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Lifer
- Feb 22, 2007
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Sometimes it is valuing things in life that are not your values, but the values of others. A good example is my own life. I became an engineer mainly because that is what everyone around me wanted me to be. I was good in science and liked the field overall but it wasn't what I wanted to do but I told myself that it is what I SHOULD do. I'm not going to say I wasted 10 years of my life, but it was a miserable time mostly. I wanted to be an artist. My family thinks of art like it is no life, no career, not a way to live. So about 9 years ago I quit being an engineer. I devoted all my time to art. I'm much happier than that guy who was the engineer doing what he did because that is what others wanted.
Similar to people that have kids, quit work to take care of them, and hate their life because of it. The parent drinks or uses drugs to compensate and the child and parent both have a miserable time. The old saying life deals you the cards and you have to make the best of the hand you are given is wrong. Sometimes it is best to throw down the cards and take a step back away from the table and decide what you really want to do.
Similar to people that have kids, quit work to take care of them, and hate their life because of it. The parent drinks or uses drugs to compensate and the child and parent both have a miserable time. The old saying life deals you the cards and you have to make the best of the hand you are given is wrong. Sometimes it is best to throw down the cards and take a step back away from the table and decide what you really want to do.
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