Starting working life with the end already planned
Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 12:29 pm
Actually, both "working" and "end" need to be hyphenated.
When I imagine what I'd do if there were less external constraints, I'd probably spend my time mostly reading and writing (both fiction and nonfiction). I mostly do that anyway, but I'm an INTJ and therefore supposed to be aware, at my 18 years of age, that "one cannot earn a living with that". Mostly due to a desire to not burden my parents with having to provide economic outpatient care, and also to not be dependent on it, I've so far avoided universities. Instead I've signed up for something that is law enforcement in the widest sense of the term (our social media guidelines are a bit tricky, so I'll avoid details till I figure that out) and will provide me with food+shelter+physical exercise (badly needed) as well as the median salary for my Central European home country. If I like my job-to-be, I can extend the contract till my mid-thirties, and possibly get to study something that interests me (econ or history) without regard to personal financial ROI. I'm not yet rolling away my drawing board though.
I'd put my de facto current Wheaton level quite low, mostly due to never actually having managed my life on my own. Other than doing just that starting next month, major things I've got to work out are how effective altruism fits into my web of goals, family planning, and the robustness of my side hustles. One of them was working part-time in a car mechanic shop after high school, but so far all were heavily dependent on drawing on my parent's social capital. The things I've come up with myself (which mostly involve writing) that I'll implement once the paperwork gets through do not seem recession-proof at all.
tl;dr
I need to get better at weaving.
Because I'm lacking so much data that is vital for planning, it would be more accurate to say that there are multiple possible ends for my traditional working life plan (which I'm currently selling to family and friends as acquiring the funds necessary to become a full-time writer). I think participating here will help me track over time both my progress and how much personal change I need to account for. If I stumble upon a way how I can give back to the community which has already helped me so much, that's even better.
Best wishes and thanks for reading.
P.S. On the very off chance that someone is planning to sign up to this forum or MMM with a web dot de email address: the activation email won't come through, leading to annoyance due to inability to use one's intended username. I should have known better after the first time Totally off-topic, I know, and sorry, I just wanted to mention it somewhere in case it's not yet a known issue.
When I imagine what I'd do if there were less external constraints, I'd probably spend my time mostly reading and writing (both fiction and nonfiction). I mostly do that anyway, but I'm an INTJ and therefore supposed to be aware, at my 18 years of age, that "one cannot earn a living with that". Mostly due to a desire to not burden my parents with having to provide economic outpatient care, and also to not be dependent on it, I've so far avoided universities. Instead I've signed up for something that is law enforcement in the widest sense of the term (our social media guidelines are a bit tricky, so I'll avoid details till I figure that out) and will provide me with food+shelter+physical exercise (badly needed) as well as the median salary for my Central European home country. If I like my job-to-be, I can extend the contract till my mid-thirties, and possibly get to study something that interests me (econ or history) without regard to personal financial ROI. I'm not yet rolling away my drawing board though.
I'd put my de facto current Wheaton level quite low, mostly due to never actually having managed my life on my own. Other than doing just that starting next month, major things I've got to work out are how effective altruism fits into my web of goals, family planning, and the robustness of my side hustles. One of them was working part-time in a car mechanic shop after high school, but so far all were heavily dependent on drawing on my parent's social capital. The things I've come up with myself (which mostly involve writing) that I'll implement once the paperwork gets through do not seem recession-proof at all.
tl;dr
I need to get better at weaving.
Because I'm lacking so much data that is vital for planning, it would be more accurate to say that there are multiple possible ends for my traditional working life plan (which I'm currently selling to family and friends as acquiring the funds necessary to become a full-time writer). I think participating here will help me track over time both my progress and how much personal change I need to account for. If I stumble upon a way how I can give back to the community which has already helped me so much, that's even better.
Best wishes and thanks for reading.
P.S. On the very off chance that someone is planning to sign up to this forum or MMM with a web dot de email address: the activation email won't come through, leading to annoyance due to inability to use one's intended username. I should have known better after the first time Totally off-topic, I know, and sorry, I just wanted to mention it somewhere in case it's not yet a known issue.