I’ve had an intense desire to join the military for about 10 years now to serve my country and be an honorable person. However, I’m anti-war and my passion is traveling to multiple new places per year, so I don’t think it’s possible. Especially with my girlfriend being in medical school and not being able to leave her campus area. I’m wondering what other jobs are out there that could fulfill this insatiable sense of duty that I have. Military, firefighting, law enforcement, EMS? What else?
11 comments
Therapy.
You need to define duty, otherwise it is just a word with no meaning.
Any job that is aimed at serving the community.
Politics is a hit or miss because it requires you to be voted in before you get the chance to serve your community as a mayor or any other position of service.
Searching for a path to be a judge is a good way to serve the community as well. Though you’d probably have to beca lawyer first, which is probably not that easy, nor is it something everyone likes.
Being a parent can be a sense of serving. But it’s not as much about serving your country, but about service none the less.
Being a teacher can be a way of fulfilling a desire of duty for the people around you. And it might not be difficult to find a subject that would interest you to teach, because most subjects can be studied do that later they can be taught.
Jobs aimed at helping the homeless, or those in sone need or another might be good for a drive of duty. But the pay for a social worker is probably less then it is for a teacher, plus just as much education requirement, or possibly more to get a job in it.
But honestly any job you do if you have it with the right attitude can help fulfill that stance of duty, because it’s something you are doing for others usually.
The purpose of humanity is to help build Society but that’s only on a whole level so it’s only a small part of you then there’s the part of you that needs to be fulfilled on a personal level for some people this is their careers and for other people it’s not.
I work a job that isn’t my passion but I don’t hate it and it pays well and it allows me to do the things that I need to do for my passion which is painting and no I don’t pay for Commission otherwise it wouldn’t be fun for me. I need to do it from the heart I don’t need outside influence
Just go for the ones you listed. They’re the best.
Whatever you do, don’t become a police officer if you live in the US. I don’t care how much of a sense of duty you have, you will become a detestable person. Take my word for it. I have family in law enforcement for the last 30 years and have seen how the system corrupts and twist them.
Jobs: Dr, Teacher, Nurse, Paramedic, Firefighter, Social worker, Cop, Politician, Army…
It’s nice to make an honest living while improving the community/helping others beyond yourself.
I got my degree then trained as a Teacher, which I worked as for 4/5 years. Somehow found my way into healthcare at the beginning of Covid and am currently in uni retaining as a Nurse, while still working full-time as a Support Worker.
Ive had various admin, call centre and service industry jobs throughout my teens and 20s, was never content… No sense of duty, just make money and make it to the weekend.
> I’ve had an intense desire to join the military for about 10 years now to serve my country and be an honorable person. However, I’m anti-war and my passion is traveling to multiple new places per year, so I don’t think it’s possible.
The key to successful war propaganda is exploiting people’s sense of duty and honour. That’s what the military does in order to get you to enlist. In reality, however, you are just a tool for the ruling class to be used, abused and disposed of when no longer useful. War is, and always has been waged for their benefit, not ours.
“I’m fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” ― George McGovern
[War is a Racket – Maj. Gen. Smedley D. Butler](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_EXqJ8f-0)
You can find a sense of duty in anything that you put your heart into.
That’s when it isn’t just about you or about the bottom line. It’s about making sure we all work hard enough that no one needs to get laid off.
you can build a sense of community and thus duty around just about anything.
All jobs help people. All products or services are done because someone needed help with something and they came to you for it.
Find something that you feel good about doing. If you want to laterally save lives, go do it. If you want to help in other ways, find out what your preferences are. It will narrow down a lot.
Cake decorating and freelance writing about random assignments should be top of the list