Yes. By reading this thread.So any of you feel like you're wasting your life? If so, describe it - how are you wasting your life?
I was hoping to see a plan to change the situation, not loads of moaning.Why are you wasting it?
Yep.Are you doing anything to change the situation?
My definition of wasting my life: not enjoying my life as in living comfortable and doing what I enjoy.
My reason is that I live in an undeveloped country and my family is poor. Which causes me to be unable to live comfortably. Also unable to make money, as making money requires an investment which I don't have. That, of course, excludes horrible ways of making money, such as horrible jobs. An anyway, those jobs only pay enough to pay for living expenses.
In short, I feel like I've wasted over 20 years of my life and I'm continuously am wasting it, AND I'm likely to continue wasting it in the near future. Which, to me, feels horrible. I've plans how I can stop wasting it, but they all include factors that will happen but I can't influence them. They can happen today or in a year, but when it does happen, I'm ready for them and I know exactly what I'm gonna do then, step-by-step, both in the worst-case and best-case scenario.
P.S. To those who're gonna look at this as in "you can do something and yet you don't," that's true. Reasons for this are stated in the second paragraph and it contains little detail, which means that you shouldn't make a strong judgement based on that. The possibilities that I'm aware of usually result in a conclusion that says "it's a waste of time, nothing good will come out of it in the long run, nor short-term."
So any of you feel like you're wasting your life? If so, describe it - how are you wasting your life? Why are you wasting it? Are you doing anything to change the situation?
No. Because you seem to be resigned relative to the fact that you are wasting your life - that's what's lamentable.Rasofy Is that because you don't agree with my definition of "wasting one's life?"
Here's the way I look at it:
Survival job here means enough money to pay the bills and buy very basic food (assuming it's not the winter, then it's not even enough to pay the heating bills). Therefore - zero monthly savings. Survival job generally means a job you do not like or even hate. Often it also means a job that won't improve you, instead it may even dumb you down. People working those jobs usually are useless (talking to a friend for a good position somewhere, etc.), and if you don't enjoy the "manly" and small-talk - they are useless as friends as well (maybe not everywhere, but over here they are, I've had a chance to interact with a lot of people working those jobs through an ex-friend).
From that I conclude that it is not productive, instead it's counter-productive and can even be harmful both physically and especially mentally.
I get plenty of social contact online. Of course it isn't the same as real-life, but isn't a priority for me.
You can't choose how to use your time at work. Especially when there's few choices of where you can work, and especially when in most cases you are required to work overtime.
The rest of your time - yes, it can be enriching. However, you have 10 extra hours (if not more, depending if it's far away from home) at your disposal to use for enrichment if you don't work.
I've plans how I can stop wasting it, but they all include factors that will happen but I can't influence them. They can happen today or in a year, but when it does happen, I'm ready for them and I know exactly what I'm gonna do then, step-by-step, both in the worst-case and best-case scenario.
[MENTION=10496]skylights[/MENTION] If the workplace can offer you something useful - a challenging position that would lead into self-development, etc., go for it indeed. It sounds like it really helped you a lot to develop, which is a great thing for your first(?) job. A job at the beginning (not exclusively) has to offer some kind of development, whether of your skill or personal growth, which was the case for you.
Well, I wouldn't mind talking to someone intelligent in person, in fact, I do want to do it. But I'm definitely not going to sacrifice anything for the ability to do it, especially when we're talking about a high chance of unlikeliness here. It's not a priority for me.
It's a psychological mind game that they are playing with themselves. Perhaps to some it's routine. It depends a lot on one's mentality, and this isn't the case for me. Before you say it - yes, it's been tested.
School had day-offs, I loved them. Couldn't wait the weekend and the national celebratory days. Believe it or not, I've had very similar thoughts about this to yours quite recently. The situation for me, though, was a box of candy instead of something I wanted - that was awesome. Naturally, later on I stopped receiving it as I grew out of "that" age, then I started receiving money (around $20 mostly) or nothing.
[MENTION=10496]skylights[/MENTION] If the workplace can offer you something useful - a challenging position that would lead into self-development, etc., go for it indeed. It sounds like it really helped you a lot to develop, which is a great thing for your first(?) job. A job at the beginning (not exclusively) has to offer some kind of development, whether of your skill or personal growth, which was the case for you.
I don't. It's just that, well, at some point this is probably something you are going to want to (or have to) take care of yourself. I don't know how old you are, but most people have to take crap jobs when they are young unless they are born to a family that is somewhat well off.I thought someone'd ask this earlier, I hoped no one would. Anyway, that isn't important. Don't take this as offense.
