Article: 63908 of alt.support.depression From: wombn Newsgroups: alt.support.depression Subject: Re: career/life crisis- please help Reply-To: wombnhearmeroar@attbi.com Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) X-No-Archive: yes MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 42 NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.246.129.184 X-Complaints-To: abuse@attbi.com X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1056940921 12.246.129.184 (Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:42:01 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:42:01 GMT Organization: AT&T Broadband Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2003 02:42:01 GMT Path: news.meer.net!sea-read.news.verio.net!dfw-artgen!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!image.surnet.ru!news-east.rr.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: archive.mv.meer.net alt.support.depression:63908 On 29 Jun 2003 18:42:14 -0700, sadie0726@hotmail.com (s.olssen) wrote: >I feel like working is a waste of my life, no matter what I do. All I >really want to do is travel. I don't like being in one place all the >time. I hate having predictable days. I like being in charge of my >time, being spontaneous. Working is killing me. But these are the >words of a spoiled trust fund kid, which I'm not at all. Meanwhile, >I'm running out of money, can't afford to move, can't afford to stay, >and start crying when I think about working elsewhere. I can't afford >a therapist, my insurance doesn't cover it and I can't even afford >sliding scale. 1) what kinds of work would have you travel and have constant change in topic, preferably with you as your own boss. Freelance journalist/writer? Travel agent? Tour guide? I know someone who is a programmer during the winter and works for the forest service during the summer. There might be a way you can save up for retirement and still have an ever-changing, ever-challenging "career". In my immediate family, only mom held a single job for more than 5 years. The rest of us (dad, brother and me) have changed every few years. We're not rich, but we have food, housing, clothing, medical care and we generally get to do the things we want to do. 2) Working is a waste of your life.....? have you studied much on the life of humans 20- or 30,000 years ago? For them, working meant day-to-day survival for food, shelter, clothing. They were doing *very* well if they didn't starve during winter and actually had time to make body decorations (jewelry, etc)--which was proof of "wealth". Even now, the energy expended for day-to-day survival is put out by someone somewhere. Whenever I notice myself feeling unthankful, I remind myself of how easy I really have it. And then I remember how hard *other* people have had to work to keep *me* alive.... 3) What the hell is morally wrong with changing your work frequently? If you're making your way through life, and living it the way you want to, preparing for retirement, without hurting anyone else, then what the hell is wrong with that?? I bet that last one is your biggest stumbling block.