I see you writing so many wonderful things and ideas. Soul derived thought obviously does not come easily. You know how you affect various people's lives. There is a quality about you which is magical and stands out, in your presence and in your writing. If someone like you became confined to a permanent desk and a minivan then there truly is no hope for the rest of us. Maybe your environment has taken away whatever inspiration and energy that you are use to, but it will return, don't worry, I think about these things often too. Will I be stuck in some endless un-goal-oriented job that I despise? Will life become repetative, is it all one straight line. These are trying questions. As for your soul, I am in sincere adoration of it. I am sure you know all of this already.
Fortunately you are on the outside knowing that is what you DON'T want; you are already away from that routine grain. I'm surrounded by aspiring business students who mock my potential major, "You will be poor." "I'm in business, I'll have a job when I graduate." Of course there is ambiguity, just knowing that you want to apply your passion is enough.
i had a conversation at dinner on how business students have sacrificed part of their souls in turn for their education. the problem is most of them don't realize they won't be the high-paid CEO bossing others around. i'd much rather be happy and poor than affluent and working a desk job.
They walk around with tee shirts that say, "Whittemore School of Business and Economics--Join us now, or work for us later." Enjoy sitting in a cubicle working for the man. Why are you doing business? "I'll have a job when I get out of college while you'll be wondering how to apply that worthless major." Perhaps our interests aren't directly applicable, but at least we still have minds.
I would like to point out that there are econ majors who are not douche bags trying to take over the world. My drive in econ is not (for the most part) the job security, I really enjoy my econ classes and feel like working with numbers for my career wouldn't be so bad.
we're not generalizing all business and economics as such. if you have a passion for something, of course pursue it. what i'm criticizing are the mike chergeys and sean murphys who aren't doing it out of interest, but from a lack of trying to figure out how to succeed in another way.
Yeah, I'm definitely not saying that. It's just that my peers blindly pursue their majors with one thing in mind, money. They're don't pick their own classes, and simply stick to the cookie cutter mold that perpetuates the cycle. More power to you for sticking with a passion, not just the drive for money.
Jakey.. you will never end up at a desk job unless that is where you decide it is where you want to be.. you are far too unique, intelligent and strong-willed to settle for something less than what you want in life. trust me though, my school is very similar to yours, down to the very location.. and it is most certainly overpopulated with people of the very same nature who make fun of me for doing something I love.. but to hell with them.. as long as you are true to who you are, you'll get where you want to be.
'But now you are going to cry!' said the little prince. 'Yes that is so,' said the fox. 'Then it has done you no good at all!' 'It has done me good,' said the fox, ' because of the color of the wheat fields.'
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Why are you doing business? "I'll have a job when I get out of college while you'll be wondering how to apply that worthless major."
Perhaps our interests aren't directly applicable, but at least we still have minds.
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"at least we still have minds" very clever.
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'Yes that is so,' said the fox.
'Then it has done you no good at all!'
'It has done me good,' said the fox, ' because of the color of the wheat fields.'
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