Some random RAT Packer philosophical mumbo jumbo to pour in your eyes...

hoopster said:
Good plan, I have a degree in Horticulture but no minor. I wish someone would have pushed me to minor in business. The best you can do is find work you enjoy. That's far more valuable than toys.
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yeah my logic is that it is the most versatile degree.
and horticulture sounds interested, there has to be plants, right? :D
 
My hat is off to you Dylan. You have my respect for changing careers and doing what you want to pursue. I dont think I have that amount of risk taking ability at this stage in my life.
My dad was a sign painter who worked for himself. He struggled but he worked for himself and did what he liked to do. I find the older I get, the more I respect him for having the courage to do that. My grandfather worked for himself too. Worked hard and never asked for handouts.

Oh, and we still need to get together and have lunch or something.
 
milani74 said:
My hat is off to you Dylan. You have my respect for changing careers and doing what you want to pursue. I dont think I have that amount of risk taking ability at this stage in my life.
My dad was a sign painter who worked for himself. He struggled but he worked for himself and did what he liked to do. I find the older I get, the more I respect him for having the courage to do that. My grandfather worked for himself too. Worked hard and never asked for handouts.

Oh, and we still need to get together and have lunch or something.
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Definitely broski. Did you say you were in Augusta right now?
 
gundude73 said:
yeah my logic is that it is the most versatile degree.
and horticulture sounds interested, there has to be plants, right? :D
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Yeah, plants are pretty useful. They're the main way we use the energy from the sun. :thumbup:
 
Specialization is for insects. Learn as many skills as you can and even if your only mediocre at any of them there will always be a place for you somewhere.

I have no expectations of being rich in my life. I don't know if I would want to. Money brings issues with it that I don't really want.

I want to have enough to make it and support my family. As long as that happens I don't want for much.

Best of luck in your endevors Dill. I think your going to be just fine.
 
I've spent my entire life wondering what I'd like to be when I grow up. I waited tables in college and took 10 years to graduate. I got my degree in sociology because I wanted to grow, as a human. I wasn't interested in the vocational aspect of college, only the growth portion.

After college I worked for the State Legislature for a while and watched our failed political system chew up human beings and money, then spit and shit them out. It took only two years for me to walk away from that vocation. I decided to return to school until I figure out the rest.

Then, I wondered if that is really the answer, and decided to put that on hold until I have some vocation or occupation in mind. The problem is, I don't know if I'll ever really know what I want to do. I don't want to be rich, I just want to be happy and provide adequately for my family and save for retirement. The rich often come to be that way at someone else's expense, and that I cannot palate. I would like to create something and leave my community or the world just a little better than I found it.

I've enjoyed most of the journey immensely and have grown into a person I feel proud of. I've narrowed down what exactly I don't want to do and that is good enough for now. I'm actually quite good (great even!) at quite a few things but some I reserve just for me. For personal enjoyment only. Sometimes the simple things are what bring the most joy.

I salute you Dyleside, and Toast to life's great quests, may we find joy and make ourselves useful in the process.
 
That's a great post, Dylside!

As few others here, I feel being adult for a while already and still don't know what could I excel in. I'd like to be really good at one thing and mediocre in many others. So far, I'm only mediocre at some and a little over average at few. Most of my life, I've unwittingly walked the way of versatility, I've always tried to learn many different things, I've changed my hobbies, now I'm changing my job specialization (well, still the highly qualified guy in the sales backoffice, but different industry). The interests I've never changed are sport, outdoor, knives and firearms. I enjoy it all.

As for being rich, I WANT TO be rich. I think it depends on what you guys define as "rich". In the Czech Rep., if you want to get your own 4+1 apartment (or a house), 1 car for the family, support the family, save some cash for the time you retire (so you don't starve), and moreover, provide for your hobbies, you HAVE TO be rich. The ESEE knives are considered affordable, right? I think they are, too. But I can assure you, once I finally buy the ESEE-3, it's gonna be the damn most expensive tool in my possesion. Probably the most expensive tool in the whole street I live in, too, since that nearby work tool shop has moved away :cool:

I second Iboschi: I would like to create something and leave my community or the world just a little better than I found it. + ...may we find joy and make ourselves useful in the process. :thumbup:
 
I am on the same boat as some of you. I still have not found my niche yet. I thought I would do great at computer work so I went to college for that and have been working in that career field for the past 4 years.

I hate it and it's horrendous. I hate the hours, I hate the work, I hate being couped up inside, and I hate that I have an electronic leash attached to me at all times.

So I am also thinking about switching career fields, but my first concern is for my family and so if I think it will cause any issues/problems there I will stick with what I have.

Being a man is being able to provide for your family, even if it means working a job you do not like.
 
Good luck bro!

I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I keep waiting for that bolt of lightning to tell me what to do. I admire people like you who just get up and do it! Good for you!

I had my own business for a while. It is rewarding, tiring, fun, terrifying, exciting and always an adventure. Always remember that your customers are your business. The guys that used to own "High Country" in ATL once told me.... "A happy customer will tell 2 people. A ticked off customer will tell 10". You have to take care of the very people that make it all possible. If you do that and stand ethically and enjoy the ride, you just may pull it off!

Most of all, have fun, enjoy the experience and put your heart into it!
 
It is not about being great at something, it is about finding out what you are truly passionate about and doing that because I can guarantee you, that is what you will be great at.
 
Great post Dylside, Looks like its the story of a lot of peoples lives, mine too, in a way. I wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors.
 
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