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Originally posted by Ian ok. So use less Acton next time?

Impossible! Acton is the main catalyst!

Oh, I remember that totally too. He took me into a city centre pub, bought me a drink, i think he roofied it because I'm sure I got a prostate exam after that. He then had a burger and put over it what he said was mayo but I don't believe him, because why were my pants around my ankles?

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Originally posted by Ian Lily the english teacher? I think I do ok for saying I missed most of the final year at school and still know more than many people who went on to do fad degrees at Uni.

I left at the start of what was called Year 11 here, learned what I needed to know and then just went off and did what I had to do. There was a lot of continued self and extra education after that, but it was simply applied more to what I wanted to make of myself. At the time I was doing a pilots licence and beauty therapy course, later that changed to sales, leadership and human resources. Eventually a lot of small business and real estate courses, so while you may leave school early, it is important to continue being educated with up to date methods.

As for University education, its not all crap but a lot of it is woefully bad at preparing people for careers and some of it is comparatively dated for some subjects. I've thought about doing a business degree, but I can't quite justify in my head taking lessons from someone that I currently out-earn by a factor of five times

Mine was all health related. My attendance for the last year was 31% and what hurts my auntie who thinks everything is a contest is that I still beat both of her sons in grades. My problem is application, I need something to do that will lend itself to flexibility around my worse days and right now I dunno what that could be. I don't have lofty ambitions to become a millionaire or anything, just to do something that makes me happy. Right now those ambitions are to work with wild animals like lions, polar bears and canadians, to do something within a forest or coastal environment & ecotourism and to do sports journalism.

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Originally posted by Lilith I've thought about doing a business degree, but I can't quite justify in my head taking lessons from someone that I currently out-earn by a factor of five times

yeah, i cant imagine paying tens of thousands for a degree in a field you have plenty of experience in would be a worthwhile investment. be better to put those dollars to work right now. dont get me wrong, i really enjoyed uni, but the extra tax im paying now pisses me off and i wonder how better off i'd be now if i'd gone straight to work at 18 and invested my degree money in property/shares back in the day.

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Originally posted by Ian Mine was all health related. My attendance for the last year was 31% and what hurts my auntie who thinks everything is a contest is that I still beat both of her sons in grades. My problem is application, I need something to do that will lend itself to flexibility around my worse days and right now I dunno what that could be. I don't have lofty ambitions to become a millionaire or anything, just to do something that makes me happy. Right now those ambitions are to work with wild animals like lions, polar bears and canadians, to do something within a forest or coastal environment & ecotourism and to do sports journalism.

Hmm, it isn't application because if you had applied you would have done so, problem is motivation. If you had motivated yourself to something then we can start on how your energies are applied and I don't mean mystical fuzzy energy, I mean how you think and physically work at a task.

Thing is, there are those aspects you would think make you happy, but its much the same as being force fed your favourite food, eventually you're going to wake up and come to the realisation you're utterly sick of the same crap, day in and day out. So what you do is think laterally around what makes you happy, then you can start on the path which will take you there even if it is an indirect one. You do your time in the pit with the rest of us working as an accountant I believe you where studying.
Sure, accountancy is terrible, but its no more terrible than having to walk 12km to get fresh water and gathering sufficient firewood for your family every day like some people have to do as a job. Now at this point you're wondering what accountancy does to make you happy?
You work, you get paid and then you go do what makes you happy on your days off.
Like animals and eco-tourism?
Zoos have volunteers and so do most national parks
Like sports and Canadians?
Start a good blog that attracts lots of readers, they're probably the future of journalism to some extent.

Then come Monday, haul yourself off to work like the rest of us and do it over again until come Friday afternoon, secure financially and happy to look forward to something.

The next bit will not be nice to read, but I will write it anyway.
You suffer from lack of motivation because you never had to do anything to get by, the reality of that is once the security of whoever is looking after you goes away, you will wake up destitute and miserable having never achieved anything and so far away from what makes you happy, it may as well be but a dream.

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Originally posted by Lilith Hmm, it isn't application because if you had applied you would have done so, problem is motivation. If you had motivated yourself to something then we can start on how your energies are applied and I don't mean mystical fuzzy energy, I mean how you think and physically work at a task. Thing is, there are those aspects you would think make you happy, but its much the same as being force fed your favourite food, eventually you're going to wake up and come to the realisation you're utterly sick of the same crap, day in and day out. So what you do is think laterally around what makes you happy, then you can start on the path which will take you there even if it is an indirect one. You do your time in the pit with the rest of us working as an accountant I believe you where studying. Sure, accountancy is terrible, but its no more terrible than having to walk 12km to get fresh water and gathering sufficient firewood for your family every day like some people have to do as a job. Now at this point you're wondering what accountancy does to make you happy? You work, you get paid and then you go do what makes you happy on your days off. Like animals and eco-tourism? Zoos have volunteers and so do most national parks Like sports and Canadians? Start a good blog that attracts lots of readers, they're probably the future of journalism to some extent. Then come Monday, haul yourself off to work like the rest of us and do it over again until come Friday afternoon, secure financially and happy to look forward to something. The next bit will not be nice to read, but I will write it anyway. You suffer from lack of motivation because you never had to do anything to get by, the reality of that is once the security of whoever is looking after you goes away, you will wake up destitute and miserable having never achieved anything and so far away from what makes you happy, it may as well be but a dream.

epic

Lil I'll get back to you on that this evening, I'm about to go out & want to give it the respect that it deserves given your effort to disect it

just got back from the soccer/football.

8-1. Ouch North Queensland, you suck the big ones

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Originally posted by Ian Lil I'll get back to you on that this evening, I'm about to go out & want to give it the respect that it deserves given your effort to disect it

I'm genuinely curious as to what you could get back to her on. How voyeuristic of me.

Just saw The Magician in Philly last night. If you don't know he's also known for being half of the original Aeroplane group. GO SEE HIM! Probably one of, if not THE most personable DJ's I've ever met. His crowd interaction is insane, too. He was giving out stickers and gifted his wand (lol, wand) to me at the end of the show. Oh, his set was amazing if you were wondering.

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