Help me decide what to do with my life...

[Hyperblaze]

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: thepd7

Originally posted by: Hyperblaze

Originally posted by: JoeKing
Work to live don't live to work.


It's rare for someone to love what they do for a living. A job's a job. You do it to make money so on the weekends/free time you can afford to do what you want.

Living to work is being a workaholic.

Loving your job does not necassarily mean living to work.

Rare? I don't understand how so "few" (you said rare right?) people love what they do for a living.

I admit that I've worked jobs that i didn't quite like, and man was I ever job hunting for something more to my liking.

It also helps that my background is something I really enjoy doing.

If you can't seem to find a job that you love, it might be possible that you just aren't looking hard enough.

Do you really think even close to 25% of the population love what they do? Hell no. Garbage men, the drive through people at McDonalds, etc, etc, etc. Where did this sense of entitlement that we deserve to love our job come from? It's the middle class entitlement mentality and the sooner you lose it the better off you will be.

All i can say to that is, not my problem. You are not entitled to love your job, however, you can work hard to get a job you love. This middle class bullcrap, I have no idea what the fvck you are talking about.

Bottom line is. If you follow your dreams and work hard, you CAN enjoy what you do for a living.
If you don't like your job, hell, all I can say is that I didn't pick it for you. You chose to take the job you are currently in. Whether or not you like it, that's up to you. If you hate it so much, find a job more to your liking. Is that so difficult to do? Life isn't fair, I know. However, if you put your mind to do, you can achieve anything. I work hard to reach my objective. And I don't stop working hard till I do.

The "middle class bullcrap", as you put it, is the attitude some teens and 20-somethings have that they deserve to be wealthy and have a great job. This nearly always stems from growing up middle class.

Bottom line is anyone who works hard and follows their dreams can enjoy what they do? Really? A trash man, someone who works at McDonalds? Really?

I think it's great if someone can find something they love and make money from it, but that's not even close to a majority of the population. It just upsets me when people think they deserve that rather then feel blessed when it happens. And for the record it doesn't seem like the OP is willing to do what it takes to reach his objective.

Have you ever TALKED to the folks who work at McDonalds? Or are you just ASSuming?

I've had a few conversations with the employees working there. Most of them are still in school, working to pay the bills. Nothing wrong with that. Eventually they'll move on to something else (perferably better)

I don't know what kind of level of education a trash man has, but I do know that unless you succeeded in school, you won't get far without a piece of paper. Such is what society we live in is. Perhaps the trash man is very well educated but couldn't find a job to his or her liking and quit looking after a while. Hell, maybe your conversation with him will remind him that he might actually still be able to find a job he likes to do!

The thing you forget is that everyone has the potential to be weatlhy and have a great job. Applying that potential is a completely different story. Not everyone does that. Do yourself a favor and talk to someone who at McDonalds or a trash man next time you see them. Ask them if they are still in school, if they graduated and still looking for a job in their field (ie, no experience) or messed around in school and have no prospects.