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		Tech Media Wall Street Markets Strategy Sports Lifestyle Politics Video June 09, 2011 Dear Everyone Who Works For The Government: This Is Your Future New Jersey is about to lead the way on pension reform.  Read » Why Meredith Whitney Is Right The two prime pumps of tax revenue are dry.  Read » Connecticut Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession Good news for the state's restaurants.  Read » Syrian Army Turned Helicopter Gunships On Defecting Soldiers "It's clear they are preparing for a major massacre."  Read » Bin Laden's Number Two Promises Revenge Promises a "Jihadist Renaissance."  Read » KISSINGER: Fumble The Afghan Drawdown And You Just Might Get World War III Good luck.  Read » Politics At Lunch: What You Need To Know At Mid-Day Weiner calls Bill, Bachmann v. Palin, Alec Baldwin?  Read » Advertisement Afghanistan Will Be Broke When The U.S. Pulls Out In 2014 Foreign military aid now makes up 97% of Afghanistan's GDP.  Read » Share this: Buzz Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon LinkedIn The email address for your subscription is: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com Manage Email Preference | Unsubscribe | Subscribe | Subscribe to Politics RSS Feed Business Insider. 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 Terms of Service | Privacy Policy

My dream job: a sex writer

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My dream job: a sex writer More Recent Articles Search Penelope Trunk My dream job: a sex writer I am not a big believer in the dream job. For one thing, I don't think people know their dream job. Because it's a job description that has to cover eight hours a day of work. It's hard to imagine something you'd love to do eight hours a day, much less fit into in a nice, neat job description. And then there's the be-careful-what-you-wish-for syndrome. Because it's hard to know what you'd like to do for eight hours a day til you try it. I used to think I wanted to be a sex writer. My master's thesis from graduate school was about my sex life. But when I tried to support myself writing about sex, when I started pitching stories to Cosmo, I found that no one wanted to hire me; magazines hire people to write about officially important sex research. I wanted to write about me. So I looked for that magic intersection of things I'm good at and things I like to do and things people will pay me for. And I ended up being a career writer. Fortunately, though, I was able to be a career writer writing about me. Which is probably what I wanted to do all along. So this is a great argument for the advice I give all the time which is to shut up about not having your dream job and just take any job so you can learn about what people will pay you to do that you might like to do. Still, I am very excited to tell you that finally, someone offered to pay me to write about my sex life. I had a great time, but surprise, I discovered that I couldn't resist slipping in some career advice anyway. So I guess I have my dream job, right here. If there were such thing as a dream job. Anyway, here's the piece I wrote, for The Daily Beast.   • Email to a friend • Article Search • View comments • Track comments • • More Recent Articles You can reframe anything How to find satisfying work Good plans feel unsteady This is the new, reliable me What to do if you think you're getting fired

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