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Old Jan 14, 2015, 11:52 PM
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It does sound pretty good. It is really hard to find a good job these days. So very hard to get your foot in the door in the first place. Apprenticeships... Etc... This sounds great.

I wonder why you are feeling cold feet now after so much excitement before?

I am reminded of this quote from a book... I can't remember the exact words... The book is "The End of the Road' By John Barth. The idea of the quote is that the main character (Jacob Horner - little jack horner...) gets episodic paralysis. He gets paralysis because while one thing can emerge as the best option... The opportunity cost of all the other options... While individually not as good.... All sum up... So that they are weightier than the individually best option. And so... He has no reason to pursue any of the options individually. So he does... Nothing.

(I did not explain that well, I hope you get the idea)

I feel like that a lot about life sometimes. Like... I'm not so motivated or inspired to be doing what I'm doing... There are so very many other cool things. TV doesn't help. Bull crap job descriptions of jobs that don't exist. People who get to be lab technician and doctor and spy and burglar and police officer and computer analyst with unnecessarily visual data output... But it gets me hankering for some other... Some better... Job.

Maybe it is a bit like feeling cold feet just before getting married... The thought that this is it. For reals. This is where one will be into the future indefinitely...

Or... What? What do you think?

Last edited by kim_johnson; Jan 14, 2015 at 11:53 PM. Reason: clarity
Thanks for this!
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