Dream Job and Dream School

By maidahl · Sep 7, 2012 · ·
  1. If it's your dream school, it will fail you.

    If it's your dream job, you will fail at it.

    Do something that you know makes money that you are good at. Do something to make you good at it.

    It's very stressful to invent. You have to trip your mind outside of your usual mind-frame, go out on a limb, and offer up a brainchild for judgement.
    To be good at that, you need to know what fails, what succeeds, and how to succeed, most of the time, in creating the inventions your profession calls for.

    Education helps you invent, create, build, improve, and take credit for discarded success of the past. If you travel for a while and say you're doing it to learn form life experience, make sure you know where you're going, and what you need to cover, (basically what your peer group is doing while you think you have the time to vacation).

    I used to want to be a teacher. Professor. English. Writer on the side.

    Here's why I am going to be a journalist.

    I already know it's going to be boring. It makes more money. Cooler people to make friends with. I have no expectations other than making sure I get the right amount of education to be better than most at it. I know I'd be good at it. It will land me a longer life until I have to die. I don't want kids. I like having more stuff than teacher's have.

Comments

  1. maidahl
    ^typos

    "learn from life"

    "teachers have."
  2. thirdwind
    Why the focus on money? Jobs that make a lot of money are usually more demanding. I would rather have a low-paying job and be happy than have a high-paying job and be miserable. As Biggie said, mo money = mo problems.

    Besides, if a job is going to be boring, it's only a matter of time before you lose focus and your ability to do the job well suffers.
  3. J♥Star
    How do you know that you will actually be able to get a job as a journalist?
    How do you know how much money you will make as a journalist?
    How do you know that the "right amount of education" will make you better than most?
  4. maidahl
    You have to not be delusional and know what the f&ck you are good at. If you aren't your own judge, don't let others ask you "how do you know you're good at it". I know it will happen if I want it. That's being humble. You have to be lucky enough to not be delusional, be able to afford the education, and do anything you have to to get what you think will make you the least bitter in life. IMHO YOu have to also believe it when you let others judge you.
  5. maidahl
    Oh at thirdwind: I do what it takes to keep my abilities sharp. I do what it takes to never never lose focus. Sorry I didn't get to you. I didn't read your comment. I thought I wrote it. :)
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