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to quit a good job that pays well just to randomly walk around and try to figure out what you want to do doesn't seem wise to me. It seems much wiser to wait ti
by cstross 16y ago
to quit a good job that pays well just to randomly walk around and try to figure out what you want to do doesn't seem wise to me. It seems much wiser to wait till you have an idea that you want to pursue and then quit.
If you follow that course, you'll never quit. Because nothing stops you figuring out what you really want to do with your life like being continually busy, chasing someone else's dream.
Time flies when you're busy.
Back when I was young and inexperienced I took some bad career advice and pushed myself through a degree in a medical profession, and then postgraduate training. With 20/20 hindsight I was utterly unsuited to the profession, temperamentally. But I was too busy to see that I was making myself unhappy (and doing a second-rate job in the process). It took 18 months of post-qualification work to get around to the idea that I ought to bail, write off the previous six years, and go back to square one, and another year to put the plan into effect. Why? Because I was busy. In the end I wasted seven years on a mistake that was clear by the end of my first year at university.
You only have one life. Use it wisely. If you find you're doing something that doesn't agree with you, think very hard before you push on indefinitely: nobody's going to give you those years back.
- FreeRadical 16y agoBut this guy wasn't continually busy, he was finishing at 4pm everyday.
- byoung2 16y agoI work 7am-4pm (which means 5am-6pm if you count commute time), and though there is plenty of time to work on my own projects in the evenings, I find myself mentally drained most days, so what takes me an hour to do at work takes 2 or 3 at home in the evening. Weekends are more productive.
- simon_ 16y agoThen the commute is almost as big a problem as the job itself. If you moved close to your job, you'd save 4hrs/day to work on whatever you wanted.
- byoung2 16y agoIf you moved close to your job At 30 miles away, I'm about as close as I can afford...I live in Los Angeles, the 2nd most expensive city in the US. Unfortunately, it also has the worst traffic in the US, and a complete lack of public transportation. It can take an hour to drive 10 miles sometimes. That 30 mile commute at 7am takes around 45+ minutes, and at 4pm, 1.5+ hours.
- aaronblohowiak 16y agobuy a motorcycle
- mannicken 16y agoIf I were you, I'd get a motorcycle. Riding between lanes is legal in California; in traffic you would be cruising between still cars and thus saving precious time :)
- byoung2 16y agoRiding between lanes is legal in California Not very safe though!
- generalk 16y agoAnd starting at 7am. That's nine hours out of the day. Even if you're not 100% busy during that stretch, you're still not free to let your mind wander and do the things that matter to you. You're mentally occupied.
- Goladus 16y agoThat's busy enough. See comments about working on someone else's schedule, first, then add in time for meals, commuting, showering, taking a dump, exercising, doing household chores, paying your bills, responding to email, etc.. After all that, there isn't much time left in the day. Especially since some businesses start closing down at night. You're probably tired, anyway. Those 9 hours at work make a HUGE difference.
- stcredzero 16y agoIf you follow that course, you'll never quit. Because nothing stops you figuring out what you really want to do with your life like being continually busy, chasing someone else's dream. Time flies when you're busy. I have to concur with that. My latest project ending early is probably the best thing that ever happened. I have quite a bit saved up as "runway" but now the clock is ticking. Before, the best time to start was always "later."