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#122,181
Count Bassie said:
Good post! The is no such thing as wasted time, your path is time and energy invested, maybe in what you haven't arrived at yet. Consider you're being groomed and honed for something that really should be your focus.
Eye on the sparrow, don't give yourself away to "Fate". That's a BS idea.
Security is for children and relationships.
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Nocturnal said:
Great post! The misery definitely isn't restricted to lawyers. I know very few people that really love what they do and I must say that I envy them. My wife is one of those people that truly loves her work. She may not love everything involved in the job but she is very happy where she ended up, which like many people was not the career path she expected.

I'm at one of those crossroads where it is time for some life changes. I don't think it's a mid life crisis but more of knowing its time to do something different in parts of my life. The first step is always the hardest, right??
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I really had no idea that that would resonate with anyone other than @MCF

I guess I really fall on the side of the career being a journey rather than a destination. And I have always aimed for an interesting journey.

Well, I have an ex wife to show for that journey - she didn't believe that there was going to be a big pay off at the end and showed her true colours in that process. She was very wrong about all of it. I ended up with enough that I have FU money for anything I don't want to do now. And glad to be shut of her with what I saw.

I am fond of telling people that the critical personality trait to being an entrepreneur (in my field) is mental illness; no one in their right mind would do this. But the reality is that I would never be able to do this had I not taken my circuitous journey to get here. Those abrupt career changes seem like folly - dumping all the work you have put in to date but that is, in my mind, where my happiness and success came from.
 
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Count Bassie said:
Tell me about that? What does it do that you like enough to install it?
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The stock Jackson pickups are rather bland, I had the Artech lying around. Someone called them the best $15 pickup out there, I tend to agree. They have good output and nice treble and mid response.
 
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Nocturnal said:
Great post! The misery definitely isn't restricted to lawyers. I know very few people that really love what they do and I must say that I envy them. My wife is one of those people that truly loves her work. She may not love everything involved in the job but she is very happy where she ended up, which like many people was not the career path she expected.

I'm at one of those crossroads where it is time for some life changes. I don't think it's a mid life crisis but more of knowing its time to do something different in parts of my life. The first step is always the hardest, right??
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The line of work I chose is recession prone, which means endless reinvention. Sometimes, you do it to pay the bills. Sometimes, it turns out really well. This latest incarnation has ups and downs, but mostly ups. Life could be a lot worse.
 
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PillO said:
As for off-topic, I can't think of a better place to discuss the correct way to arrange dishes in the dishwasher for optimal cleaning.
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And there really IS. I have no idea how many times I see people throw items in as if a blind person did it, and expect them to be clean. Do they not understand water actually has to get there to clean there? If we are with close friends or family, when it someone starts to load the dishll washer, my wife will often say, "Just let Donnie do it. No one does it to suit him." But she has after 30+ yrs of marriage figured out I was right and does it almost as correct as I do. Almost. Too many engineers in my family and genetics I guess. (PillO, thanks for allowing the sharing of this important passion.;):roflmao:)
 
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Here's the '69 GTO at the national show, looks better with the hood on it..........7enderbird colors!

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#122,189
PillO said:
...Amoungst all professionals (not limiting to lawyers anymore) I find that many are unhappy with the path they have chosen but feel trapped. They have invested so much in their career path that they feel unable to change direction. But that is the sunk cost fallacy. I don't understand why they can't/won't change direction.
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In many cases, at least in the US, it has multiple roots.
1. Society expects you to become an expert (or at least competent in something and do that forever. This is stupid, and many people would say otherwise, but it's a systemic issue.
2. By the time many people reach the point of wanting to change, they feel trapped monetarily. They have a big mortgage, cars, and other debts that they can't afford if they chuck their lucrative (however much it is) career and start over.
2a. Some people just don't want to give up their current left of comfort.
3. The pressure from #2 can increase by an order of magnitude for those who spouse/domestic partner/etc. expects/wants to stay at the same level or move up more quickly, or for those who have kids and don't want to "deprive them".
4. Many men get a big part of their identity from their jobs. If they're not "successful", they need to fight until they are to prove themselves. If they feel successful, going back to a place of having to prove themselves is terrifying. Not only will other people be judging them (perception- perhaps true, perhaps not) but what if they fail, at least to be as successful as before? Because ultimately they're judging themselves by the stupid standards noted above.
4a. This also means giving up whatever power you have accumulated (or think you have accumulated).

I'm probably forgetting something.

I realize this isn't universal, but I've seen it enough to know this set of factors covers an awful lot of people.
 
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PillO said:
Changed my Minion avatar early, so it is only underwear being changed today.

As for off-topic, I can't think of a better place to discuss the correct way to arrange dishes in the dishwasher for optimal cleaning.
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Or in our case in the drying rack for optimal drying.
 
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mr zee said:
I think you need to explain to my 30 year old daughter how this is done. ive tried for over 15 years and she still cant do it. She still washes dishes in the sink coupla times a day.
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So? That's all we do. Our dishwasher wasn't getting used much, so when it died we just left it alone. If we have company over to eat, or Sharon preps a big or complex meal, it's extra drying racks.
 
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Ok, looking at involvement with a Cream/Mountain/Bluesbreakers idea in my neighborhood, with a really talented guitar player I was in a band with four a while, 15 or so years ago. Seeking a drummer... hey, @fasterpussycat , got any advice??

*My heart still sinks a little on it's way out to you, when I think of that post of yours*
 
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