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May 3, 2007 22:32:41 GMT
Post by VeganxBen on May 3, 2007 22:32:41 GMT
the more i think about it the more im gutted i had to drop out of school early cos of my m.e. I would have loved to carry on and go study some more at something that really interests me. But I dunno what I'd wanna do anymore. I've gone right off wanting to start my own recording studio. All i wanna do is play guitar lol
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9-5?
May 3, 2007 22:37:09 GMT
Post by gregadeth on May 3, 2007 22:37:09 GMT
To be honest I just wanted to make that one life job free comment because I thought it was funny.
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May 3, 2007 23:34:21 GMT
Post by VeganxBen on May 3, 2007 23:34:21 GMT
I loved it none the less!
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May 4, 2007 0:38:53 GMT
Post by santino on May 4, 2007 0:38:53 GMT
They really don't though do they? Working a 9-5 job earns you a significant place in society, allows you to posses varying amounts of money (which buys you cool stuff) and essentially renders you a worthwhile human being.
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May 4, 2007 0:59:32 GMT
Post by justicecoming on May 4, 2007 0:59:32 GMT
They really don't though do they? Working a 9-5 job earns you a significant place in society, allows you to posses varying amounts of money (which buys you cool stuff) and essentially renders you a worthwhile human being. haha "ok" 99% of the people i know working the 9-5 grind hate their fucking jobs, despise the people they work with and live for the weekend to spend what little money they have earnt... that seems alien to me. Don't get me wrong, I've been there, I've done it. I've been everything from a roofing merchant to a campaigner to a painter and decorator and I hated every single fucking job. It certainly didn't make me feel like a "worthwhile human being" lining someone else's pockets... and i dreamed of not working again in every job i've ever been in. At the moment, I'm setting up www.respectlife.org.uk off my own back. It launches on Saturday May 26th and will hopefully, (i pray) turn into something full time if i put enough time and effort into it. The thought of working for someone else right now does nothing for me, has never done anything for me and never will so. If i fuck up with Respect Life, then i fuck up - but at least i'm not stuck in some shitty job resenting everything I have and "living for the weekend". If you have a job and love it, then good for you... I'm not anti-work blah blah, I'd just rather do something with my life that means something to me.
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May 4, 2007 6:52:47 GMT
Post by santino on May 4, 2007 6:52:47 GMT
My statement was generally aimed at an attitude inherent in some people, who do not endeavor to achieve anything; have no goals, no intentions of working toward doing something in life that can bring them success on some level and ultimately scrounge off others people hard work.
The way i see it is that everyone has to work in some way to earn money to survive. Its not necessarily fun all the time. If someone is in a job they intrinsically hate, having to work five days a week will be soul destroying. However, life is not predetermined. If someone is in such a job there is always the chance to get out of it, and move into something else that they can gain satisfaction from. This may involve an element of hard work, but the end result will be most likely be worth it.
Obviously, there are other means of earning money as opposed to working regular 9-5. Devoting all your time to setting up a website covering something you feel passionate about, which could eventually turn into a means of earning money and paying taxes is pretty damn worthwhile.
However,for me, working 9-5 and entering a job is actually something I am tentatively looking forward to. To a certain extent i am going to relish being able to work up the promotion ladder, earning more money etc. as i go along. I like the fact that getting to a position where i am qualified to work as a solicitor will have taken me years of study, and my knowledge in the field of law I specialize in will be vast.
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9-5?
May 4, 2007 11:16:27 GMT
Post by barbican on May 4, 2007 11:16:27 GMT
my job.
Hmmmm. Professional Drummer, Butcher, King Dong, Final year student.
Want some more cash tho, these days im running on empty.
Im not at all bothered by 'regular jobs' its not in me. Im not ready to be THAT miserable.
Having said that, i get money any way i can. It's been working so far. The second it doesn't i'll do something about it rather than sitting about doing nothing.
BAM.
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May 4, 2007 12:00:39 GMT
Post by The Corleone Family on May 4, 2007 12:00:39 GMT
Dan you should sign up to a market research company for food testing.
