I think the trick is to find a job you love or a job you hate but it pays you well as a consolation. So many people are wasting their time in college. They come out no employable than they were before they went to school. It's the big con game going on across the country. I'm not against education but against the concept that any degree makes you employable is a scam.
You get out of it what you put into it. You party and drink, take stupid classes and the easy major to get a piece of paper, college = con. You work hard and focused, college = great learning experience.
A college degree that cost $140,000 could have brought you a nice dry cleaning shop or a pizza palor that could generate 80K plus a year. How many guys graduate college to find they have a mortgage sized college loan and a job paying barely paying 35K.
And at 19, or even say 23 (approx. post 4 year degree age), with $140k in the bank, what percent of those kids would actually do anything with it other than blow it? Especially with absolutely zero discipline - as shown by the fact that they could not sit still in class for their college years.
Work does play havoc on working out. I wake up at 4:30AM for work and for many years I worked shift work. Now shift work will play hell on your mind and body. Throw in a family to take care of with long hours of work and you will long for time when you had time to work out. Let me see, I left my house 12 hours ago for work. Now it's time to bring the kids to soccer, karate, and boy scouts. When do I work out? Now I remember, it's after I mow the lawn and clean the pool.
Going back to working out. I think that workouts have to be under 90 minutes for a working guy. Even driving 30 minutes to a gym and working out for 90 minutes is a huge time investment. A 45 minute workout would be ideal. Time is at a premium. I think that's why it's so rare to see a natural 50 year old who is in shape. The years of making a living and hopefully taking care of a family has it's toll.
Well, now it's time to get blasted. Blast away.
Unfortunately, 99% of those in college
expect (read: EXPECT) a quality job after their 4, 6, or 8 (sometimes 12 depending on post-doc, etc) years. But those are the sheep. And they will be doing a 9-5 till they die. And wonder, every day, why they aren't rich. Or, most, I think, are completely oblivious to the fact that there is more to life and blissfully wile away their days at baseball games and glaring balefully at the Mercedes driving by.
People without a college education who
expect a 9-5 till they die are just in denial.
I know a TON of really rich ($ million+) people who would not be rich were it not for the things their college years taught them. I do not know a single rich person who did not get at least a 4 year degree. I am sure they exist, but I have yet to befriend one.
Guess what I am saying is that Bast is in for a world of hurt unless he figures it out sooner than later.
