Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
~H. Jackson Browne
It’s time for the Thursday Thirteen again. If you have a Thursday Thirteen of your own, leave your website in the comments section and I’ll try my darndest to visit it ![]()
Because I’m looking for a second job, I thought this would be an appropriate topic.
Thirteen Jobs I’ve Considered In My Lifetime (and haven’t done, or haven’t yet done):
- Pediatrician. I think this was my first dream in life when I was really little.
- Teacher. I love teaching… but I’m not sure I could put up with kids today and their lack of discipline in general.
- Nurse. I love taking care of people. I don’t love science. But I’d be way better off if I did!
- Journalist/reporter. I actually went to college thinking this is what I was going to do. I switched majors late in my freshman year, but still am only 3 credits away from a major in journalism.
- Ranch hand. Seriously, I’d love this. I also dreamed of marrying a cowboy so I could live in the country the rest of my life.
- Photographer. I’ve never had formal training, but I think I could be good at it if I did.
- Race horse masseuse. I thought I had made this up when I was younger (thinking the rich people who race horses would pay big money for a horse masseuse to work on their prized animals)… but I recently found out it really is a job.
- Veterinarian. I would 100% love this job. But again, I 100% hate science classes.
- Vet tech. I think it would be a fun job. But it doesn’t pay anymore than what I do now, so there’s no reason to go back to school for it.
- Manager/owner of a camp for children with life-threatening diseases. Yup, still want to do this and the plan is in my head… I just don’t think it’ll ever come to fruition.
- Dog/cat “bed and biscuit” business owner. I’d love to take care of animals for a living and get paid. People would come back time and time again to board their beloved pets with me because they’d receive such good care. Alas, I don’t have the capital for that.
- Jockey/horse exerciser. You can see where my passion is, right? Animals! At least I get to exercise horses now, though I’m not paid (ooops… did I let the cat out of the bag?).
- Navy Reserve Officer. This may or may not be something I’m thinking of pursuing right now.
So what jobs have you thought about in your lifetime but never done?

