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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 3626634" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>My suggestion would be to find something you like to do and don’t think about keeping up with the Jones. If you are great at what you do, the reward will come, likely when you least expect it. The YouTube thread reminds me of the vast resources available to find something you might like to do. You can watch a million channels of people doing stuff as a job.</p><p></p><p>My dad was a letter carrier for the post office after he served in the military as a medic during the early 1960s. He received the million mile award which means he walked more than a million miles delivering mail. He was dog bit more than once and even had to get a series of rabies shots. He never once complained. In fact he was a quiet man. He retired at age 76 and passed away at 86 from pulmonary fibrosis, likely caused by something he was exposed to in the military. He lived a very healthy life. Never smoked or drank and always took his vitamins.</p><p></p><p>That said, he had a master degree from OU in mechanical engineering. He was a mathematician by heart and would help me with my algebra in high school without looking at the book. It was crazy and I really didn’t like math. Funny thing is now I have pre and post level graduate degrees in finance and accounting which both require a lot of “math”.</p><p></p><p>You don’t have to be stuck in one profession. In high school I worked my way up to a mechanic in a local shop. I was making a ton of money for that age. Then went broke working my way through college taking my classes at night while paying as I went. College wasn’t fun for me, I was there to learn and retain knowledge. Never had a student loan. Today I crunch numbers during the day and at night I am rebuilding something mechanical, fabricating something out of metal or wood and enjoying the time spent doing stuff I like.</p><p>This is the kind of stuff I like to do for those who don’t make it to the Gearheads section.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.okshooters.com/threads/new-project.289491/[/URL]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 3626634, member: 7248"] My suggestion would be to find something you like to do and don’t think about keeping up with the Jones. If you are great at what you do, the reward will come, likely when you least expect it. The YouTube thread reminds me of the vast resources available to find something you might like to do. You can watch a million channels of people doing stuff as a job. My dad was a letter carrier for the post office after he served in the military as a medic during the early 1960s. He received the million mile award which means he walked more than a million miles delivering mail. He was dog bit more than once and even had to get a series of rabies shots. He never once complained. In fact he was a quiet man. He retired at age 76 and passed away at 86 from pulmonary fibrosis, likely caused by something he was exposed to in the military. He lived a very healthy life. Never smoked or drank and always took his vitamins. That said, he had a master degree from OU in mechanical engineering. He was a mathematician by heart and would help me with my algebra in high school without looking at the book. It was crazy and I really didn’t like math. Funny thing is now I have pre and post level graduate degrees in finance and accounting which both require a lot of “math”. You don’t have to be stuck in one profession. In high school I worked my way up to a mechanic in a local shop. I was making a ton of money for that age. Then went broke working my way through college taking my classes at night while paying as I went. College wasn’t fun for me, I was there to learn and retain knowledge. Never had a student loan. Today I crunch numbers during the day and at night I am rebuilding something mechanical, fabricating something out of metal or wood and enjoying the time spent doing stuff I like. This is the kind of stuff I like to do for those who don’t make it to the Gearheads section. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.okshooters.com/threads/new-project.289491/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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