Your job....

1. I write and edit things for a fitness company. I get free cycling clothes!

2. I take care of dogs. They are always happy to see me! (Probably b/c they need to pee and they like getting fed)

3. I teach Spinning(R). It's great to see people getting fit and improving!

Good luck with your own work ... or maybe inspiration to find new work ...

Well... I sit around all day and watch TV, post on BT and a couple of other forums, I tend my garden, and play with my cats.  All why collecting unemployment!  Yay!

Before this new "position", I was a Print Production Manager for a national magazine.  I loved it!  I've done that off and on for about 10 years, for a couple of different publications. 

Print Production doesn't actually *do* anything.  We're not writers or designers, or printers even.  We're the Schedule Keepers.  We set the deadlines and then hold people to them.  When I'm in a bad mood, I tell people that I have a big stick and I poke people with it, hence the abbreviation "prod".  When I'm in a good mood, I relate to more to curling.  I'm the gal with the broom.  I don't throw the rock, I just smooth the way for it to get where it's going. 

Besides already having an unhealthy magazine addition, what I loved most about that line of work was the ability to work on a project from start to finish and at the end of a month, have an actual item that I could hold in my hands and say "I helped make that happen."

But, alas, the days of magazine work in my area are dwindling.  Unless I want to commute to San Francisco (60 miles from here), or move (no way!), I am looking at branching out into a different field.  I think I can use my Project Management skills in other areas.  At least I hope so. 

I'm a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I split my time between an adolescent inpatient program, an adolescent partial hospital program, two outpatient clinics, and consultations to about half a dozen school districts, and in between teach residents and students (maybe I have some ADHD...).

The two best things about what I do now are that I get to work with several different teams of very bright and dedicated people, and that being in two or three different programs each day means that no matter how bad things are at one site on a given day, I won't be stuck there for 8-10 hours!

I'm a Project Engineer for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. (Insert Homer Simpson joke here)

I have a very flexible schedule and it is VERY low stress.

computer programmer....

The thing I like most about my job is the creativity.  A user needs an application, and or an application needs an additional functionality, and I can make that happen.  There's alot of mental freedom to my job... I sit down and write out my code... and bingo, here's your app   I love being able to provide the users with what they need, it's cool.

as a side note... I was 27yo when I went back to college.  Cashed in my 401K, quit my then current job, and off to school I went fulltime.  I think it's funny when I think of how I felt old at the time, LOL.  I probably was one of the oldest students, but I didn't care.  I graduated at 30yo (went all year long), and it was the best decision of my life.  I have had issues with my jobs here and there, but basically I love what I do.

I am a professional photographer and own two photo lab/stores. We pretty much do anything photo related. We've had the one store for 20 years and the other for 7. They are located in two seperate towns about 15 miles apart so I am often driving between the two on a daily basis. When time allows I'll ride my bike to and from.

Even though I work 6 sometimes seven (long) days a week I love it. For me it all comes down to freedom of choices.

Shameless plug.  www.digitalokphoto.com  

Software Developer, writting GIS (Geographical Informations Systems) software.  I love the fact that I learn something new everyday.  Between the fact that software and languages continue to change and improve and the fact that I don't come from a mapping background, there is always something new to learn. 

I've been doing this for almost 10 years and there is still a ton to learn and experience.

Army Medic & nursing student. I take care of injured soldiers. (the lack of pay doesn't thrill me, but its not about money)

I do have a very short commute!

Network Manager for a large grocery chain.

Two things about my job make me happy:  First, I have the strategic authority and teeth to do what's right around here.  I've never been a "that's the way we've always done it" kind of person and I can write and present a mean business case to executives.  They bought it, fully funded it and I help to redirect the organization on a better path.  The ability to actually make a difference is a great feeling!  (My previous 9 years was at a large bank where NOBODY could make a difference!)

And second and more importantly:  I get to treat my employees with the respect and proper manner that they deserve that I never saw for YEARS!  All those years of working for a-holes and now that I'm one of the "big boss's" I can at least do what's right for the 8 people who report to me.  And you know what?  They work HARDER and are MORE PRODUCTIVE as a result!  I just completed annual reviews and one of my guys whom has been here 21 years said, "in all my years of working here, this has been the most fun work has ever been!  I never imagined it could be so challenging, rewarding and fun at the same time.  Thank you."

I like being a manager that frequently gets in-house resumes dropped off at my desk even though I'm not advertising for open positions.