do you know what your calling is? (Oprah)

Maddimom

Oprah says we all need to find our calling. Do you know what yours is? 

I have not a clue what mine is!!  

FutureFung

To have a vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting from every cupcake shop across the great United States?

Or, what I'm doing now...   I didn't know that I was answering 'my call' when I started in my field 10 years ago, but I'm pretty damn sure now that I'm doing what I was meant to do.

Unless I change my mind and become a country western singer.  I'm pretty sure that's my other calling.  My call waiting.

cmcmillan

FutureFung:

To have a vanilla cupcake with vanilla frosting from every cupcake shop across the great United States?

lol, my first thought was to eat cupcakes, duh?. 

I thought my calling was to work with early childhood kids, until I got married and knew I wanted my own, but would go batty being with kids 24/7 if they weren't my own. I still go batty but only on my own kids.

JRS72206

I know mine!

MrsEditorJax

I actually am inclined to say that what I am doing now is my calling. I wanted to be a journalist for most of my life, and after doing the big time, but on the editing side, I have gotten to come back to my reporting roots, and even better, in a role that allows me to do social-advocacy journalism.

Collecting formula and baby food for the food bank ... following police officers as they Christmas shop with little kids ... riding around with Santa on a firetruck giving out gifts to the needy ... What I do is pretty much the best time I have ever had in my career, and I can't see myself getting tired of it.

Purvalicious

I think I know what my calling is due to some unexpected experiences at work recently - unfortunately my boss is an asshat and likes to stand in my way....but, I digress.  I think I was meant to be a teacher or a mentor in some capacity and have loved being that for people at work when allowed.  

blueLu25

Well, I always thought it was to be a mom, but now I feel like its more than that. When I was teaching I loved working with the autistic kids in our class and wanted to become and ABA therapist, except I got pg instead and was too sick to do anything at all. I also wanted to be an OT or SLP. Now I think maybe something about birth/ natural birth b/c I am VERY passionate about it, but I have no direction in that. When I was younger I thought it was to be a wedding dress designer, photographer or go to the Olympics and compete in Show Jumping . So really I have no direction at this point except for the things I am passionate about. 

KWPNJumper55

I have always, always wanted to work in the medical field. But until recently, I didn't have the courage to pursue my dream. But im happy to say that I'm now on the road to become an RN!

doublem

I'm pretty sure teaching is my calling, although I always feel as if there are ways I could be improving at it.  I love, love my days sharing information, talking, and laughing with my big kids at work.  Yes, even when they have days where they drive me bananas pushing each others' buttons and trying to avoid working.

If I had a billion dollars, I'd establish a school in the San Juans with a crazy marine lab and have partnerships with local colleges, so that college students could share their research with elementary and middle schoolers.  Ideally, I'd divide my time between teaching, designing science curriculum, baking with children, and mentoring teachers-to-be.

KNemo

My calling is to teach and enjoy your children at a time in yours/their lives when you most likely won't like them very much.

My favorite age to teach is middle school. I am not a saint, or a better person than anyone else, I just love that age! They are smart, inquisitive, funny smart asses. I think I like them so much because I am the same way! And what's better, their parents don't like them 9 times outta 10, so they tend to be on my side during most disputes!

DAWNNA76

Still trying to figure it out. I have ideas but if and when they ever come to reality is another thing.

kaskade

I'm living mine   Seriously though, I think my job is mine.  It is truly fulfilling and I feel like I am doing what I was born to do, and serving others. 

MOHjen

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

mrssmith717

Working with kids!  I love being a teacher, and I love teaching at the school that I do.  We are a high ELL, high poverty school and I love working with my colleagues to figure out the best things we can do to be reaching all of our students.

Lately, my vision is to try to create a college or high school mentor/tutor program, specifically with the Spanish speaking community. I'm not the best of role models, considering I'm a middle class white lady.  So I want to create a program where our students are matched up and have a role model, a supporter, a cheerleader who they can look at and say: "Hey, I can do that!"

pixelvixen

Nordstrom called me.

Seattle_JiLLn

Honestly, I have no idea.  I have always had this feeling that I wanted to teach math and science... but I don't like the realities of being a teacher.... getting up early being one of them.  Dealing with asshat parents is another.  

So I don't know.  I wish I did.   

sarahphoto

MOHjen:

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

 That really only leaves kickboxing... sport of the future.    

JodiLinn503

I'm a teacher and I suppose I should say that's my calling. But, I'm actually not convinced that it is. It's the only thing I've ever wanted to do, but I think I need to open my mind up to other possibilities and listen carefully.

Kathzoo

Mine was definitely conservation education for a long while. But I think I burned out and I don't miss it. Now I am being called toward childbirth education. I have also always wanted to run a bed and breakfast, but that doesn't seem like a calling.

Alli923

I think I've finally found mine.  It took some trial and error, but as far as my career goes I love where I'm at.  I love the fast pace, the strategy, the analytics of advertising.  And even though my clients can be dumb as a box of rocks, I love the challenge of creating media plans that they can understand.  I also recently moved into management and I'm finding the challenge of management to be really satisfying. 

 

MissLauraQ

Well I know I can always "feel" like I'm not quite living the life that I would like to....but that's a whole different issue.

I've always been exceptionally good with money - so that's why I have degrees in Economics & Finance, and I feel as though it was my calling.  So I am living somewhat my calling.

BUt there is a part of me that would like to learn mre, and travel more, and be outside more.  I've had this "trapped" feeling for a while now...but who knows - could just be mid-life crisis  :P

LauraLynneC

Over the last couple years, I've sort of figured out what my calling *might* be - I just haven't figured out how to make it work.  I feel like I'm motivational - like I'm here to inspire or motivate people.  But I'm not sure how that works or what it looks like.  It's a little frustrating but I have to trust that at some point, it will come together. 

Zista

MOHjen:

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that.

I think I Iove you.  You as John Cusack (at least the one in my mind, not the one I saw in a NYC cafe hitting on a 17 year old girl), but still, it's love.

Zista

I think I'm living mine, thought it's changed on a regular basis.  I used to think that I needed to leave some sort of "legacy" to matter... something that I'd be remembered for.  I'm over it.  I've studied international development, done community development, mentored inner city kids, conducted public policy analysis on social services, consulted international foundations on investment strategy, and consulted with fortune 500 companies on corporate and competitive strategy. 

I'm a mom, but not a full-time SAHM by choice (I currently work in customer experience)... and yet Isaac is my calling right now.  While I can think of many things I'd like to do someday, and are equally as important, I can't think of anything I could do that would be more important.  I'm sure I'll have another calling in 5 years, but honestly, I feel like this is what I'm supposed to be doing right now.  Some of us aren't cut out to do just one "calling" a la Oprah.  I love doing too many things.