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_zEK
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
Sweden63 Posts
September 09 2011 19:50 GMT
#1
Since the past 5 years i have observed something very sad regarding our thinking process about our lives and future

All of the people i have met in my life hate or do not enjoy what they do doing for a living and their best time of life is when they do doing something they love. But still they keep doing what they hate or do not enjoy because of a secure future and life. It's very sad and depressing that this kind of thinking is regarded normal in our society and those who do not follow this rule are considered as failure. We keep dening of what we actually love to do and instead do things we hate because our brains have been manipulated to see people who actually do what they love as some kind of failure who have no future. But just look at Artosis, day9 & Tasteless, look where their passion and determination has led them too, hundreds of thousands of fans and they are able to do what they love, work with esport.
I have heard and seen many people say that i want to become a football player, progamer, doctor, astrounat but what seperates Tasteless, day9, Artosis and many other people from these milions of people who dream but never do anything is that they know that TIME is something you can't and never will be able to get back therefore they putt EVERYTHING THEY GOT in everything they do because they know waiting and not doing what you love is just a loss of precious time and therefore they're not afraid of stepping on and taking the UNKNOWN PATH which many of us are too scared to take because we do not know what awaits on us on this path and that scare us. Thats why we force ourselves to go to school, get a education and proper job which we do not love just because we too afraid of stepping in to the unknown.

You may get a proper job, wife and kids but will you ever reach your dream of becoming a astrounate and land on the moon? Probably not because you were to afraid to make your dreams come true and there you will be standing side by side by the bilions of other people who were to afraid to give their dream a chance.

Im not a exeption to this as i have also been trapped in this controlled world and even though i have realised how it system works i still find it hard to get lose from it because thats how our whole society has been raised. Slowly but steadly i will remove these chains that controlls me and i will step on to the unknown and choose my own path because i do not want to stand side by side by these bilions of people, and i hope i won't see you there either.





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cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
September 09 2011 20:00 GMT
#2
To add on to this, there are about 4-5 people I've met in my life who are really always happy/satisfied and obviously love their lives. They all love their profession: not one "kinda" likes it, but they are all doing what they love to pay their bills. No exceptions.
NuKedUFirst
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada3139 Posts
September 09 2011 20:06 GMT
#3
Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon..

I agree with you. It seems as though people just live to die.. Go to school->get a shitty job->hate what you do->die

I want to drive bikes professionally.. (either MX or Superbikes) when I say that I just get put down to the ground and told to find a real job..
FrostedMiniWeet wrote: I like winning because it validates all the bloody time I waste playing SC2.
Hidden_MotiveS
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Canada2562 Posts
September 09 2011 20:11 GMT
#4
It's hard to make life decisions based on what someone else tells you in a broad general sense on an internet forum.

That said, I think I'd hate working at a conventional job.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36375 Posts
September 09 2011 21:04 GMT
#5
It's pretty easy to point toward the most successful people in their fields (Tastosis and Day) and say look at what they've done. It's not as simple as flipping a switch and going all in on something. First, you first have to find your passion, which is hard enough. Many people switch jobs late in life because they become disillusioned or were just wrong about what they wanted. This is how a lot of would-be doctors or lawyers end up in other fields with a boatload of debt.

Then, if you're lucky enough to correctly find something you love, you have to make it into a viable career. This is an even bigger stumbling block. It's very difficult to find a job you love. Its even more difficult to be financially well off while doing it. These people you describe are exceptional people. They're at the top of their field. It's not so easy to just emulate their talent and dedication and drive. Not to be a downer, but sometimes its better to be practical about things.
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SpoR
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United States1542 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-09 21:15:43
September 09 2011 21:14 GMT
#6
the shittiest part is lots of people (like me) go through life never finding their passion. I'm 27 and I still don't know what would make me happy as a career.
A man is what he thinks about all day long.
Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
September 09 2011 21:21 GMT
#7
Agreed with Hot Bid. Furthermore there are sometimes just circumstances that prevent you from taking certain paths in life..
cz
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States3249 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-09 21:25:07
September 09 2011 21:24 GMT
#8
On September 10 2011 06:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
It's pretty easy to point toward the most successful people in their fields (Tastosis and Day) and say look at what they've done. It's not as simple as flipping a switch and going all in on something. First, you first have to find your passion, which is hard enough. Many people switch jobs late in life because they become disillusioned or were just wrong about what they wanted. This is how a lot of would-be doctors or lawyers end up in other fields with a boatload of debt.

Then, if you're lucky enough to correctly find something you love, you have to make it into a viable career. This is an even bigger stumbling block. It's very difficult to find a job you love. Its even more difficult to be financially well off while doing it. These people you describe are exceptional people. They're at the top of their field. It's not so easy to just emulate their talent and dedication and drive. Not to be a downer, but sometimes its better to be practical about things.


Excellent post. If you're born into privilege and know from youth you want to be a doctor more than anything else in your life, you are set for your life so long as you have the discipline to study hard and make it happen. If you are born with lower IQ (part genetic) and don't realize you want to be a science fiction author until you are 33, you have many more problems. It's infinitely easier to make a living as a doctor than it is a sci-fi author, not to mention the skills required to be successful in each category.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
September 10 2011 02:52 GMT
#9
On September 10 2011 06:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
It's pretty easy to point toward the most successful people in their fields (Tastosis and Day) and say look at what they've done. It's not as simple as flipping a switch and going all in on something. First, you first have to find your passion, which is hard enough. Many people switch jobs late in life because they become disillusioned or were just wrong about what they wanted. This is how a lot of would-be doctors or lawyers end up in other fields with a boatload of debt.

Then, if you're lucky enough to correctly find something you love, you have to make it into a viable career. This is an even bigger stumbling block. It's very difficult to find a job you love. Its even more difficult to be financially well off while doing it. These people you describe are exceptional people. They're at the top of their field. It's not so easy to just emulate their talent and dedication and drive. Not to be a downer, but sometimes its better to be practical about things.


Not to mention most people aren't even willing to put in the hours to get to the point where they can make a career out of their passions.

I'm willing to bet that these people who hate these jobs don't put in the time, money, and effort to get out of their supposedly crummy situation.
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
September 10 2011 02:54 GMT
#10
On September 10 2011 06:24 cz wrote:
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On September 10 2011 06:04 Hot_Bid wrote:
It's pretty easy to point toward the most successful people in their fields (Tastosis and Day) and say look at what they've done. It's not as simple as flipping a switch and going all in on something. First, you first have to find your passion, which is hard enough. Many people switch jobs late in life because they become disillusioned or were just wrong about what they wanted. This is how a lot of would-be doctors or lawyers end up in other fields with a boatload of debt.

Then, if you're lucky enough to correctly find something you love, you have to make it into a viable career. This is an even bigger stumbling block. It's very difficult to find a job you love. Its even more difficult to be financially well off while doing it. These people you describe are exceptional people. They're at the top of their field. It's not so easy to just emulate their talent and dedication and drive. Not to be a downer, but sometimes its better to be practical about things.


Excellent post. If you're born into privilege and know from youth you want to be a doctor more than anything else in your life, you are set for your life so long as you have the discipline to study hard and make it happen.


I have to voice an objection towards this, because it's very possible that this person who was convinced of what he wanted to do, will find that he actually doesn't want to be a doctor after all at age 28 and 6 figures in debt (like Hotbid said). People who are singleminded like this might be lucky and actually love what they set out to do when they were 12, but most of us aren't so lucky.
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