by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 11/06/2017 at 13:02
by "DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
Published 11/06/2017 at 13:02
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Things about life ahead. Corvette buffer image
A few months ago I posted about my current life status. Things were rough then, I had a girlfriend facing eviction and a dead end job that I hated. Since then, things have both gotten better and worse.
1. The girlfriend.
A few weeks after I told you all about her facing being kicked out of her home due to quitting her job after being robbed, she figured out how to coax her folks into letting her stay. It was a long heartfelt conversation that made them realize the error in their ways. She’s now got a new job which she loves doing the stuff she loves: selling video games.
The bad part: were no longer together...well it’s a long story. We had some arguments and we ended our relationship, but were still very much friends. More than friends, if you feel me. She’s doing a lot better now, she’s made herself happy, and I’m proud.
2. Work
I quit Publix. It got to a point where I realized that they didn’t care about employees, only numbers...the starry eyed promise of the founder to take care of the employee was gone. That plus the never ending headaches of retail pushed me to an edge where I finally said “fuck it” and put in my two weeks.
Now I’m working a bridge job to keep myself afloat where I’m shopping and delivering groceries. I enjoy the freedom it gives me to choose when I work and how much I work, and also allows me time to study for school and such. It’s not a career, but it’s keeping food on the table.
3. School
I still feel like I’m wasting time at Uni.
I have friends who never went to school and are out here making big money, buying project cars left and right. They’ve offered me jobs, which I had to turn down because of school. I wouldn’t feel this way if I was actually succeeding in school, but I’m not...I’m studying and working as hard as possible and I’m not doing so solidly this semester. I really want out...
...problem is, my mom doesn’t want me out. She’s part of the old fashioned stigma that college = success, something she never got. She doesn’t want me to make the same mistake, and I understand that. But I can’t shake the feeling that I’m wasting my life away.
4. Future plans.
I’ve decided that I kinda want to go into automotive journalism. I love writing, I love photography, and I love cars, and seeing people like DeMuro, Hoovie, etc. get big doing This is highly inspirational. I’m just trying to find out where to start and how to get my name out there.
Anyway, that’s where I stand. If you read all this, thank you. I hope I can figure my shit out and do what I want to, but it might take some time,
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
11/06/2017 at 13:07, STARS: 2
... I’m working a bridge job to keep myself afloat ...
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Sorry. This is all I can think of now.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
11/06/2017 at 13:12, STARS: 1
That’s fair.
"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
11/06/2017 at 13:12, STARS: 0
There’s an MC Frontalot for nearly every occasion
"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
11/06/2017 at 13:15, STARS: 0
And if there isn’t he’ll just pretend that there is.
"Discerning" (discerning2003c5z)
11/06/2017 at 13:18, STARS: 0
What’s a Hoovie?
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
11/06/2017 at 13:26, STARS: 0
Brilliance.
That’s what a Hoovie is.
"PartyPooper2012" (PartyPooper2012)
11/06/2017 at 13:31, STARS: 1
When you grow up and finish school and end up with a degree in philosophy, you will probably have wasted your time, money, and energy.
College provides everything or nothing. Depends how you approach it. Person can take the easy way out and skip across years of education... or crawl through barbed wire classes and end up with tons of pertinent education and experience.
Saying generically that college education automatically guarantees lives of the riches is false.
When I was in college, I had two or sometimes even 3 full time jobs. I worked my tail off. I would come home and mom would ask me if I worked on my school work. One day i said no. She asked why. I said i was tired. She said. now... imagine you have 2 kids and a wife. You need to pay your bills and provide food for the family. Change diapers and do house chores. Would you have the time/energy to study then?
Use your youth and momentum to gather as much education as you possibly can. Obviously it’s all useless if it’s useless education...
Sorry... for being fatherly
"Azrek" (azrek)
11/06/2017 at 13:34, STARS: 0
The first few years of college are designed to catch you up to college standards...the classes are designed to suck ass. After that it gets fun....well if you like school. Recommendation...look for idiots like me (older) in the back of the class. Some of us are really good at this and make good study partners. I am returning for more degrees.
If regular college isn’t for you; check out Technical Colleges. I don’t mean ITT, but there are some good places that teach more mechanical skills which gives you a certification.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
11/06/2017 at 13:44, STARS: 0
That’s fair, if I wasn’t on my fifth year here and on my third try at a major.
"XJDano" (xjdano)
11/06/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 0
What is the shopping thing. My wife looked into something for a job like that once but was reading that it wasn’t as good as it sounded and you had to find your own clients or something.
"Azrek" (azrek)
11/06/2017 at 13:47, STARS: 1
Ahh...yeah that sucks. I got into Labs, advanced classes and fun formulaic classes later on. Now I have a lab arranged for me to work in a Florida swamp for Spring. I spent time at water treatment plants, worked on high pressure desalinization plants and hypothetical engineering problems.
Sitting there listening to another lecture wasn’t my style either.
"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke)
11/06/2017 at 13:51, STARS: 0
It’s called SHIPT.
And on the platform, shops are offered to you based on when you schedule yourself. It’s been great so far for me, ignoring the small troubles along the way.
"ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper" (thedlo)
11/06/2017 at 13:56, STARS: 0
Just a personal observation; I feel turning a passion into work can spoil the love, hear me out, work comes with stress, do you want what you love to be a source of stress (over time)?
I do the mundane 9-5 grind, dont get me wrong, I enjoy what I do, but I rather be doing other things, but those things don’t pay the same. So I do what I have to in order to enjoy my passions. Every second after 5 pm, monday through friday, and all of saturday and sunday, I dedicate to the family and the hobbies, which are the true spice of life.
Also, dont judge your friends success based on their hobby purchases, you dont know how the funds are provided.