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That is a kumbaya care bear concept. If you are in a tiny percentile of people who can do that, you are most blessed and prlivliged. A member of the neo aris
by ThinkBeat 5y ago
That is a kumbaya care bear concept.
If you are in a tiny percentile of people who can do that,
you are most blessed and prlivliged.
A member of the neo aristocracy.
(Or you are skilled at deceiving yourself.)
That "doing what you love" intersects with "what will get paid
for" is rare as well.
For the vast majority of people working is a nessescary evil to survive.
If they made such a choice they would starve.
If they are lucky they try to find small things that makes it better.
All the major global religions have teachigns that life is suffering.
(exactly how you will suffer, why and how varies more)
Not getting to do what you want in order to surive has been around
for a very long time.
Currently I want to a be a philosopher.
That would be me doing what I currently love.
There is nobody dumb enough to pay me to do so.
Esp. since I have no academic background, no credentials,
I have not devoted my life from an early age to absorb
thousands of years of teachings and writing.
I am a neophyte at the very bottom rung.
I can play around once my work for the day is over and
write uneducated rants on the Internet trying to force a
semi captive audience to read the garbage I type out.
"The I only want to do what I love" is the new "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche" [1]
A different way to get there, or at least closer to it,
is to go through something so drastically awful that
whatever you do subsequently will be better.
Every since I left the army, I try to be thankful
for a roof over my head, a bed (dry bed),
a shower and dry clean clothes.
The rest are bonuses.
To clarify being in the army is nowhere close to an
objective "drastically awful". but it was a taste.
[1]
WIKIPEDIA:
"""
"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche",[1] said to have been spoken in the 17th or 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread. The French phrase mentions brioche, a bread enriched with butter and eggs, considered a luxury food. The quote is taken to reflect either the princess's frivolous disregard for the starving peasants or her poor understanding of their plight."""
- em-bee 5y agowhat is a philosopher? someone who attempts to understand fundamental aspects of our life. but how can you understand life if you don't live it yourself? so, yes, you have to work to make a living, but understanding the point of that should inform your research into philosophy. if you spend all day studying the works of other philosophers then all you are doing is rearranging the findings of others without producing anything new. to produce something new you need to have a genuine source of your own life experience. so instead of looking at your current day job as something preventing you from doing what you love, use it as a resource that enables you to do what you love.
- ThinkBeat 5y agothis is true. I am getting old, as all people eventually do unless something unfortunate happens. I have a mildly interesting tapestry of "life" saved up. I can now study philosophy to try to understand the past better, or in context, or as what not to do :) Some reading is depressing as it gives advice to what a young person should do to avoid common mistakes and pitfalls. I can look back see I did most of those things and if I had started studying earlier I might have had a better outcome. Still cant change the past But yes interaction with the world and trying to find people to have good conversations with is essential