yep.
if i had done what i wanted, my life would have been 'better'... i cant say that for sure but i am enjoying what i do now. i hated my corporate 'job'. it was life sucking misery.
I figured it out in the end, no thanks to pressure to do something i did not enjoy.
not every doctor or lawyer is suited to be one. and, we don't need more people with humanities degrees that just become bureaucrats.
I always remember our local doctors, a matried couple, eho pushed their son to go study medicine. My mum was his teacher in quite elite high school and told me he once came, a 17yo, and was crying and shaking in her office that he doesn't want to. Disgusted by surgeries and stuff. She told me he was into history and really good in conversation and critical thinking, he'd be amazing on this field.
He went to med school. 🤷♀️
my neighbour took a low end programming certificate from a college with open book tests.
i used to work in IT with email servers and security stuff.
i can't have a conversation with the neighbour about anything current in IT (i keep up to date by reading tech articles, etc. with little to no effort. Eg. i read the Bitcoin whitepaper) because the neighbour has no clue about anything in the IT world yet has a job in it.
It's mind boggling.
May I recommend the book 4 Agreements by Ruiz? We saw it in theatre, so I don't know how easily it actually reads. In a played monologue (the actor is known for his spirituality shift) it was hilarious, I remember most THE PAPER. THE HOLY PAPER. You must study for decades and you will get THE PAPER. Others will not receive THE PAPER and so you will be better because you have THE PAPER.🤌 #bookstr
I'll look for it. Sounds fabulous! Thanks
It's good. Talks pretty nicely about raising children too. I might check it out right away, it's somewhere in our bookcase.
i just saw what the 4 agreements are. it's enough. same page. always and forever and when I eff it up, i admit it.
It is 100% in line with Zen practice and its results and i suspect it't in line with stoicism.
Thanks again but moreso, thanks for the new follow (you). The best thing about Nostr is meeting others who 'get it' regardless of background. 🤙
#children #school