One Week Job

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So this is Week 1.

for the next year.

I'm working here

at Whistler Bungee

as a bungee jump operator

this week.

I have no idea where this

project is going to take me

and who I'm going to meet

and what jobs I'm going to do

over the year,

but there comes a point where

you just gotta take the leap.

Four, three, two, one.

Bungee!

Look around

What a mess

Anybody's guess

But here goes somethin'

Yeah, here goes somethin'

Yeah, here goes

somethin'

When I graduated from college,

I wasn't confident at all

in terms of what career

I wanted.

I had no idea, really.

I don't think

there's anything

that really stood out

in my mind

as to

what I really wanted to do.

I looked at school...

as if something I had to do.

I didn't really know

why I was doing it,

it's just that

this is what you do.

Most of the time when you see

grown-ups, they're working.

You will grow up someday.

What do you want to be

when you grow up?

Here I was graduating,

highest GP of my class,

valedictorian,

and all these people had these

high expectations of me

and saw this potential in me,

but I had no idea

where to put that potential.

Right now, I think

a lot of people

are coming out of school

with no clue

whether the degree

they just took

really applies

to their interests

and really

what can they do with it.

The problem is

people get in careers

and they wind up in their 40s

working 50 weeks out of the year

for a 2-week vacation

in a job they don't like,

but they're afraid.

I think he was afraid

that maybe he'd make

the wrong choices

or that he would end up

settling into a career

that he didn't like.

I became really depressed

and down about it,

and everything

just felt so routine

and as if I was going

through the motions.

That's when I thought back

to my final year of college.

We were sitting around

the dining room table

with my family,

and each one of them

had a different idea

of the career path

I should choose,

except my dad,

and he said "It doesn't matter

what you do,

just make sure it's something

you're passionate about.

I've been alive

nearly 60 years

and I've yet to find something

that I'm passionate about

besides your mother,"

and that was something

that really stuck with me.

Pursuing a career

and earning a living

takes up a lot of your time.

If you can be happy doing that,

you know, it speaks for itself.

We are told so much growing up,

"Find your passion,

and that is the secret."

Find something that you're

passionate about.

Follow your passion.

Passion. Your passion.

Passion. Passion.

If you can,

go with your passion.

And once you do that,

everything will fall into place,

the money will come,

the happiness will come.

But how do you go about

finding your passion?

Get active and be proactive

about doing something.

If you don't know what to do,

well, don't, you know,

just sit around

and wonder what to do.

Do something.

I started looking

through classifieds

and job descriptions,

and I realized I had no idea

what the job

would actually be like,

so I thought,

well, what if I could try out

these different jobs?

Here's my idea:

I'd work 52 jobs in 52 weeks

to find my passion.

Along the way, I'd learn

about the different jobs

and ask my employers

how they found their passion.

Every day I went to the library

to prepare content

for the website...

things like why I was doing it,

how to offer me a job,

and then

all my background information.

I asked my employers

to donate all my wages

to a charity aimed

at eliminating child poverty.

I had a few hundred dollars

that could get me started,

but I knew if I wanted

to continue for the whole year,

I'd have to find a sponsor.

It's a crazy idea.

It was an idea that was

just not possible in my mind.

For sure I had doubts, you know,

things like,

well, who's going to hire me

knowing I'm only there

for the week?

How am I going to travel

from place to place?

But I knew I had to just

keep taking steps forward

and refuse to acknowledge

that little voice

inside your head

that casts doubt.

Two things are going to happen

with this project.

It's either going to drop

like a lead balloon

or take off and fly.

This is it, week 1.

I'm working here

at Whistler Bungee

as a bungee jump operator

this week.

Lucky for me my soccer coach

is an owner of the company,

and so he thought

he'd give me a try.

I have no idea what awaits me

and where this project

is going to take me,

but I gotta take the leap.

All righty, here we go.

Here I am, up Mount Seymour,

really enjoying this job

right now.

I'm working as a snowshoe guide

assistant.

All right, who wants

some hot chocolate?

On your mark, get set, go!

Right beside,

right beside you there.

Sean is amazing!

Two thumbs up!

So here I am, Week 5,

I'm working as a columnist

with the paper.

Today's day three, and I'm...

I'm going to show

that employee entrance

who's boss,

so here we go.

So here's where I work.

There's my desk,

there's the boss over there...

pretty nice guy.

Well, back to work I go.

Here I am with Olivia.

We are on our way to Edmonton.

So for the first 5 weeks,

my jobs

were in the Vancouver area

so I could stay

at my parents' place,

and then Week 5 I got a sponsor,

nicejob.ca,

and they gave me 1000 dollars

each month

to put towards travel expenses.

I looked on Craigslist

to find a ride share

with somebody that was heading

in my direction.

Just got a phone call,

Sean has a place to stay

in Edmonton.

Way to go, boy.

Here I am, downtown Edmonton,

working at Best Buds

flower company.

These are my co-workers.

Hi!

So I'll show you some things

that I created today...

pretty nice, eh?

Also, we have this down here,

and look at that...

they are actually selling it!

So here we are, day 1 of Week 7,

I'm working at a yoga studio

here at Lotus Soul Gym,

so here I go.

I was just instantly captivated

by the whole concept.

One of the reasons why

that resonates so much with me

is because I'm 59 years old,

and I'm still trying

to experience life,

there's all these things

that I want to do.

When I teach yoga, I feel like

I'm 100 % authentic.

I never teach a yoga class

and say,

"God, I'm glad

that class is over."

I think, all to often,

we accept whatever we land,

whether that's through choice

or by default somehow,

in a career, and then we say,

"Okay, well, I guess

this is what I'm doing,"

and then we're taking away

the power to choose.

I don't think he's sure

or understands

what the potential is

or where this is going to go,

but I think he's willing

to take the ball

and run with it.

Moo!

Here I am, Week 8,

working on a dairy farm

in Rimby, Alberta.

Right now

I'm on a pile of manure.

It's all part of the job.

So here I am, Week 9, working

at Lake Louise resort.

This week I'm working

with Hespeler Animal Hospital.

This week I'm working

with Hespeler Animal Hospital.

I'll be a veterinarian

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