Beyond dreaming?

[ZenitYerkes]

I'm the kind of guy that if you ask him any kind of question, even if it's a yes or no question; he'll give you with a loooong philosophical argument and then answer you. So, for the TL;DR people:

Having dreams like living on Pandora, or in the woods, is OK; but who's going to go beyond the dreaming?

Now the long explanation.


These past weeks I've been doing some kind of "what are you going to work at?" course with the rest of the class. I'm a good student and teachers tell me I could actually go as far as I want. Until then, I thought I was going to have no problem in my future.

But then a blank sheet with six questions appear.

The first one was " How do you expect to be working in the future?"

Dammit. I didn't know what to answer, but I knew how I didn't want to be in the future.

I don't want to be on a 6 square meters cubicle, stressed with a coffee cup and barely being able to look at the computer because of the sleepiness. I don't want to owe a house and a mortgage. Or a car. I don't want to be rich, I don't want to be successful.

I want to be free.

I want to keep designing my Ikrans and maybe someday fly with them through the skyscrapers of Madrid. I want to move to the Iberian mountains and live on the woods. I want to do bow and arrow hunting. I want to help the people on the Third World.

But then the bell rang and brought be back to reality.

Argh! Why dreaming when society replaces them with a monotonic routine!

If I wanted to be free, I had to keep playing the game. The game called "Work for 40 years of your life and then do whatever you want, because if not you'll be a hobo without money, living under a bridge". Because no money means to have a great number of possibilities of ending up in jail.

And I don't want to be like those cold executives that killed their inner teen with their freedom and peace wills. I know if I don't fight for my dreams, I'll end up like them.

And "succeed in life".

I don't know what to do. If to follow the ordinary way, or make my own. The first one is safe, the second one is dangerous; if you fail at the second one, it's game over.


Because, dreaming is OK; but who's going to actually go beyond that and make their own way?

[Gunny]

One thing ill say. Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life.

Find something you are passionate about and go for it, take the leap.

[Shatnerpossum]

Find a place you love, and do something you love.

If you don't love your job, its not a career.

[Shatnerpossum]

One thing ill say. Do something you love and you will never work a day in your life.


Thats exactly what First Sergeant Hood always told us in AFJROTC.

[ZenitYerkes]

What I'm trying to tell you is that I'm sorta afraid of working on my dreams, instead of working for something that for sure is going to give me money.

People say I could be a great engineer, what I don't want is to have no time to work on what I like. And I'm afraid of doing that and end up in the street with almost nothing.

[Shatnerpossum]

What I'm trying to tell you is that I'm sorta afraid of working on my dreams, instead of working for something that for sure is going to give me money.

People say I could be a great engineer, what I don't want is to have no time to work on what I like. And I'm afraid of doing that and end up in the street with almost nothing.

Maybe you can find a career involving environmental engineering, something that captivates your interests and matches your skills.

[Gargantou]

Maybe you can find a career involving environmental engineering, something that captivates your interests and matches your skills.

Yeah that's always the best thing in the long run, if you find a job you're passionate about you're bound to perform better at it in my experience, and the better you perform, the more likely it is that you'll advance not only in salary but also in positions.

[Razen]

well if you are sure you want to be all you can be and not live miserably pick stuff you like Astrology (who knows maybe you will discover Pandora) Pilot, Engineer is a good choice too (imho) you don't have too bee a pencil pusher work from 9-5 to come home to a boring life. You don't have to be rich to live, there are many ways to live your dream, i 'm also (or was also) having this dilemma a while back and have decided ill do what ever i feel like doing as long as im enjoying it.

I hope this helps:nsmile:

[Gargantou]

You don't have to be rich to live

And that also brings us to another point, can't we be rich without money? Can't we be rich with a love for life?

To me going out into the forest at my summer home and smelling and enjoying nature makes me feel just as rich as if I had a million dollar check in my pocket.

One can find richness in life without money if one just looks for it.

[Gunny]

I see your still in school? One thing you could do if involved with church is go on mission trips, have fun and help people. You want to live in the woods? Go for it, never let someone hold you back! Do what you love, have ideas of something you really like?

There is always a market for everything. Just remember, you will never know if you dont try.