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"Do what you love" "Work that you enjoy" -- this is flame right?
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:36 AM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792119) |
Date: May 30th, 2012 11:38 AM Author: Swollen electric university antidepressant drug yes. anyone who "loves" paying work is a nut. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792127) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:43 AM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut So the real game is making yourself like something as much as possible even though it is generally displeasurable, right? By focusing on those good moments, conditioning yourself to be a good wheel hamster, bright side attitude, etc.
It's not about what you actually choose as a career, it's how you think about it. |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:46 AM Author: diverse stubborn piazza puppy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792173) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:47 AM Author: orange cracking gas station ceo pretty much (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792175) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:47 AM Author: Exciting jet generalized bond Holy shit you cannot be serious. Self-deluding coping mechanism to numb yourself from the mediocrity of your shitty job? JFC, no. You should try and find something you enjoy/love doing day in-day out. Just because that concept is laughable to most people doesn't mean you just resign yourself to their life of unfulfilled settling. What a depressing exchange. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792176) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:48 AM Author: erotic rigor Spoken like a non-lawyer. What's your secret? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792182) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:51 AM Author: Exciting jet generalized bond Well for one, don't be a lawyer unless you're approaching it 1000MPH with the ferocity of an ambitious go-getter fulfilling a childhood dream.
If you're already a lawyer, then I would invest a considerable amount of time figuring out what kind of lifestyle you want. Work backwards from there and figure out what kind of business happily lends itself to that lifestyle. Then figure out the necessary steps to get there. You'll probably have to save a lot of money and figure out something either entrepreneurial (e.g. former lawyers who own brick n mortar ski shops, surf shops, taco trucks etc., ) or something on the business side that you can finagle your way into. |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:56 AM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut Everyone is ambitious like that when they are applying to law school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792241) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:09 PM Author: Brass Pocket Flask Lay Greetings, U mad I'm a lawyer who loves his job with the force of a thousand suns? It could only be better if we were more famous and therefore if I have to jump ship when my wife finishes residency I'd have a name brand on my resume. |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:48 AM Author: aggressive blue institution ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792188) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:56 AM Author: erotic rigor not everyone's a hot WOC who can get it whenever. some people need money + status to get love (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792237) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:58 AM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut I can and did get love when broke. The problem is having a few material possessions and supporting kids and what is best for them (e.g. a full time mom when young). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792252) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:59 AM Author: erotic rigor I'm guessing you played high school football. Some of us are still paying for mistakes made when we were 14. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792259) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:00 PM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut True, I did play HS football. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792266) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:01 PM Author: erotic rigor cot damn (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792268) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:01 PM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut So maybe the moral is that I should be an NFL player? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792269) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:03 PM Author: erotic rigor No, I'm just doing data gathering for a study. My hypothesis is that only guys who played high school football can get girlfriends. Everyone else is SOL. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792273) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:10 PM Author: Brass Pocket Flask Lay Greetings, I played small town TX football (among other sports because it's possible to letter in multiple sports in small towns here) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:55 AM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut I don't know man. What do you do? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792234) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:02 PM Author: indecent home goyim Yep. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792271) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:48 AM Author: Insane sneaky criminal skinny woman I'd settle for interesting work. I want to at least be entertained by the absurdity of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792186) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:49 AM Author: Wild twinkling uncleanness I don't think it's flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792192) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:58 AM Author: Demanding church i'm doing gangland criminal defense AT THIS VERY MOMENT and even that gets dull. all working just sucks mah nutz (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792254) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:00 PM Author: Wild twinkling uncleanness I think if people reconsidered what's important in life, they could find a way to work very little and maximize enjoyment. Unfortunately, what we value often costs so much that we are required to work more and at jobs we don't necessarily love. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792264) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:11 PM Author: Demanding church truf (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792312) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:17 PM Author: Wild twinkling uncleanness I often dream of a little house with super rustic/country design and a really nice, abundant garden. Ideally, I'd sell some of my produce, do crafts and sell them, or own a small shop that served pastries and coffee or something.
The rest of my time would be reading, writing, riding my bike, and other super relaxing stuff.
It's a small dream, though.
I wonder if people tend to dream big or small. |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:57 AM Author: Bonkers Dingle Berry Rigpig anything besides "go to med school" is flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792243) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:57 AM Author: Startled Elite Hell it's flame for most of the people in the world who are drones. at the very least, though, everyone should aim for working as little as possible. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792245) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:00 PM Author: contagious space jap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792263) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 11:58 AM Author: mustard potus crackhouse Not flame. People who can somehow turn their hobbies/passions into a living are the happiest people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792251) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:00 PM Author: Alcoholic juggernaut Ok. What about the idea that it is possible for everyone or even anything more than a tiny number of people to do this? Is that flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792262) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:03 PM Author: mustard potus crackhouse Yeah, the world needs ditch diggers, etc.
But it doesn't really matter what percentage can do it; it matters whether you can/will do it. |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:00 PM Author: erotic rigor http://paulgraham.com/love.html (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792267) |
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Date: May 30th, 2012 12:07 PM Author: indecent home goyim Flame for 99% of people. 1% of people are either born so rich (or marry so rich) that they don't have to work, so their "jobs" can be utter nonsense like "art" or "writing" or whatnot, or they are so talented/lucky that they can turn their hobbies into money makers. Otherwise? We work for a living, that is to make money. We try to do this in a way that is minimally miserable while making maximum money but it all generally sucks. Law? lol. Medicine? Geez. They're all well paying jobs that still, well, suck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1959747&forum_id=2#20792293) |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 6:53 PM Author: Motley Bespoke Stag Film Working on your passion taints the passion. Even tenured profs don't just get to mentally masturbate to their favorite topic all day: they manage grad students and undergrads, teach classes, write grants--all tedium. Starting to think it's just flame. Best to do something tangentially related and mentally stimulating that's prestigious and pays well, like being a doctor, I guess. |