First off, I'm 20 years old and live with my parents. I work a low paying retail job and it's really starting to piss me off. I thought of trying to find another job where I wouldn't have to deal with customers, but I'm afraid that the new job would be even worse than my current one.
I also have really low expectations in life. I'm almost certain that I'll never have a girlfriend or wife, but that doesn't really bother me too much. The thought of not having a successful career is what really bothers me. I don't see how I'll ever make more than $8or9/hour.
I tried college for a year, but that just seemed like a waste of time because I really don't know what I want to do with my life.
Right now more than anything else I would really just like an easy, tedious job that requires no thought. Any ideas?
tl;dr: I'm a stupid kid who doesn't know anything and has contradicting ideas.
train for a practical job, like learn to be a chef or something, if you got basic training as a baker/chef etc you could hired as a apprentice and earn while you are still learning.
There is no easy way to get through life. It's not a simple walk in the park. To have a successful career and a better life takes a lot of hard work and effort.
Nobody gets hired as a chef right out the door. You start as a dishwasher and work your way up. You can train a dishwasher to be a chef, but it's much, much harder to train a culinary-school grad to adapt to the merciless pace of your average restaurant kitchen.
Actually, to amend that a bit: if you come in straight out of culinary school, you might be able to start in deep prep (peeling potatoes and such) rather than dishwashing. Same training principle applies, but at least you start out handling food.
I am 33 years old. I work in a fabric covered box called a cubicle and I spend 50 hours+ a week in it. I make $76k/year and I do this shit because this is supposed to be my "career". I am in IT by the way. I live in constant fear of layoffs and outsourcing. I pop anti-depressants and am close to becoming an alcoholic. Why do I do this? Shelter, food, someplace to house my family.
As for a wife never coming along, it does when you least expect it. I thought the same thing for awhile myself.
I hate my life. But with any luck my kid might grow up to do way better than I did. I will teach him the evils of Christianity and capitalism, not that communism is much better.
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Teach him social interactions, NPL and such as soon as possible. That will help much more than anything you can teach him.
I always wondered why people are not given basic social dynamics courses in school.
>>6
I'm a Christian, but thanks for the story anyway. If you saw me you would know immediately that I'll never find a mate. That's probably a good thing because unlike you I won't have a family to take care of and worry about.
>>7
NPL? And social dynamics is a waste in a society where the norm is fucking over each other. What do you think America is?
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>>10
Meant NLP, sorry. Social dynamics isn't a waste in a society where the norm is fucking over each other, as it can give you insight on how not to get fucked too much, and how to fuck more (literally and not literally).
That said, I guess that if they'd teach that in class to everyone it'd change the status quo and thus render it less useless. I don't know.
Ok...what is NPL?
neurolinguistic programming..and wtf why would you want to teach your kid how to manipulate people, thats just..well I don't know what to say about that.
To those who are actually looking into NLP, there's no scientific data to support most of its tenets (those not directly stolen from good psychologists). More than likely the effects of NLP that are seen are from the individuals involved feeling a greater sense of control or feeling more motivated and hopeful.
please!
anybody can find somebody- i'm no miss america- i am a fat girl, i'm not pretty, i have little fashion sense, & i have a disability- and i have never had a problem finding somebody... and believe it or not, i'm pretty damn picky- just not about looks ;)
>>15
I'm sure it's more of my shit personality than anything else. Personality is ultimately the most important, but I do think looks play a big role. I've noticed a trend of seeing fat ugly girls have boyfriends, but more often than not fat ugly guys aren't able to get girls. Maybe it's just where I live, I dunno.