I shed this weight and deal with the emotional issues that brought me to where I am today, I have a real shot at living my dreams. I want to be a successful published author, whose books sell all over the world. Then I would have an excuse to travel...for book-signings! LOL! I LOVE to travel too. :D

Well, you never know!

Writing is fun, a creative way to escape.. if you don't get big time with the writing (WHICH YOU SO COULD) it's still a great hobby! Don't stop writing, do what makes you happy :)

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I am doing what I was put on this Earth to do, deliver medical supplies and have salon quality hair. ;)

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So I have two dream jobs, one would be a photo journalist and travel the world taking pictures. My second dream job would be to open a restaurant and bakery with making my family recipes and also my own.

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I would actually love to work at a resort like Six Flags or Disney world. Just to be in a beautiful environment where everyone is having a good time would be like heaven. It doesn't really matter what I do there....could be a tour guide, a landscaper, even running an ice cream stand. It would all be good!

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I would actually love to work at a resort like Six Flags or Disney world. Just to be in a beautiful environment where everyone is having a good time would be like heaven. It doesn't really matter what I do there....could be a tour guide, a landscaper, even running an ice cream stand. It would all be good!

That does sound pretty fun!

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I've always been interested in art, and I've been mildly successful freelancing (designing book covers, tattoos, etc), but I want to go farther. Comics, children's books...and I went back to school a month before my surgery to work toward achieving this goal. I am entirely self-taught, and I know I'm limited because of this, so I'm focused on learning to be more than I am artistically.

Plus, with my focus on schooling, I don't even think about food. I was worried that I would have cravings and pillage the kitchen when I'm home alone, but I never bother going in there unless I need more Water =P It's nice to focus on something other than my next meal.

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I am living my dream job....bossing people around ;) I want my own business and that's the direction i am heading into..

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I have no idea and have been asking myself this question since size 20.

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It's funny, just today I was sitting briefly in the garden with a friend and I was saying how much I long for reinvention yet often feel it's not happening or loo late, etc. This is one of the few friends who know about my surgery and I reminded her (and myself!) that last November I gave myself a year to just do this. This being the weight loss, the return to myself, the investment in my healthy future. That said, I know something else is ahead -- I'm a writer also and I don't want to be in the field where I currently work. I'm going to be 53, I have a wonderful life but the career aspect leaves something to be desired. I make art, too, and signed up for a five-day workshop in October. That will be quite a present to myself. I think that creating visual art will help open up new possibilities in my life. And then there's the garden. Here's to summer!

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You get to goal, you are fit and healthy, you can do anything in the world.. What is your dream job? Mine would be to travel the world and protect/rehabilitate wildlife. I know that once I have savings and drop all my weight, I will be heading overseas to South Africa to volunteer with the Lions there. So, what would you do? What makes you happy?

Love reading all these. Years ago , I am almost 63, I wanted to do stand up comedy. I use to own a custom furniture factory with my husband and after 9/11 we lost the business we had for over 26 years and I miss that. I liked helping with colors, materials etc. I miss that a lot. I also miss my wonderful life we lived.

If you're young enough follow your dreams. When my sons lived home I let them try all sorts of jobs. Now they both own their own businesses

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I'd love to be a "chantoose" in a saloon!

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