Here's the way I look at it:
Survival job here means enough money to pay the bills and buy very basic food (assuming it's not the winter, then it's not even enough to pay the heating bills). Therefore - zero monthly savings. Survival job generally means a job you do not like or even hate. Often it also means a job that won't improve you, instead it may even dumb you down. People working those jobs usually are useless (talking to a friend for a good position somewhere, etc.), and if you don't enjoy the "manly" and small-talk - they are useless as friends as well (maybe not everywhere, but over here they are, I've had a chance to interact with a lot of people working those jobs through an ex-friend).
From that I conclude that it is not productive, instead it's counter-productive and can even be harmful both physically and especially mentally.
Don't knock people who make an honest living. I don't care if they are picking up cans by the side of the road - at least they're doing a job.
I'm glad you posted that because to be honest this thread smacks of a sort of conceited arrogance, everyone is wasting their lives apart from the one who can afford, without explanation, to refuse work, very possibly any work what so ever at this point from what I've read, and engage in discussion of vaguely defined "fluid concepts" online instead.
Its disgusting and also the opposite of any lived life, any really lived life, its a complete and utter dodge out of life, which isnt all sweetness and light and suiting yourself all the time.
Even the contempt for what are commonplace topics of conversation I think tells on the attitude of the OP, those things are part of life, a big part of life, if all you have for them are disdain then you also have disdain for life. While you can, in self-congratulatory fashion, maintain that everyone else is wasting their life and yours is the superior way, I doubt its something you can do forever, hence threads like this looking for vindication, support or at least someone to give the argument in order that all the rationalisations can be poured forth and in doing so reinforced.
Anyway, that isn't important. Don't take this as offense.
My definition of wasting my life: not enjoying my life as in living comfortable and doing what I enjoy.
My reason is that I live in an undeveloped country and my family is poor. Which causes me to be unable to live comfortably. Also unable to make money, as making money requires an investment which I don't have. That, of course, excludes horrible ways of making money, such as horrible jobs. An anyway, those jobs only pay enough to pay for living expenses.
In short, I feel like I've wasted over 20 years of my life and I'm continuously am wasting it, AND I'm likely to continue wasting it in the near future. Which, to me, feels horrible. I've plans how I can stop wasting it, but they all include factors that will happen but I can't influence them. They can happen today or in a year, but when it does happen, I'm ready for them and I know exactly what I'm gonna do then, step-by-step, both in the worst-case and best-case scenario.
P.S. To those who're gonna look at this as in "you can do something and yet you don't," that's true. Reasons for this are stated in the second paragraph and it contains little detail, which means that you shouldn't make a strong judgement based on that. The possibilities that I'm aware of usually result in a conclusion that says "it's a waste of time, nothing good will come out of it in the long run, nor short-term."
So any of you feel like you're wasting your life? If so, describe it - how are you wasting your life? Why are you wasting it? Are you doing anything to change the situation?
Don't knock people who make an honest living. I don't care if they are picking up cans by the side of the road - at least they're doing a job.
How is that not important or relevant?
Barring a really wild card that I can't foresee: how could you have a long term game plan besides being a leech off of people who are doing what you're not willing to do?
Don't knock people who make an honest living. I don't care if they are picking up cans by the side of the road - at least they're doing a job.
I'm glad you posted that because to be honest this thread smacks of a sort of conceited arrogance, everyone is wasting their lives apart from the one who can afford, without explanation, to refuse work, very possibly any work what so ever at this point from what I've read, and engage in discussion of vaguely defined "fluid concepts" online instead.
Its disgusting and also the opposite of any lived life, any really lived life, its a complete and utter dodge out of life, which isnt all sweetness and light and suiting yourself all the time.
Even the contempt for what are commonplace topics of conversation I think tells on the attitude of the OP, those things are part of life, a big part of life, if all you have for them are disdain then you also have disdain for life. While you can, in self-congratulatory fashion, maintain that everyone else is wasting their life and yours is the superior way, I doubt its something you can do forever, hence threads like this looking for vindication, support or at least someone to give the argument in order that all the rationalisations can be poured forth and in doing so reinforced.
Are you still in school?Volunteering in school cannot be beneficial in any way, except some teachers may increase your grades for a month. I bet I could've gotten better grades in history class.
Anyway, we do have volunteer work outside of school. We used to have these classes in school about volunteering and volunteer work, what we can do while we're at school, during the summer and after school. There were two kinds of volunteer work - planting trees and handing out food at the entrance of various stores. I don't see any benefit in neither. You can volunteer to be a security guard in some carnivals, patrolling through the carnival area back and forth, in which I also don't see any benefit.