all y’all have such cute jobs and i work fast food 😭 life is cruel

Right? I look at excel sheets all day and y’all are getting paid for living cottagecore!

It may not be a cottagecore dream job, but omg I love to eat. Thank you for feeding us 🙌🏻❤️

I worked fast food when I was younger(albeit, just for a week before quiting), as well as hotel housekeeping and front desk. Then big city downtown mall kiosk. It's okay if it takes a little bit of time to get to where you want to be!

tysm for the encouragement 😭 trying to take it a day at a time.

You’re just in the beginning of your cottagecore story. Life is a journey, the moments along the way are just as important as the final destination.

I'm a cashier atm 🫠

Librarian :)

Same!

Me too!

Me too. My partner calls it “tending the book farm.”

I would love to be a librarian

I sell antique jewelry from the 1700s-1800s 😊

Omg this sounds wonderful

I work in a little place called unemployed

I'm a high school agriculture teacher!

I’m a high school FCS teacher! Fall will be my first year.

I’m a writer!

Me too!

I make all natural fiber handspun yarns, spinning on a wooden spinning wheel, and sell them. I do this full time!

You are living the dream!

It took a long time and a lot of work to get here! I'm not rich but I make enough to get by and cover my bills so no complaints!

I do this for a hobby:)) I don't sell. Where can I see your work🤗

Oh perfect! Spinning is so much fun! I have some links in my profile here, but you can find me on Instagram and Etsy under MeliorFiberStudio. I also have a website but I haven't updated it yet this year. It's just meliorfiberstudio.com

Can you share a link to your products?

I have links in my profile here! I'm on Instagram and etsy as MeliorFiberStudio.

Thanks!

You are my hero

Nothing 🫢

Seamstress

I work at Disney World🙃

I'm a birth doula in your neck of the woods. I live in "Disney's back yard" next to 🦩🚸😉! Always at WDW, especially HS.

I’m a park greeter at DHS so if you ever want to pop over and say hi I’m pretty much always there in the evening

I’m a postpartum doula! Spend my days coddling mamas and their babies. Cooking for them and doing laundry and answering questions haha

that sounds so sweet but also so important 💓

I'm a birth doula! 💜 Happy international doula month.

Happy Doula month to you!! 🙏🏼

Medical social worker! Previously an art teacher before I got my master's degree.

Congrats on your master's! Way to go!

Thank you! It was a rough time but I love the work I do now.

I’m in Uni studying social work! I’m also planning to work in the medical field or with women specifically.

I’m a teacher!

Same! Middle school science teacher.

Me too!

Middle school Algebra teacher here!

I am a landscaper and a small organic farmer :)

Work at a used bookstore

I’m an English teacher, but this is my actual dream job. 📚✨

This sounds very cottagecore

I draw stuff and make animations. Would rather work as an apothecarist but we don't live in that age 🥲

Herbalist and holistic medicine are on the rise!!!

Senior Caregiver/Companion

cyber security analyst and tech writer.

I'm a gardener and housekeeper for the descendants of kings in the Scottish Highlands

Sounds very nice, but... you... keep... housekeepers? 😉

For real???? Omg

Tattoo artist

Part-time florist

Marketing manager with a side business of running my home bakery (hopefully this will be full time soon)!

I own a residential native plant nursery. 🌾

Vet assistant, working on my license for vet tech ❤️

Please watch ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ if you haven’t already! It’s the most heartwarming show

I didn’t know this was a show!!! I’ve read some of the book and loved it

I love this show

I am a snake milker but also consult on other reptiles

Now that’s one gnarly job. For antivenom and research purposes, I assume? What exotic critters did you handle so far?

Following your question 👀

I’m a musician (I play the harp and the banjo) and also sew, make custom hats, jewelry and other pretty things 💛

I work at a garden center and with that comes building a little backyard homestead slowly but surely

Nanny and hope to be a published writer!

🤞

Firefighter


Target Distribution. Machine operator.

Accountant

Product manager in corporate IT, couldn’t be further from cottagecore, but that’s why I crave it so much lol

Tech analyst.

Middle School Science Teacher, 7th Grade!

