Why do you enjoy or dislike your job?

You don’t have to tell me flat out what it is you do but I am interested in figuring out whether there are more of us that like our jobs or whether many of us dislike what we do for a living – I understand that many of us aren’t in the careers we once imagined ourselves to be, is that a positive for you? is something preventing you from your ‘perfect calling’? if you dislike your job, is there anything you’re trying to do about it? if you like your job, can you tell me why?

the job I have now is not a job that existed before this year for any of the organizations that were involved in putting it together..in a way it is a job that crystallizes the failure of our healthcare system to meet the needs of newly diagnosed cancer patients…in some ways the point of my job is to eliminate my job, if that makes sense, because if my experience and observations lead doctors to be better providers of care and information and advocacy for their patients, then all is well…I never thought I’d do a job like this but I realize now how much my life experiences have all led to this particular point…I love what I do because it’s challenging, because my day is different every day, because I get to help people at a vulnerable point in their life and because I get to see the efforts of my job pay off in a short period of time – they say my title is patient navigator and it rings true in some ways but not in others…

on the other hand, this isn’t the ‘final’ job of my life…in that I want to eventually do more schooling and become a sociology professor…yet I am content for now…

what about you? what do you do? why do it every day? is a job, iyo, supposed to bring more to life than an income?