Re: L's Journal
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 4:26 pm
I didn't stumble across that whole vein of thinking until post-university. I think part of the reason why I've just bumbled on from one thing to another is that most of my energies have been absorbed in revising my world view and working out what I actually want out of life. Have you kept up with JMG? I'm finding his new blog less interesting than the Archdruid Report, though I can see why he wanted to change focus. I loved his post-industrial novels.
The bureaucracy/ behaviour thing is interesting. What I found was that the kids are so used to the petty rules that if you don't enforce them rigidly and sure that they have only one or a very rigidly prescribed selection of options each second of each lesson, they (not all obviously) will start to push the boundaries of the acceptable to see how far they'll go (very far in my case). Whether a saner system would be any better I think depends on how sane is the wider society in which it's based. I definitely need a rest from it before I go back to any kind of education! I wouldn't put my own children through it either, if I had them.
They are interesting ideas. Translating is good if you have a specialism. I do the (very basic) accounts for a German company, so I'm developing some of the technical vocabulary, so that could be an option. Part time and/ or self-employment is the goal, preferably with a diversified income stream. I'm eager to try beekeeping, partly because I love honey and partly because of their ecological importance. I think it would be tricky to do much more than cover costs, if that, but as long it doesn't cost too much, I'm happy. I think having any kind of hobby that absorbs your attention without costing money is good. I'm reading Schopenhauer's series of essays on life/ practical advice at the moment and he said that he never made any money from philosophy but it did save him a lot of money by giving him a non-financial focus. He put it more elegantly than me.
Thank you for the information on houses. That is quite a lot cheaper than round me. I am quite emotionally attached to where I live as well, but I might have to bite the bullet if it means ten years of mortgage interest.
The bureaucracy/ behaviour thing is interesting. What I found was that the kids are so used to the petty rules that if you don't enforce them rigidly and sure that they have only one or a very rigidly prescribed selection of options each second of each lesson, they (not all obviously) will start to push the boundaries of the acceptable to see how far they'll go (very far in my case). Whether a saner system would be any better I think depends on how sane is the wider society in which it's based. I definitely need a rest from it before I go back to any kind of education! I wouldn't put my own children through it either, if I had them.
They are interesting ideas. Translating is good if you have a specialism. I do the (very basic) accounts for a German company, so I'm developing some of the technical vocabulary, so that could be an option. Part time and/ or self-employment is the goal, preferably with a diversified income stream. I'm eager to try beekeeping, partly because I love honey and partly because of their ecological importance. I think it would be tricky to do much more than cover costs, if that, but as long it doesn't cost too much, I'm happy. I think having any kind of hobby that absorbs your attention without costing money is good. I'm reading Schopenhauer's series of essays on life/ practical advice at the moment and he said that he never made any money from philosophy but it did save him a lot of money by giving him a non-financial focus. He put it more elegantly than me.
Thank you for the information on houses. That is quite a lot cheaper than round me. I am quite emotionally attached to where I live as well, but I might have to bite the bullet if it means ten years of mortgage interest.