man-bear-pig said:
Kasz216 said:
Externally sure.
Right now I'm working Night shift at a convience store when I have a college degree.
I'm doing so because my girlfriend is going to graduate school, and when she's done, she's likely to be the main bread winner.
A lot of people would see that as being a failure as a man.
I'll likely never surpass my Dad's earnings and quite honesty, I'm too selfish about wanting to have my free time to be anywhere as near good a man as he was.
And as a side effect of this. My girlfriend and I plan to never have kids.
So being an only child, i'm pretty much a step down and dead end for my branch of the family line.
Eh, I'm happy though so screw it. Only one of us could go to college, and my girlfriend cared a lot more about "Doing something" and even if her degree doesn't lead to a job at least she can say she tried... and live without that regret.
It's worth all that shit to me.
focusing on external benchmarks is pointless... just relaxing, being yourself and being happy with yourself. That's the way to live. |
I always thought you would have an incredibly complicated and high paid job. You seem to know alot of stuff...
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How do you think I have the time to stay informed on so much?
Seriously though be fair... I could of had an incredibly complicated and high pay job.
I had a great connection with a professor who loved me who founded his own consumer psychology firm that did high level research for private brands and political campaigns who thought I had an inherent gift for the field.
Had I not been going out with my girlfriend. I likely would of went back for my Masters, got a job at said company, and be making six figures right now.
Or I could of screwed up in grad school who really knows.
I'm not really a money motivated person. Don't know what to say. I'd rather my girlfriend be happy and be lucky to clear 15,000K in a year plus whatever she brings in. ($40,000ish probably.)
Practically everything I like is either cheap or free.
