Wednesday, May 28, 2008

The perfect job?

What would your perfect job be?

I find this a pretty hard question to answer myself actually. Most people may find this question rather simple to answer or easy for them. Some would say a firefighter because their parents were and they are influenced by that line of work and so fourth. Maybe some say a doctor, because they know they will be helping others and that is what they wish to do. Many people who love animals become veterinarians for that love of animals.

However for me I find this a very hard question to answer. As I do not have a single interest in what to do in life but rather many. I want to be an array of different things in life or partake in different lines of work over time. However how does someone go about doing an array of things if we are only taught to become one single thing? In other words you go to school to be a doctor, that is your occupation for the rest of you life. You would not then leave and start new as a carpenter because you just would not have that knowledge base and would have to learn many new things to survive. Also the pay scale would be much different and you would have to change your lifestyle.

I had always thought I knew what my perfect job would be, however now that I am older I think differently now about enjoyment and how to make money with that enjoyment. You have to have an emotional interest in your job and appreciate what you are doing. You also have to make a good living doing what you are doing. If you are completely happy that's one thing, but if you are dead broke in that job, then I would suggest you find something else because the happiness will fade. Also if you make a ton of money but truly dislike what you are doing, then how can you be happy with that career choice?

These are things I don't think they teach us in schools. Find a rewarding career and enjoy what it is that you are doing. In school they merely teach us that you need a good career that makes a lot of money. Whatever happen to happiness?

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Stock Talk, the carelessness of people.

Ok let's talk a little bit about stocks.
I have been investing in the stock market for about two years now in the form of a 401K plan option. 401K plan options are basically a stock portfolio that is comprised of trusted companies which generally show a return of investment. These 401K companies offer you basically the advise of a stock specialist without the high cost.

Ok, so let's elaborate for a second. Ask many of your fellow colleges who don't watch or pay attention to their own stock accounts. What do they say? I found that in my own current office many lost money, lots of money. Many people in my office loss anywhere between a thousand to ten thousand.

Now if your like me and you really don't make that much money at your 9-5 or 7-4 in my case, you would pay attention to what your money is doing for you right? Your damn right you would. So I was playing around today in my 401K account...when did the stocks start to crash? Around January right, or roughly. Well as I was using my rate calculator I found out that since December of last year, I had made a 4.3% return on my money, which means I made a profit.

So let's see here, I made a 4.3% return, while others had a -10% or higher loss, hmm. Do you think I know what I'm saying when I say watch your stocks? The carelessness of people and their money.

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Monday, May 19, 2008

Do you want to know how Rich you will be?

Many dream about how rich they will be in the next Ten Years. Sometimes we are allowed to dream and think about it, but then reality hits us in the head, right back to where we are now. However wouldn't it be cool if there was a test to tell you a little more?
This test may be completely fictional, but it's worth a shot at looking into just for fun and dreams anyways. This test has 15 questions that randomly test you. Whether or not they have a unique partern to raise your ending number is beyond me.
However if you'd like you can take the test yourself here Take the Test
This is what I scored


15,501,849

How much money will you be worth?


See if you can play with the answers to get a higher or lower score then the first time you take the test. Pretty neat huh?

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