I was told to be a garbage man. Who the fuck made these tests? My guidance counselor for years told me not to go to college.
I’m a software engineer now, and while I believe garbage men deserve better pay and benefits and recognition as essential skilled workers, who the fuck tells that to a kid? That they should give up on college and work a labor job for their entire life?
Hell as a teen I fucking hated those tests because I didn’t even know what I wanted to study, and everything I started just felt either so daunting or not worth my time. It straight up advised me to be an accountant and I got depressed thinking that’s what my life would be.
Nowadays I’m in IT, and sure, a bit on the full side, but I actually get it, makes good money, and on the side I paint for fun. Not the worst life, and certantly better than being a goddamn accountant.
my guidance counselor for years told me not to go to college
I’m a software engineer now
So, you followed his advice I see :D (I’m joking, of course)
This whole thing about determining your best job or whatever always seemed very weird to me (we don’t do that much here in France). I mean, I did not know what I would do after getting a Ph.D., how the heck is a stranger supposed to know like fifteen years before that.
Men are like volcanoes. They can be quiet for decades before suddenly erupting their accumulated suppressed feelings
As a woman, the secret is the unload your baggage to friends one at a time as to not overwhelm them.
Having a crappy day? Talk about it.
Relationship issues? Talk about it.
Feeling stuck in your career? Talk about it
But don’t do it all at once, otherwise people will feel like you’re misusing them as free therapy, and takes away from the natural give and take between friends/partners.
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