I don't want a 9 to 5 job.

dude school sucks belive me i'm 15 and i hate learning of facts more than you,but you must go thru this stupid educational system belive me just give it a try.

 

9 to 5 sounds easy. try working 80 hours a week.

i think that part of the reason why the majority of society works 9 to 5, 40 hours a week, 5 days a week, is because it's EASY, and it fits into our consumerist society of careless ease. there are many other things you could be doing besides working 9 to 5 that could be much harder work.

but if supporting mainstream society is the topic in question here, then yea, forget it.

degrees and stuff will help you make money though.

 

I am 25 years old and I completely understand. Working a job you don't really enjoy, with people you don't really enjoy, every day of your life, really sucks! It is easy to say screw this I am doing my own thing. However, how are you going to do that? How are you going to eat and have somewhere to sleep with no money? It's a catch-22 and it sucks definitely. But there is a way to make the life you want. It just takes work!

I did the traditional, finish high school, got a college degree, started a job, moved out... blah blah stuff. and I was miserable! I decided with some money i had saved up, I would take some time off to learn about myself, travel, experiment, meet new people...and i've never been happier! and then I spent all my money, had to live with my parents and am once again stuck. So where is the light at the end of the tunnel? How do you fit in with society to make a living yet go against society and live the life you imagine? It is tricky but not undo-able!

The best advice: get a degree. Yes class sucks, yes you are paying tons of money to maybe one day make money, yes it may not be exactly the type of job you want later in life....but TRUST ME as someone in your situation, it is worth it. If you really want to create a life just for you, then you NEED money! I hate money, I don't like material items, but unfortunately society has created a world where you can't live without it. At least not forever. So get a degree that will help you in your FUTURE. What is your end goal? What can you do each day to help you get there? (EXAMPLE: I love food, gardening, cooking, nutrition, health...etc. I want to start a hippie commune or become a WWOOFer someday (and so I went to school to become a Dietitian, which I am now.) I work 830-430 every day for a not-for-profit in my community to help people eat healthier and live more active lives. Do I want a 9-5 job? NO. Do I want to sit in an office at a desk all day every day? NO. But this is the start to the life I want. I am saving every penny I make to go towards a sustainable off-the-grid commune for people like me to live in someday. How else can I create this life? You have to give and give and give to receive. It sucks but it is life. The universe has given you life, what have you given the universe? Working a 9-5 job might not seem like any step towards a better world but each little amount of effort helps. I work for a not-for-profit so I feel better about not giving my time and effort to a large corporation. I am making a small amount of difference in the community I live in. Baby steps!!

My future goals are to: become a food vendor at music festivals, start a hippie commune or become a WWOOFer host or both, share all my love, happiness, and dreams with every life form around me
Yes you may have to do the same song and dance as society to get to where you want to go but DO IT!! Do it for you! Do it for me! Do it for all life! BE SOMEONE! Be THE CHANGE YOU WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD!

I thank you each and every day for every moment of sadness and heartache you endure to better the world! Don't lose sight in the life you dream. Live the life you imagine!! I love meeting new people and sharing my happiness and love so feel free to message me!

 

yo man i feel the same way. y work a stupid job that doesnt do ne thing for u spiritually. and y get a job that helps our stupid consumer society. we r not meant to be slaves. in our society we r tought to be a reflection of our culture, but we need to be thinkers not reflecters. we need to go beyond the boundaries of our culture and create our own. the world is finally starting to awaken. we r having an evolution of ideals. the only thing thats holding us back is society, government, and the ruling elite.

sorry for the long rant lol. me personally im thinking about joining a commune

 

Get your Diploma then start head on out into the world.

 

Giving this kid advice now is kind of like talking to an empty room. He split after having a little tantrum because nobody gave him the advice he wanted to hear.

C/S,
Rev J

 

I'd say you're right, Rev.

 

The path you mention? birth, work, death - you are not going to dodge those. School? Not really necessary if you don't mind risking the possibility of working some mindless job, and living in poverty. The risk is higher of that outcome, and opportunities to escape that scenario are fewer with only a GED, that's all.

Maybe you are OK with taking that risk, many are and it's fine.

The reality is that American culture is decidedly unfriendly to anyone who deviates - it's not just your parents that are setting this boundary. Our corporate masters make it very difficult to have things like health care, which you could need at any time - unless you go down their narrow way.

When you say your family won't support you what do you mean by that? That they would disown you, or simply that they would not support you financially? It's not unreasonable that they would not support you financially, why would you expect them to do that, once you are 18, and you chose this path?

SH

 

Didn't read the whole thread before I posted! Reminds me of how hard it was to be 16, but I think I had things sorted out a little more by then. From what I remember

 

get your high school diploma dude. I fully support you trying to do your own thing, but its very hard to make a livin doing that stuff, so its always good to have a back up. If you like art, try becoming a tattoo artist, or learn to make your own stuff and sell it online, or hell move to washington and become a pot farmer lol

 

tltl

 

BIG AGREE^^^ but if you do this, you're fucked.

 

pretty much, why not become a hippie wiz kid with computers like steve jobs and the woz !

 

Because you have to be a wiz kid for that.

 

You are a kid with alot of lofty goals and have no idea how the world is or works.

A hs diploma would have helped you a great deal....... A college degree in art or music would have helped you a great deal by broadening your horizons and giving you some formal training.


I have many hippie friends that followed a similar path. They are middle aged, their bodies are broken down from years of low level unskilled labor jobs, they are always broke and need a place to crash and will probably have to work until the day they die because they make about as much as they did when they were 16. Their families and children think they are a joke, most are divorced many times over and they look 20 years older then they are..... Broken old hippies.

Yes there are good paying jobs you can get without a degree but most will be 12 hours a day shoveling shit jobs.

 

Here's the kid's last few posts.

Spoiled little brat. Like I said earlier he had a little tantrum because we didn't line up to tell him "Yeah! Fuck school!" and hasn't posted since.

C/S,
Rev J

 

Damn man, makes me look bad I'm 18, please let it be known that I am graduating high school, and plan on being successful through HARD WORK

 

I half joke that I'm every punks hippie friend. I can't count the number of times I've heard "Fuckin hippies! Not you dude." Usually it's in reference to others like the OP. It gives us all a bad name.

C/S,
Rev J