Originally Posted by RogueGypsy

That's life for most of us. Doing something to get by, until we find what we want.

I agree with Martian, education for the sake of a piece of paper is kind of pointless. I don't say completely pointless, because I think any new knowledge is probably worth having, whether it's useful to you or not. I've seen some stats recently stating 80% (?) of recent graduates are not working in the field of their expertise. I'm not sure about the 80% number, but it was ridiculously high. The number of degreed people working in their chosen field, that I've known, who were unhappy in that field, far outnumber those who were happy. So, it is what it is.

It's not all about the money either. I have a family friend that opened a string of Judo Studios in So. Cal. back in the 70's. He sold those and built strip malls all over Huntington Beach. Sold those and bought a bank. Dude has more money than anyone needs. His mark of success was when he bought his first Rolls Royce. It was something he wanted all of his life. The day he drove it off the showroom floor, he didn't want it any more. He handed me the keys at 18 and said "have fun". Who in their right mind hands and 18yo Keys to a 1/4 million dollar car and says "have fun"? I think he enjoyed letting me drive that car for a weekend, more than he ever enjoyed driving it himself.

His advice to me: Forget about money, forget about everyone's opinions, forget about doing what you think you should do. Find what you love and do it. Life's too short to be unhappy. Actually, his advise was a little more.....straight forward, I believe his exact words were. "Pull your fuckin' head outa your ass and do what the fuck you love, fuck everyone else, they don't pay your fuckin' bills". You get the idea. He says if he had it all to do over again, he'd still be living in a shitty little house in Gardena teaching Judo. Fuck the headaches.

I guess the trick is to find what you love. Here I sit 25 years later, still looking. Now if I can only find someone to pay me to ride motorcycles, shoot guns, blow shit up, fish, hunt and drink Tequila. I'd have it made. Hey, wait a minute, isn't that Plan9's job?? Fuck.



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