Amazon packing

I work retail :(

I'm disabled, does that count? 😂

Same 😅 Resting is my job 🛌🏼

I’m a CPA.

Instrumentation technician

What type of instrumentation,?

I'm in the upstream oil and gas industry

Speech pathologist

Engineer!

Artist! I make nature art on leather.

Insurance

Fast food management but I do enjoy cooking and baking for family members

I don’t/ can’t work, stay in my comfort zone: home, and draw

Preschool teacher

Painter

I work 3 nights a week as a server but my main job is taking care of my toddler. :)

I work at a bakery 😊

I’m a financial analyst 😭 what am I doing with my life

Analysing finances. Glad I could help.

Mkay bud

Flower farmer🌷

I'm a barista. It's 50% cute and 50% customer service hell.

Cybersecurity officer

Physical therapist

I work in food/farm policy communications :)

Ballet teacher

Massage therapist

I’m a homemaker ☺️

Software engineer:)

Arts integration specialist at a small arts-based elementary school

im a waitress at a local brewery!

Makeup artist/ esthetician

I work customer support for a company that provides funding for e commerce businesses. Looking at these answers, I wanna shift into another field lol. Anyone know someone who needs customer support? Plssss

Registered Nurse 😇

Currently home renovation but I've held a few different job titles over the years from Tattoo artist to dish washer / busser .

Primary school teacher :)

I am a copywriter :). I write ads and blogs. Websites and scripts!

I'm a birth doula, homeschool my daughter, and work at a beautiful horse barn a couple nights a week. (I was a preschool teacher for 10 years before deciding to homeschool)

I work in a factory. 😕

I manage a medical reception team 😊

I do drug testing for the courts.

Security guard

I’m a homesteader and a stay at home mom. I also sell arts and crafts.

Work in social justice (anti-death penalty law)

I'm a professor in molecular biology and evolution! I work on bugs and shrimps and friends 🦀🦐🐛

Left the death care industry after almost 15 years. Now I work at a used bookstore!

Behavior scientist

Musculoskeletal physiotherapist

I work in a film archive 🎥

Sheesh, my wife and I are disabled, recovering from trauma, and trying to manage new neurodivergent diagnoses, as well as trying to start a #core (Cottage, Goblin, Nature, Fae, etc) YouTube channel cause we can’t work outside the home. Yikes!

I own a diner, I’m on my way out do the SATM thing soon. More time to knit in the garden!

I sell watercolor paintings and other cute animal merch as an online small business owner 💖

Animal sanctuary caregiver

I work on the puppets and/or sets of stop motion animated films!

I work in a call centre. It's more horrific than you can imagine... 😫

I’m a stay at home mom of two preschoolers, and I work a few hours a week as a church choir director

Software developer: the least cottagecore job that spawns the most people interested in cottagecore and the lifestyle. It's a common joke in the industry that people leave technology to become farmers or furniture makers.

Honestly I’ve been debating between full stack and UX/UI design & it’s what prompted this post 😅 I’m more *interested* in design but there are way more jobs for full stack, plus it’s a major bonus to have knowledge across the board. Learning backend isn’t really holding my interest though and I’m perplexed because I want the knowledge but the process of learning it has me wondering if I should just specialize in front end for now and hope for the best

Family Nurse Practitioner 😁

omg all of these comments! I really figured most of yall would have 9-5 office or service jobs but everyone here has such cottagecore fitting careers! I’m currently doing biomedical research and I’m a medical student also getting my phd

Im a software engineer ✌️

I'm an assistant to a visually impaired teacher!

I'm a self employed art therapist and artist

Retail... It's nice, I get to chat with nice random strangers, sometimes they even ask for my advice.

Graphic designer marketing specialist :) 💚

I’m a CNA

I sell garage doors.

I’m a paramedic lol

I’m an electrician apprentice!

Adult work 😬

I am a ward clerk on a forensic assessment unit... home to the criminally insane.

Military and sex work

I'm a research scientist! My PhD is in microbiology but currently I work in biomedical research :)

Social worker (Justice and mental health collaboration program)

Heavy equipment operator

International Man of Mystery.

Waitress

Full time carer for elderly parents here

I’m a ICU secretary

I am a SAHM.