Ok, so a little lighter of a subject, with one caveat: It can't be a signifigant other. No wives, husbands, boyfriends, girlfriends, children, best friends, or parents. That would be too easy. If I allowed this, I woulld go with my wife, gush about her, and this would be simple. Nope let's look at this from a different perspective. Most, if not all of us, would pick a person. Too easy kids.
I'm fortunate enough that I can say it's my job. Specifically, I'm a psychotherapist, one who works with marriages and families. Ever since my delusional dream of being a professional baskteball player died at 19(I'm 6'1, white, and not very fast, nuff said
), I knew what I wanted to do. Maybe not specifically work with marriages and families, but I knew I wanted to be a therapist. My friends came to me for advice. A lot. I had no formal training, and here I am, a senior in high school, a freshman in college, and friends are looking to me, desperate for answers and such. More often then not, I'm sure that I failed. But people kept coming back, so I kept providing them with advice. Before I realized it, I was getting my college and post-graduate degrees in psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Clinical Psychology. It was in school(so Im cheating a little 
) that I met my wife. Double bonus.
I've learned how to listen. I've learned how to ask people questions that allow them to come to their own conclusions about things. I used to feel such a burden giving advice to people, especially my friends, who still come to me. But rather then doing so, much of the time, I ask questions that allow them to come to their own conclusions. Is it always a success? Heck no. But I have a business partner with whom I work, and the successes have been more then the failures, I'm glad to say. Seeing people work out what they once thought was impossible for themselves because I asked them some questions(ok, perhaps I'm oversimplifying, but still) and they figured out what worked for them, and to get paid for it, well, it's more then I could have ever hoped for. I have a great partner, two other co-workers who are amazing, and I've picked, for the most part, a select group of clientele(couples and families) that I love to work with. There's little else I could ask for to fill my day.
Except time with my wife, of course.
How about you? What do you enjoy more then anything else in your life?
I'm fortunate enough that I can say it's my job. Specifically, I'm a psychotherapist, one who works with marriages and families. Ever since my delusional dream of being a professional baskteball player died at 19(I'm 6'1, white, and not very fast, nuff said
), I knew what I wanted to do. Maybe not specifically work with marriages and families, but I knew I wanted to be a therapist. My friends came to me for advice. A lot. I had no formal training, and here I am, a senior in high school, a freshman in college, and friends are looking to me, desperate for answers and such. More often then not, I'm sure that I failed. But people kept coming back, so I kept providing them with advice. Before I realized it, I was getting my college and post-graduate degrees in psychology, Marriage and Family Therapy, and Clinical Psychology. It was in school(so Im cheating a little ) that I met my wife. Double bonus. I've learned how to listen. I've learned how to ask people questions that allow them to come to their own conclusions about things. I used to feel such a burden giving advice to people, especially my friends, who still come to me. But rather then doing so, much of the time, I ask questions that allow them to come to their own conclusions. Is it always a success? Heck no. But I have a business partner with whom I work, and the successes have been more then the failures, I'm glad to say. Seeing people work out what they once thought was impossible for themselves because I asked them some questions(ok, perhaps I'm oversimplifying, but still) and they figured out what worked for them, and to get paid for it, well, it's more then I could have ever hoped for. I have a great partner, two other co-workers who are amazing, and I've picked, for the most part, a select group of clientele(couples and families) that I love to work with. There's little else I could ask for to fill my day.
Except time with my wife, of course.
How about you? What do you enjoy more then anything else in your life?
