
Originally Posted by
Haudlady
I would be a weaver (I make hand-woven projects on a loom, but only as a hobby and for gifts - I would like to begin crafting for sale)
Hey, fellow weaver. Oddly enough, I do not want to make a living at weaving--I'm afraid that would make it a high-pressure, not fun, pursuit. Here are the things I wanted to be when I was a kid, and I still want to be them:
Cowgirl
Ballet dancer
diver/researcher with Jacques Cousteau
Psychologist
Archaeologist
I've done numbers 2 and 4. I've also done about a decade of policy research on economic/labor market development, which I liked.
I'd be happy to retire and do volunteer work with kids. I still like the kids as much as ever. Would like less pressure/responsibility. Would like to spend more time weaving and making art, but not as a way of earning a living.
"My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved;I have been given much and I have given something in return...Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and an adventure." O. Sacks