Random Thought Thread

So ......I was supposed to finish the chairs my wife wanted me to put together... then she went to work.............and then I noticed ice cold beer!


And a dirty part of my soul has me watching fast and furious Tokyo drift hahahahaha
 
I love machining. I have always loved it and it has never gotten old or boring to me.

I'm not sure but I expect many machinists feel that way

The problem isn't the job. I think the way the employment works in this day and age is not so great.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
The problem isn't the job. I think the way the employment works in this day and age is not so great.
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Hit the nail on the head here, Nathan.
I got into my line of work because a physical therapist helped me, literally, get back on my feet in high school.
I wanted to do that for other people, and I do!
But the metrics, time spent, stress endured in the environment, and pay, is crummy and if I had other marketable skills, I would quit this in a heartbeat.
 
It's hard to find perfection.

When I started my career as a federal LEO, I told another new guy, (when we overhead some seasoned agents talking about what they'd get pension-wise), that I'd do this F'n job for free. It was fun, it was a challenge, it was exciting.

Twenty years later I was counting the days and what I'd get when I left.

The job had many very satisfying moments. And enough that were not that I looked forward to bidding adieu to working for Uncle.

I feel for you guys. I understand the slog.
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Hit the nail on the head here, Nathan.
I got into my line of work because a physical therapist helped me, literally, get back on my feet in high school.
I wanted to do that for other people, and I do!
But the metrics, time spent, stress endured in the environment, and pay, is crummy and if I had other marketable skills, I would quit this in a heartbeat.
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Can confirm. We have a family friend who is a PT and outside of helping patients*, literally everything else is a mind numbing, soul crushing, slog. It's painful to watch it happen to someone who had such positive energy going into the field.

*except for a certain few, of course. Don't be one of those patients!
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
I love machining. I have always loved it and it has never gotten old or boring to me.

I'm not sure but I expect many machinists feel that way

The problem isn't the job. I think the way the employment works in this day and age is not so great.
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SwarthyGnome said:
Hit the nail on the head here, Nathan.
I got into my line of work because a physical therapist helped me, literally, get back on my feet in high school.
I wanted to do that for other people, and I do!
But the metrics, time spent, stress endured in the environment, and pay, is crummy and if I had other marketable skills, I would quit this in a heartbeat.
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Blues said:
It's hard to find perfection.

When I started my career as a federal LEO, I told another new guy, (when we overhead some seasoned agents talking about what they'd get pension-wise), that I'd do this F'n job for free. It was fun, it was a challenge, it was exciting.

Twenty years later I was counting the days and what I'd get when I left.

The job had many very satisfying moments. And enough that were not that I looked forward to bidding adieu to working for Uncle.

I feel for you guys. I understand the slog.
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SharpBits said:
I'm in IT and it was fun and interesting in the early days. That ceased decades ago, for me at least.
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I was just having this discussion with a good friend.

I think no matter what I did, I’d find a way to make myself hate it.

That’s the way of it.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from getting older, it’s that I create my own problems. Others are merely pawns in the game I choose to play.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
I was just having this discussion with a good friend.

I think no matter what I did, I’d find a way to make myself hate it.

That’s the way of it.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from getting older, it’s that I create my own problems. Others are merely pawns in the game I choose to play.
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Every day I think of our conversation at last year’s Gathering about your [minimalist(?), decluttered, focused] life style and how enjoyable and freeing that might be for me.
 
Matthew Gregory said:
I think no matter what I did, I’d find a way to make myself hate it.

That’s the way of it.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned from getting older, it’s that I create my own problems. Others are merely pawns in the game I choose to play.
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I have two similar thoughts that my wife is tired of hearing:

On places to live: I said "I can unhappy anywhere, so it doesn't matter much".

And "People create their own prisons."

Pretty sure I stole that last one from someone smarter than myself.
 
SwarthyGnome said:
Every day I think of our conversation at last year’s Gathering about your [minimalist(?), decluttered, focused] life style and how enjoyable and freeing that might be for me.
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Jesus, man - I sure hope I didn’t mislead you. Don’t for one moment believe that I’m happy. 🤣



I guess the mistake I made was convincing myself that I was trapped. I genuinely believed that. What I didn’t know was that I built that prison, as SharpBits SharpBits is alluding to. And, the point of that statement ought to be that because I built it, I should have also realized that I could demolish it. It took a long time for me to figure out that I can do anything I put my mind to. In many respects, I’m exactly who I’ve always been. Maybe the difference is that I’m no longer intimidated to jump and see where I land. Reinventing myself hasn’t changed who I am, it just added to it.



Now, I’m an even bigger and more intolerable asshole. 😬


In the brief time we spoke, I was left hoping you’d find a way to do what you do that left you invigorated, rather than drained. I’m still hoping for that, for you. What you do is important.
 
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