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• Perceptions of the term 'job'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

“A job is not something you want to do forever.”

• Perceptions of the term 'career'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

“[For career] Passion, life’s work, job, relationships, time and effort, money and education. Ultimately you have to get a job to succeed in life. When you make a career out of your passion in life and what you want to do. I guess for relationships and your career, you have to – those relationships, whether it is with your coworkers, your boss, getting to know other people in that field that you want to go into, and you can use that as a stepping stool to get to where you want to go. Relationships are important to building your career.”

• Perceptions of the term 'job'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

[On “work”] “Money.”

• Perceptions of the term 'career'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

“As to your career is your chosen place of work where you told yourself this is what I’m going to do for the remainder of my time working, at least. At least that’s what your plan is, you know, it could change over time.”

• Perceptions of the term 'work'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

“Long.”

• Aspirations and Goals
• Imagining their future selves

“By age 45 I will be living in Dallas, Texas making my income from my business [company name] and by other partnerships and deals. I won’t be working too hard because that was what the first 29ish years of my life were for! What would be important to me during that time would be my parents, husband and my children as well as my family in Nigeria. When I think about my future I get excited because I know God has great things in store for me.”

• Pathways
• Steps and stages

“Today is the endpoint, right here, right now. Everything is just a dream so far, just getting everything started. I move to the age of 22, finally finished my personal training because that’s what I’m doing currently, training clients…and then so training clients at least age 22, at least 2 competitions under my belt, clothing line picking up. And then I move to age 24, getting my gym supplements and proteins and everything like that underway, 3 shows. And then 26 is at least 5 to 6 shows, finishing college, opening my gym by then, still training clients. By age 28, FIBB pro, which is a pro card you have to have maximum 5 shows to enter for it. Finally, move and find a town I want to live in and actually open up my own gym. And this is age 30, on the road to Mr. Olympia. Business is going pretty good. More clients every day. Opening second gym. Clothing line is pretty good. Age 32, relaxing because, after a while, bodybuilding does have a toll on your body…And so relaxing, still training, still, you know, picking up, in taking knowledge, and still training clients. By the age of 34, probably most likely going to retire by then. Still, obviously, you still have the titles and everything. But two gyms are going pretty good. Clothing line, supplements are going good, and then, hopefully, I can start getting my name brand and everything start to go worldwide.”

• Aspirations and Goals
• Imagining their future selves

[At 45] “When I’m 45, I’m going to open my own practice because I want to be a psychologist. So, hopefully, by 45, I’m done with school and opening my own practice. Got two little ones. Maybe not, I’m not sure about that. But maybe two little ones. I’m living somewhere else out of the state – I mean, out of the country. So, I haven’t decided yet on that. Married, maybe. I don’t really like people…I’m going to have a couple of books, so that’s going to be some income. And then, I’m going to have my own practice, so I’m going to just work with a couple of people and charge them a lot so I don’t have to work with too many people. So, probably like four days a week”

• Perceptions of the term 'career'
• Understanding Job/Work/Career

“I think career is something that you are happy doing; a job, some people don’t like the job, but they do it for the money and they need to do it. Career is something that you are happy doing and probably set for life because a career is something that obviously pays good. It is not just a job. They call it a career for a reason.”

• Describing Identity
• Race, ethnicity, gender, culture

“I put female, white, Christian, loving household, [married] parents, financially stable, education.”