Would you? When i look at my health benefits, 401k, and paycheck i find it a hard decision to make. Im only 20 years old and i make more than the woman that i live with who still pays bills that i should be paying and cooks for me on the weekends. My friends are jealous.... but im not happy.
To be honest...im very grateful for the job that i have because the one i had before that barely allowed me to afford my car and car insurance. But i hate my job....i hate having to smile against my will, i hate having to act like i give a damn because someones service isnt working, i hate to have to meet a quota, i hate to have to censor who i am.... to sum it up i hate the coporate world.
I hate people...so why should i work in customer service?
I hate business casual so why do i wear slacks and button up shirts?
I hate employee of the month parking...
All of the supervisors are aholes.
Everyone is a nark...and basically i go to work and stay in my cage... i mean cubicle.
I'm not saying all of this to B#### and moan about my job...they say everyone hates their job so why would i be any different. But thats the thing, everything i hate about what i do now is what lead me to realize that it really isnt about money...not that i didnt know that before.. but i used to think at least i dont have to struggle paying bills. Now its like...F bills. This is not what i was made to do...i am an artist. When i graduated from highschool i didnt realize how important it was to care about what you did for a living...but when i started slacking off and decided to take a year off i got to where i am now. I am miserable confined in this cage...pretending that i care about what i do or the people i work with.. And everyday i go to work i come home thinking that i need to get out of here. So when you say hmm i'll take a year off... or let me just wait another couple of months to save up (which is what i did)...realize that youre making a lifelong decision that generally results in your taking more and more time off...and eventually you forgot what your so called goal was to begin with and youre financially comfy. Thats all that matters right? Of course you can always go back to school...but by then you may have missed out on so many things. Yea im about to be in quite a bit of debt because i cant afford to the school that i applied to...and its gonna be a long few semesters, but the struggle isnt always so bad.
I think you are way ahead of the game at 20 years old. I'm 30 and I still feel like you do. If you have the ability to go to school and get your bearings, go for it. Life is too short. And if I am honest with you, i'd say that there are only 3 kinds of jobs.
1. The kind that you have.
2. The kind that you have, coupled with a great ability of playing that game and living with the BS.
3. Or the kind where you take the stage of life you are in now and use it to acquire the knowledge of entrepenureship and combine it with your passion in life (this option, i've found, requires you to be humble when the money is good and to be happy and content when it is not.
If I were 20 again and had the wisdom that you do, it would be a no brainer. Good luck!
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"Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe"-- St. Augustine
hey, your right, in the end its not about the money, you need to be happy with yourself and what your doing...although i don't necessarily see taking some time off is bad...it really does depend on the person. I had to drop out of my first college because of finances and i thought it would be the worst thing but it ended up being the best. i figured out what i wanted and now i work so much harder to get it. it is hard though...im back at a community college and im flat broke but im hoping when i graduate my pay check will cover my loans and i will be content with what i have...if not then i geuss i will begin a new plan. good luck
Yea i havent been in school since the end of 06, and ive been working since then
and working the dead in job i had before the one i have now (even though i think this one is dead end too..because im doing the same thing it just pays more and i have my own desk) is what made me say that i need to get my act together and be broke if need be. So when i move to san francisco in august, there are no plans of dropping out and i dont plan on leaving without a degree.
"Prefiero morir parada que vivir la vida en mis rodillas"