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I'm not advocating just throwing caution to the wind and hoping everything works out. But this culture of fear that drives people to nearly always take the safe

I'm not advocating just throwing caution to the wind and hoping everything works out. But this culture of fear that drives people to nearly always take the safest path is not one that will lead people to happiness. My best friend took the opposite route as me. He drugged out for several years and recently joined the navy. Now he has learned some cool skills that can transfer to other jobs and, more importantly, he's gotten a huge build in self confidence. But with his personality he would have been miserable just taking some safe job somewhere and settling down. He needed to find something that inspired him and only then did he really turn his life around.

watwut 12y ago
I do not think drugging out several years of your life is kind of adventure and risk taking I will encourage in my kids. Anyway, your friend was lucky he was not caught. Military does not welcome people with criminal with open arm. It significantly lowers your chances to get in. In effect, it significantly lowers your chances to get any job anywhere. There is middle ground between and afraid of everything. And I agree that some people tend to be on paranoid side, especially when it comes to physical risks or anything that resembles terrorism. However, decisions that make or break your earning and quality of life for next dozens years are not the best place to start with risking.
- zacinbusiness 12y ago
  Interestingly, he did get caught. Severs times. I asked him just before he shipped off to his first deployment and he said "You know, that's one thing I've learned. The military really doesn't have their shit together. I just lied on all the forms when it asked about criminal background and when they asked about drugs." Keep in mind, he's not planning in making a career out of it or becoming an officer or anything like that. But he did get his life turned around for the better, even though he didn't take the safe route early on.

watwut 12y ago

I do not think drugging out several years of your life is kind of adventure and risk taking I will encourage in my kids. Anyway, your friend was lucky he was not caught. Military does not welcome people with criminal with open arm. It significantly lowers your chances to get in. In effect, it significantly lowers your chances to get any job anywhere. There is middle ground between and afraid of everything. And I agree that some people tend to be on paranoid side, especially when it comes to physical risks or anything that resembles terrorism. However, decisions that make or break your earning and quality of life for next dozens years are not the best place to start with risking.

zacinbusiness 12y ago
Interestingly, he did get caught. Severs times. I asked him just before he shipped off to his first deployment and he said "You know, that's one thing I've learned. The military really doesn't have their shit together. I just lied on all the forms when it asked about criminal background and when they asked about drugs." Keep in mind, he's not planning in making a career out of it or becoming an officer or anything like that. But he did get his life turned around for the better, even though he didn't take the safe route early on.