If you’ve read my post yesterday, you know that I am considering the idea of becoming a used book store proprietor. I had at one time thought that if I stayed in education I might pursue a library degree because I thought librarians had kick-ass jobs. No regular classes. No lesson plans. A room full of books and computers and their own offices to boot.
Okay, there was the “kid” thing. A school librarian does deal in students, but as they get older their needs are fewer and as far as I could tell the high schoolers merely used the library as a place to be rather than a place to work on being a successful student.
Used bookstores are far more attractive than new, but I can lose myself in either. If it were not for the awful hours I would have likely gotten stuck with I would have applied for a job at some of the local stores when BabyDaughter starts school full time this fall. I really can’t work weekends or nights because I am selfish and suffer from middle aged entitlement delusion I need to have that time free for husband and children.
I am still writing. Still waiting to hear from the Sci Fi magazine in Edmonton on my “call back” short story. When I was last at Barnes and Noble, I treated myself to a handful of sci fi and fantasy magazines to read and get writer’s guidelines and have plans to plague them with my prose because traveling for days on end gave me plenty of time to come up with story ideas – disturbing ones – but ideas regardless.
So my dream is to be a published writer and truthfully, I love sci fi/fantasy more than any other genre when it comes to writing. I found this great writer, Lavie Tidhar, in Apex. I found Ryck Neube there as well. To this end much more SF reading needs to be done.
But if I have to have a “day job” – there is no “hafta” in my life and I am luckier than most in that respect – then working in/owning a book store would be a dream day job. It even comes before owning a coffee shop which is primarily because I don’t like coffee at all and only frequent those places for teas. I have never heard of a tea shop. I suppose though you could be a tea shop that serves some coffees, but bookshop would be an ultra cool job despite the work. And there is work I am discovering in my research. However, who couldn’t hang out with books all day?
So here’s the meme: if money weren’t the issue (or tangible benefits of any kind really), what would your dream job be? Where? Why?
Remember you can write about it here as a comment or blog it on your own space. Don’t forget to link back if you go with the latter.
anniegirl1138 
on one hand my dream job is similar to you- writing, but on the other, i love running, so I would also love to be a professional runner. I came across this contest where you enter a video describing your dream job and you could possibly win it for a day!! You should enter it, as your dream job sounds very interesting and plausible. here is the link: http://www.futureresume.com/dream_job.aspx?utm_source=blog+commenting&utm_medium=media&utm_content=Ctest&utm_campaign=Int
My dream job would be either a personal trainer/dietician (I love health and excercise). My second dream job would be to own a garden/nursery (I love being outdoors and gardening).
There is a tea shop in Victoria called Murchies- come see.
If I didn’t need an income, I think I’d write more, raise and rescue more animals; I’d be happy to do a little healing work on people, too, but only a little bit at a time. I’d have the kids at home more (but not all the time). I’d like a used bookstore, too, for the smell if nothing else. Or maybe I’d just putter or putz around at home, until the boredom and cabin fever set in. I’d need to have people over for tea and play dates if I did this, and I’d have to have a big staff to look after the garden and the household chores.
I’m not sure I’m describing work, here, but it sounds like a nice dream to me.
We have a tea house here. I think they’re a hookah lounge, too, but I could be wrong about that. I don’t drink coffee or tea.
If money were no object, I’d skip the job altogether and devote my life to my myriad creative pursuits.
Thanks everyone for sharing.
No personals tonight though because I have been sick.
I don’t think I’d truly know until the time came and I could figure it out then.
If money were no longer an issue in my life, I’d first want to travel all over until I got sick of it. Then maybe I’d open a theatre and do whatever shows I like without regard for turning any sort of profit…no pressure.
A really cool book shop would also be great. If profit were no concern, then it would just be a really cool hangout for book freaks. 🙂
Just writing. Maybe with some travel writing.
I started to type an answer to your meme and I got this far “My dream job would be…” then I would type something–think about it–and come up with an aspect about it I wouldn’t like. Then I would type something else–think about it—erase—
Perhaps for me–I am in my dream job for now. I love teaching–I love teaching writing–I love having summers to spend with my husband and kids–I love not being tied down in the evenings or on weekends–I even love to prepare and research what I am going to teach…so…what a discovery!! Thanks.
Marsha
My dream job has always been to work in space. Yep. An astronaut thriving in the “Final Frontier”. Just don’t call me a space cadet.
“Dream Job” … hmmm … sounds like an oxymoron to me.
WAIT! I’ve got it! When you open your used bookstore, you can hire me to sit around and read my murder mysteries, thus drawing in the crowds. During my breaks, I can work on my jigsaw puzzles – or we can have a big table in the middle of the bookstore, for all the jigsaw junkies to get a fix while they’re shopping for books!
If only I could get paid for reading murder mysteries and working jigsaw puzzles…now, that would be the life!
You are just too far east for the tea shoppe. If you were in Victoria, you would do OK, especially if you had an attached used bookshop. Me, I guess I have my dream job, reading murder mysteries, blogging, and playing with the dog. Only thing better would be to be paid for it.
There’s a tea shop in a near by city – called “Tea 4 Two”. Cute… don’t think they’ll be solvent in a year, but cool idea…
My dream job is simple: Sing back up for Joe Cocker. No responsibility other than squirming in a little black dress and high heels, while belting out back up vocals. All i wanna do… Never gonna happen!