asinglemoment ([info]asinglemoment) wrote,
@ 2009-07-02 11:12:00
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Damn this getting older thing is tough.
I got my job over at Fedex. Awesome. My last two shifts and Dunkin Blownuts are tonight and tomorrow. Apparently I'm in with the right crowd because Jason and RJ and slowly gaining more and more control of the place. So Im gonna have this job all summer and through the school year hopefully. I need to make up my mind with school though. Last semester in my Media Writing course, a guest speaker came in. He was a professional that has a four year degree in EMC. He told us about how he strings together a series of shitty part time jobs and makes about 20 grand a year. That sounds like shit. I don't want to spend all this time in school and make nothing when I get out. That's not what college is for.
I have all these hobbies... I have my bands, I have MMA. I shouldn't go to school for another one. Like people say 'go to school for something you like!!' Well you know what I like? I like having money, being able to afford a jeep, and a decent house, and a pool, and to support my loved ones. You know what I don't like? I don't like being in debt and unable to pay it off. I don't like being stressed out. I don't like being broke. I don't like living in shit. I was raised to ignore the allure of material objects, but they do say you spend your adult-hood undoing your childhood. but anyway, I think I'm going to switch over to business, and if for some reason that doesn't work out I'm just going to move my way up the FedEx ladder.

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[info]moneypenny007
2009-07-02 07:13 pm UTC (link)
just don't convince yourself too much that an awesome paying job is what is going to make you happy because what's the money if you work so hard you don't have any time to enjoy it? I suppose I can't have much valuable advice since i have changed my mind on what i want to do about a billion and four times but i do know that in the end what is going to be important is that i am not completely miserable with my career, that i can at least make enough money to pay the bills and be comfortable and be able to enjoy life too. and maybe you can find something you love to do that isn't necessarily a full time job. Have your main full-time job that pays the bills, gets you your benefits and maybe do something on the side that you love (and can make a bit of money from while you're at it :-P). So I'm working at Kinney's now which is not at all close to my dream career but it is steady income with benefits and i don't want to kill myself after every shift (you know like SOME company i won't mention... :-P). But we just started up our own business doing one of my favorite things in the world. I get paid to take pictures which the fun I have doing it is almost pay in itself. We get to take our photo booth to these events and watch people having tons of fun in something Nick made. Seeing people of all ages feeling like kids for a day is one of the best feelings ever. I hope someday I can further my education and have a full time job doing something super rad but if not I have Photo Nerd and that is insanely fulfilling. And starting your own business is not as scary as it may sound. So ask yourself what your ultimate goals are in life, what will you be incredibly disappointed about if you don't do and what would be nice but no big deal if it didn't pan out? Don't let other people tell you what you need out of life because no one can answer that but you. As much as i agree wit Bond's haiku in You Only Live Twice, you are only on this earth once (at least that we have recollection of?) with only a limited amount of time to do our thing. What are you going to look back on when you are on your death bed and smile about? What is going to make you say to yourself "I lived a great life"? Have you ever read anything on Existentialism? It really put a lot of things in perspective for me, you should give it a look. (Just a warning there is a very broad range of views in existentialist theory and some of it can be kind of a downer, maybe go for the less depressing stuff :-P). Anywho, sorry to write an enormous comment, i tend to do that when my mind gears actually start turning :-P. Hope I could at least give you something to think on in a productive manner. :)

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