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what would be, what would you do?
This was inspired by a UW Oshkosh nursing instructor. She was amazing, her students loved her and you could tell that she loved every minute of it and them. It's been awhile since I taught and was reminded of how much I loved it. For me there is nothing more special than teaching except for maybe learning, because you can't really teach if you don't continue to learn.
This was inspired by a UW Oshkosh nursing instructor. She was amazing, her students loved her and you could tell that she loved every minute of it and them. It's been awhile since I taught and was reminded of how much I loved it. For me there is nothing more special than teaching except for maybe learning, because you can't really teach if you don't continue to learn.
I find the assault on free thought disturbing,
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
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I would NOT choose to work in the fly fishing industry. That's a good way to turn something you love into something you hate.
A job is a job. What I WANT to do is sleep late, play some Xbox, fish a little, think about hunting but don't go because I'm sleeping... I have no driving passion for any one thing, and it has caused me much mental anguish and time. Just whatever pays the bills and has some left over.
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I understand that. Is that Philosophy proff thing for real?
My number two would be teaching religious studies....esp eastern. My number one is Chinese internal martial arts. The problem comes when it is a hobby,even a passionate one. I've known a few people who have gone into the fishing industry (and other similar hobbies)and never fished (or whatever) again.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
Nothing wrong with that, you've just never have been hit upside head hard enough by something to bring a passion. Most never find that driving passion, sometimes it's due to circumstances, for others like you said "paying the bills," sometimes it's societies expectations.
One thing I would argue is a job doesn't have to be job, BUT they usually are little more than that. I'd love to sleep late everyday like you, go fishing (I don't hunt anymore) when I felt like it. If I get five to six hours a night I am nearly in heaven. I hope you find something it adds a lot to the "flavor." Maybe a brew master?;)
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I kinda wish I would have went that route to so I had more free time to do the things I want to do. Not what someone else wants me to do.
With that said...I make the most of time on evenings, weekends and my vacation time which is why I spend very little time in front of the TV, newspaper or books. Never have time. Haven't looked at the TV since April. Haven't been home before 9pm most nights the past 2 months.
Because if you're not busy living, you might as well get busy dying...
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Difficult question, I have always had an 'excess' of passions and pretty happy with my career path.
Career: I love working on log homes... the architecture, work locations, environments, and overall challenge. I only wish I had self-employed earlier in life.
Passions: Skiing/snowboarding (passions for most of my life, joints can't take it anymore), flyfishing and fishing in general... lifelong passion, Mining - I really, really wish I had started this endeavor earlier in life, Knifemaking - absolutely in love with making knives and also wish I had started at an earlier age. I'll find a few more passions before it's over.
NP of Psychiatry is the goal I've set for myself. Maybe I'll die before then. That would be cool.
If I could play guitar better? Yeah, I'd do that. I love music. I'm just not good enough to survive at it, much less make a living at it....
I thought I had remembered that you have brought that up before, I just couldn't remember.
Twenty thumbs up.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
Question. if there is a slight bulge in a stacked log wall between the 2nd floor and the peak. Should I be worried about it? Owner said it's settling that caused it.
This thread had a lot to do with you. In the hospital I figured you would've loved the Nursing instructor. And you seemed to talk a bit differently when talking about nursing. And your situation being like what sherb and Swizz describe...the wish I had done something earlier, maybe someone would get the idea that "screw it I am going give it a try." And screw cultural expectations completely. The psychology of cultural expectations is very dangerous which seeks little more than you thinking what they want you to. Find the way through them, around them, and you can "afford it," just knock them out of your way. But responsibility and timing narrows our opportunities. Strike while the iron is hot.
To my way of thinking a successful life is one where you have a reason to smile at the end of most days. Not smiles for profit, not smiles for things, but for taken responsibility, to come close to your values, to see a smile on a family members face or a strangers face equally. If you get rid of expectations that you lay on others and only have them for yourself, you learn, Much of we call unhappiness just disappears after lots of success and failure.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I'll have to go get one. THis is the cabin. We're under contract on it now but I'm waiting on them to provide an engineering report on the issue, The back where the bulge is, is block basement and stacked log the rest of the way up. It matches the front. In the front they used some vertical logs though.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/150-Dakota-Ln-Smithville-TN/90212948_zpid/
I like it.
Anthropological psychology fascinates me. It's a fledgling discipline with lots of problems but something that should have considered decades ago. Freud, Jung and their lapdogs actually set us back nearly a hundred years.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
That's interesting, with all of the high end parts he uses, I figured a blind monkey could make it handle good ;-)
I don't think it was ever a great plan for a career path unless you're someone like Jay Fisher but a **** fun addictive hobby and personally rewarding. Never too late in life to take up knifemaking.
Thank you for posting this. You know what my problem is, all jokes aside? Nature and nurture. Trying to live up to a successful father and grandfather, predisposed to anxiety (from mom). So I feel like I'm just out to sea and have faltered these first 15 years of being on my own. I know I'll be great in the field. I scored off the charts on the nursing test, especially the critical thinking and prioritization of care module.
I volunteered at the nursing home for over a year and loved it. Nothing more satisfying than talking with those old folks, making them smile, listening to their problems with empathy, not just sympathy. My dad has no empathy. So it's just taken me a long time to realize I'm not like him, and that's ok. I can be better in a different way.
Thanks, Mike, for these words. You've encouraged me. Consider this one of those "whops upside the head".
Thank you sir.
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.
Not a great plan??? Hell I could be at Jason Knights level by now.:)
I find the willingness to give it up frightening.