Ha, so this one is much easier than last week’s prompt about jobs I’d be good at. I have had several jobs, and while I did a fine job at most of them, I also hated some of them. I have a few things in particular I’m not good at. Multi-tasking is one of them, I struggle if there are too many things coming at me at once. So being an event organizer I would definitely have a hard time with. I’m also not good with boredom. It feels physically painful to me to have to do tasks that require zero brain power, particularly if I’m sitting off by myself alone all day working on something that feels pointless and requires zero mental input. If it’s a more relaxed workplace that allows employees to listen to music or podcasts or audiobooks while doing boring tasks, then I could handle it. But not if I had to do it in silence. I’m also not great with working a schedule that requires drastic shifts in hours. I have trouble with sleep as it is, so working nights one week and days the next would mean I was just constantly unable to cobble together enough hours of uninterrupted sleep to sustain myself.
What about you guys? Which job or jobs do you think you’d struggle to succeed at? Which do you think you could do but would just suck the life out of you?
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I could not cope with a job where I didn’t have enough to do and it caused my boredom – but at the same time, I wouldn’t want something that was so stressful it would impact my mental health. Finding that balance is so important!
Yes. I’m a huge believer that most things in life are about finding the right balance – extremes, in either direction, tend not to be the healthiest things!
Oh, yeah. I’d not be able to handle the chaos of event planning, but also needs something that engages my brain (or at least keeps me entertained) for the most part. I can do a boring job if it’s just a small part of my overall tasks, but not if that’s the whole job or even a large part of my daily workload. I’m also not a fan of emotional people, at least not in some situations, so being a wedding photographer (or wedding planner) or even a daycare worker would be some other jobs I’d probably be horrible at.
You know what, this is a great summary of my feelings in a lot of ways. I have done jobs with boring parts, and it was mostly manageable. I didn’t enjoy it, but then that’s why it’s work. But yeah, I need the variation and brain engagement!
Oof. Yeah, Event Organizer would definitely be a disaster for me. A single event, maybe, I could manage, but a job of pulling multiple events together and always having a bunch of things to keep track of? No no no.
*shudder* yeah, no. NO, no no no.
I am also not good with boredom, and I’d hate event planning. I’d be rubbish at it too. My organisational skills leave a lot to be desired. I often find notes or research in the strangest of places long after I’ve needed to use it. No. I’d be hopeless. I agree with you about being able to listen to music. I find it just helps time pass quicker, especially when your doing mindless, repetitive tasks.
I can organize things, but not people or timing. I’d find it impossible to manage so many different things happening at once and so many people who had questions pulling me in a different directions. I’d get overwhelmed and it would all and up a disaster! I could do it as part of a team probably, but honestly I’d never want to!
There is nothing more tiring than a boring job.
I fully agree!