Great money, fuck all hours and free food. The only downside is the work is quite irregular.
....or start doing door-work, you'd love that shit, straight!
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May 4, 2007 12:03:35 GMT
Post by VeganxBen on May 4, 2007 12:03:35 GMT
When my health is to scratch for full time stuff I've thought about doing free lance video editing. Would need to study a lot more mind. But the money is pretty insane for it apparanz. My tutors mate edits bargain hunt on a weekly basis for an obscene amount of cash! thats awesome imo haha!
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May 4, 2007 14:43:18 GMT
Post by barbican on May 4, 2007 14:43:18 GMT
already ahead of you there. Butcher getting a door license SOON!
BAM!
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May 4, 2007 14:57:20 GMT
Post by liam on May 4, 2007 14:57:20 GMT
Just started a market research job. Can book my own hours, hav time off for tours. Pretty dull but it's money and it's flexible.
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May 4, 2007 15:06:32 GMT
Post by The Corleone Family on May 4, 2007 15:06:32 GMT
Word, i'm all about flexitime.
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May 4, 2007 16:44:46 GMT
Post by gregadeth on May 4, 2007 16:44:46 GMT
My statement was generally aimed at an attitude inherent in some people, who do not endeavor to achieve anything; have no goals, no intentions of working toward doing something in life that can bring them success on some level and ultimately scrounge off others people hard work. The way i see it is that everyone has to work in some way to earn money to survive. Its not necessarily fun all the time. If someone is in a job they intrinsically hate, having to work five days a week will be soul destroying. However, life is not predetermined. If someone is in such a job there is always the chance to get out of it, and move into something else that they can gain satisfaction from. This may involve an element of hard work, but the end result will be most likely be worth it. Obviously, there are other means of earning money as opposed to working regular 9-5. Devoting all your time to setting up a website covering something you feel passionate about, which could eventually turn into a means of earning money and paying taxes is pretty damn worthwhile. However,for me, working 9-5 and entering a job is actually something I am tentatively looking forward to. To a certain extent i am going to relish being able to work up the promotion ladder, earning more money etc. as i go along. I like the fact that getting to a position where i am qualified to work as a solicitor will have taken me years of study, and my knowledge in the field of law I specialize in will be vast. "scrounge off others people hard work". I don't know if you have ever considered how capitalism works or not but basically rich people spend their lifes "scrounging" off everyone else's hard work. We work hard and they skim off the surplus value of our labour, for doing absolutely fuck all. That's how it works and its shit. My dad has spend his whole life working night shifts in a fucking cellophane factory and I can tell you he doesn't exactly feel that has made him a "worthwhile human being". I don't want allow myself to be destroyed by middle class values of competetiveness, "ladder climbing" and materialism. Capitalism might be able to provide us with flat screen tellies, big cars and other shit that we don't need, if we work hard enough at outcompeting other workers around us, but it will never be able to provide us with the things that we really need as human beings; liberty, solidarity, community, the free time to do what we REALLY want to do with our lives, and so on. Once upon a time we did have some free time, free time away from the 9-5 when we got home. The problem is that now, the capital is EVERYWHERE, its almost impossible to escape from capital because of its totality. On the way to work we have billboards shoved in our faces, the radio in the car beams adverts and crap music that is devoid of any real content. Then, when we get home, we get more of the same. Innevitably the majority of us have to work to get by in the world, we all have needs to meet, we can't just "drop out" but to unquestionably accept all of the values forced upon us is weak. I want to ESCAPE. That is my "goal", I want us all to escape, I want humanity's dreams and desires beyond this society to be realised not a 2 point 4 children and a barrat house in a commuter belt somewhere. And if it doesn't work, at least I tried.
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May 4, 2007 23:31:36 GMT
Post by rowena on May 4, 2007 23:31:36 GMT
Sponge off parents.
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May 5, 2007 0:46:17 GMT
Post by gregadeth on May 5, 2007 0:46:17 GMT
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