I feel much better about life right now
Isn't it amazing how changing one aspect of your life brings on whole new feelings? Lately I'be been changing for the better in my mind. First of all, I'm now a cashier at BI-LO, which means no more getting carts, cleaning the bathroom, or getting the outside trash. Also, that means I have more responsibility, but it's a little more stimulating work.
Second of all, I decided what my "tru calling" is (really bad show by the way). I understand what I have to do and how I have to do it very well. Once I'm driving in October by myself, I can go to the comedy clubs and hopefully they'll let me in, even though I'm not yet 21.
Also, I've decided to put my college education on hold. Why? Because I really can't justify a reason for me being there. Besides the illusion that having a degree makes you more successful and that degrees are required for many jobs, I really don't see how it will effectively help me do what I want to do with my life. Why spend four years getting a degree I'm never going to use, right? It just doesn't make sense. And if I ever need to learn any specific skill, I can turn to books rather than professors and thousands of dollars. I can't believe so many people fall for the college scam. People teaching you things you could learn on your own and charging thousands of dollars for it. Is that insane or brilliant on their part? I'd have to say both.
Another goal I have is to make this blog more mainstream and accessible to the general public. I want to build its search engine reputation so that I can get it higher up on the list on Google, Yahoo, and other search engines. I'm accomplishing this as we speak, building denser articles and longer posts. I aim to give the general public quality as well as quantity. I try to write at least one blog entry every day to keep my creative juices flowing.
I've been really inspired lately as well. For the last seven to ten months (I lost count), I've been reading this amazing personal development blog on StevePavlina.com. The man is personal development expert in quite a lot of topics and he not only talks about growing but also why you choose to grow. One of the most profound things I got from him was, something like this: Sure it's good to have time management skills and productivity, but unless what you're doing is meaningful to you, you're more like a rat on a treadmill. That really spoke to me. Sure, I could use all these time management and procrastination skills to get a four-year college degree, but if that's not going to help me be who I truly need to be, then why bother?
So, for me, it's really a question of doing what I feel passionate about and understanding that passion, purpose, mission, and drive are the things that I need to be focused on. Motivation is only temporary, but purpose is infinite. I just need to align myself with what I need to do, not what someone else thinks I should do and gets on my back about not doing it. Of course, I'm talking about college. And college, at first, going back, I kind of thought it would be all right. But I never really liked school that much anyway. I mean, it's great when you're having fun, but meeting up to some lady's standards on math tests really don't make me want to pursue following someone else's rules anymore. Sure, I may still have to pay taxes and bills, even though I don't want to, but other than that, I'm going to live by my own rules, while also abiding by law enforcement because going to jail will totally ruin my "living by my own rules" attitude. Have a great day and thank you for shopping at BI-LO.
Second of all, I decided what my "tru calling" is (really bad show by the way). I understand what I have to do and how I have to do it very well. Once I'm driving in October by myself, I can go to the comedy clubs and hopefully they'll let me in, even though I'm not yet 21.
Also, I've decided to put my college education on hold. Why? Because I really can't justify a reason for me being there. Besides the illusion that having a degree makes you more successful and that degrees are required for many jobs, I really don't see how it will effectively help me do what I want to do with my life. Why spend four years getting a degree I'm never going to use, right? It just doesn't make sense. And if I ever need to learn any specific skill, I can turn to books rather than professors and thousands of dollars. I can't believe so many people fall for the college scam. People teaching you things you could learn on your own and charging thousands of dollars for it. Is that insane or brilliant on their part? I'd have to say both.
Another goal I have is to make this blog more mainstream and accessible to the general public. I want to build its search engine reputation so that I can get it higher up on the list on Google, Yahoo, and other search engines. I'm accomplishing this as we speak, building denser articles and longer posts. I aim to give the general public quality as well as quantity. I try to write at least one blog entry every day to keep my creative juices flowing.
I've been really inspired lately as well. For the last seven to ten months (I lost count), I've been reading this amazing personal development blog on StevePavlina.com. The man is personal development expert in quite a lot of topics and he not only talks about growing but also why you choose to grow. One of the most profound things I got from him was, something like this: Sure it's good to have time management skills and productivity, but unless what you're doing is meaningful to you, you're more like a rat on a treadmill. That really spoke to me. Sure, I could use all these time management and procrastination skills to get a four-year college degree, but if that's not going to help me be who I truly need to be, then why bother?
So, for me, it's really a question of doing what I feel passionate about and understanding that passion, purpose, mission, and drive are the things that I need to be focused on. Motivation is only temporary, but purpose is infinite. I just need to align myself with what I need to do, not what someone else thinks I should do and gets on my back about not doing it. Of course, I'm talking about college. And college, at first, going back, I kind of thought it would be all right. But I never really liked school that much anyway. I mean, it's great when you're having fun, but meeting up to some lady's standards on math tests really don't make me want to pursue following someone else's rules anymore. Sure, I may still have to pay taxes and bills, even though I don't want to, but other than that, I'm going to live by my own rules, while also abiding by law enforcement because going to jail will totally ruin my "living by my own rules" attitude. Have a great day and thank you for shopping at BI-LO.
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