Dream Job

Well it has been quite some time since I last posted. Oh well, I decided to day would be the perfect time to get back on track.

So the reason for this blog is something that has consumed a lot of my thoughts for a few weeks. This is something that started as an after thought when my roommate started working on a project about socially responsible companies and the few conversations we had about the research he was doing. Then it moved into more of a for thought when I was at coffee with a friend of mine who I have just started hanging out with this semester and he asked where I want to be in three-five-ten years. It was interesting because at that point I realized I had a decent idea but had not put lots of thought into it and wasn't really committed to it.

As our conversation continued I started to hammer it out in my head. A few days later I had another similar conversation with another friend and it was very interesting how we really saw so many things about life so similarly. Then it was a conversation with my Tommy about what it would look like to work together a few years down the road because of the possibility that he would take his mom's position at a Real Estate company. Maybe that was a pipe-dream but that got me thinking even more. Then it turned into some research I did because of a land development project and looking into low income housing which lead me down a road of reading about some companies who focus on helping to develop low income housing and that is their companies focus. This really gained more steam when I recently bought a book about companies who are responsible... The book is called The responsibility Revolution. I have enjoyed the book and last night I had another conversation about my dream job.

So what all of this has lead to is I have spent a lot of time thinking about my future and trying to find a way that my "career" isn't just this 9-5 thing completely separate from God. The more time I have spent thinking about these the closer I feel I am moving towards not my dream job but my goal job. Which is to start a Real Estate company that is for profit but not only for profit it would be a company with a mission not just a balance. I would like to start this company and have a certain % focus on helping the Low-income, affordable housing industry. I think a lot of that would be problem solving how to make better, more efficient housing more affordable. I mean I really think this is something I could be passionate about and get behind. I believe there is real purpose in going to work every day and not just thinking about making a paycheck to take home but thinking about helping those who are less fortunate than you. I believe that would make work so much more enjoyable, to have a real purpose other than just providing for your family.

I would really like to do this. I mean this is the best way I can think of using my "talents/abilities/understanding to benefit the kingdom and to take care of people. I mean how beautiful of thing would it be to know that I would be helping people have a better,cheaper, and nicer place for them and their children to live. I want to help kids grow up in a cleaner nicer environment and I would like to move into finding more ways to help with continuing education for the low-income demographic.

Anyways, I just really wanted to get those thoughts out but now I have to run to a Real Estate Club meeting.