Life be damned
So I’ve been mulling over a few stray thoughts I’ve had about the not-too-distant future. Not the deployment, or even getting out of the Air Force… When I’m done, I’ll have four semesters of school left… three if I load heavy.
I’m not nervous to graduate and eventually move on to the “real world” or anything… I just finally realized what my greatest fear is knocking some girl up. A similar situation recently hit really close to home, so this kind of stuff has been bouncing around my mind a lot lately.
I’m 23 years old. I have successfully, in my own mind, booked my life for the next seven years. I’ve planned out so much cool shit, that having two of hours free time for the act itself, and then the post-coital nurturing seems unlikely…JKOMGROTFLMAOZ!1!!
I’m in a transitional period. Sort of like Rob from High Fidelity… but it’s not about music, or my love life for that matter. Imagine as if I’m calling up old ideas that I’ve had about what I’ve wanted to do with myself… and having a chat with them. No notion too silly, no career too bold… I’m just looking into what I want. Obviously, being a pitcher for the Royals is out the question… but the rest of the careers are actually quite attainable.
Career 1.) Archeologist
Hell yeah! Diggin’ shit up. I’ve always been fascinated with history, biology, and philosphy… but it’s a pretty hard field to get into. I’d always have to be involved with some university, which in itself isn’t that bad. I am not, however, good at work-level politics. Getting my mitts on the nice grants probably wouldn’t pan out the way I’d like it to most of the time. (College profs , from my experience, tend to be a bit sharper than your average BNAD DUED).
Career 2.) Journalist
Tried this… to a VERY small degree. I liked it, a lot. I don’t immediately forsee a career in it though… I’m not consistant, or likeable enough as a writer. On top of that, I definitely couldn’t be a “Today a car crash killed 12 puppies, and a mother of 3″ reporter for reasons I’m about to mention :
Career 3.) Engineer
Seems plausible enough… but I’m not so sure about the future of this market. I’d probably always be able to find work, but will it be fulfilling? There is nothing I hate more on this earth than monkey work. Making shit from someone else’s schematics is monkey work… just like writing pre-fab articles.
This sort of reminds me of my favorite Cussak line of all time… (My last Cussak refference, I promise) :
“I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career… I don’t want to do that.”
So lame… but so true.