Great post! I have written similar sentiments on another platform. I agree 100%. A generation does not actually begin to assume decision making power until around age 40. I will be 40 this year. I saw 9/11, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq start, the great recession and all that. Used to work for state government but now I am a consultant. I have questioned by own parents about their generation and roles within it and the current outcomes and all they tell me is they are glad they are not in it anymore and just want to retire and relax. WTF?! (I don't speak to my parents and family much nowadays...) I have multiple kids and am divorced so I get to see full on how this system 'works.' My decision was not to control or fight the system; but rather to fight for and control my own system. That's different. As a consultant I have much, much more control over my schedule. But maybe more importantly I get to control my money more. I get to be the one who decides what I pay and to who. Ditched credit cards years ago and by the end of this year plan on owing nobody anything! Independence and privacy are two things I cherish and I advocate for both to anyone I can. At 22 you are either in for a very difficult life experience.... OR you are in perfect position to thrive in the future because you won't waste any time living within the bubble of this bullshit of a system. And it's not just here, pretty much everywhere the experience is similar (or worse.) You are on the right path but at a certain point the path must become your own. I sat atop a perch and said lots and lots and lots and lots of things for a long time, but it took me until age 36 to actually put it into motion. And you know what? People mocked me and scorned me and hated me for jumping off the cliff and trusting myself to know my wings would carry me through. Keep spreading those wings and sharing and exploring. THIS is the path forward; honesty with self and sincerity with others all translated into action that moves the situation forward. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
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@rsbosse, I agree with everything you've said, you answered The Call, I especially liked the sentiments 'honesty with self and sincerity with others'. A lot of people on this platform are saying the same things as written in this post - POWER TO THE PEOPLE! Peace.
This is what I pray to God for every day...
True, honest, genuine support.
This is the shape that it takes...
Thank you for speaking out from your heart and telling me these beautiful things... If I were to only listen to people my own age, I would be lost... Without building upon the foundations of the knowledge of the elders, it is impossible to move forward with any clarity of sight and purity of intent.
I'm going to come back and read and re-read this comment as times move on. I'm glad it will never be destroyed from the block-chain!
Thank you again so much, whoever you are, for opening up about your own life and sharing with me in a way that is so relevent to my own experience...
I believe that I put it in motion this Summer when I dropped out of college and came here to China to work on my master plan. It's an incredibly elaborate and long-term plan, but I feel I moving forward with it at God Speed.. Sometimes I have to remind myself "Not too fast Hae-Joo... The Best things in life don't come right away... They take time to grow and blossom."
It's a fast-paced world today and the changes happening are so great and impressive it's hard to keep track without our heads spinning!
Information overload is a real problem, we need to learn to seek the information we need, filter the one we don't, and make sure we are always getting access to the most cutting edge, hopefully then we're in a dynamic position to take advantages of all the opportunities!
It's a crazy ball game but I love life! I see it as a game or a ride now, since I had this dream