day job

just curious, how do you support yourself in the world we live in?
seems for trippers (at least those i know, myself included) there is a tendancy to occupy the outskirts of the mainstream. but when it comes to making ends meet where do you fit in?

myself, iv been an odd jobber within the building trades the last few years, off and on. jack of all (minus plumbing), king of none.

part time at a coffee shop also at the moment. (dont think that will last much longer)

massage therapist as well, though mainly as an avenue of personal study regarding the human body, the somatic psychology, grounding practices and the healing arts.

nothing i do for work is ever steady, i find myself jumping from project to project....s'worked for me thus far.

you?

 

I work at a bakery.

 

i'm a grad student working towards my PhD in biochemistry
so i work in a lab and go to class/seminars and get paid a stipend

 

I work in 3 fields at the same time: art, fashion and customer service. I'm a freelance photographer and stylist, plus I also have jobs this and there in call centres, clothing stores and such, to be sure to earn a minimum to make ends meet. My other activities incomes are a bonus, for the moment they vary way too much from month to month to only count on that for a living.

 

Certified massage therapist.
Pizza delivery driver/order taker/server/janitor.

I cant wait to see where the massage therapy will take me.

 

I'm studying criminology. I don't know where that will take me. I don't think being a tripper really means anything in terms of how you're able to participate in society. I suppose it could be said that the types who like to trip, might also be the type who prefers to live an alternative lifestyle and work some sort of arty job or something.

 

no job right now besides painting my mom's basement. i'm doing a double major at college in psychology and biology.

 

take a big guess.

i'm a machinist.

if you dont know what a machinist is, basically we make the world go around ever since man picked up a rock and tried to make it into something.

 

I am able to will money into existence using only my thoughts.

 

I get paid to go to college.

 

I need to figure out how to make bank.

 

Man look at all these people in here getting degrees and shit. It's funny how many people in society would look at a psychedelic user and assume they can't contribute to the machine. We are some of the brightest people out there. At the same time though, I don't think going to school necessarily proves how smart you are, just saying it's cool to see that some psychedelic users are defying what most people think...

Anyways, I'm one semester away from having my masters in health science. I am doubting what I'm doing these days though. I wanted to teach at first but now I'm not sure. Either way I should be pretty marketable with a masters degree.

 

what do you study?

 

My wife and I were walking on a hot day along a side street in Mandalay and turned into a temple, into a shady doorway and into a hall lined on one side with Buddha images on platforms, the images maybe about life-size, made of white and grey stone - most of them graceful and with expressive (of equanimity) faces and we were walking through hallways like that and were in a large open room open on all sides like you'd see in a temple and up by the ceiling going around the room there was a series of paintings of the stages of life (in greater detail than I'm giving) - pregnant mom, baby, child, carefree years, falling in love, marrying, children/working/house-holding, aging, contemplative/devotional life, sickness and death, baby, child and so on. It blew my mind to see that in that temple that perfect reflection of a lot of lives. I understand that the stages of our lives manifest in ways different from traditional Burmese culture. Like one stage of life would be tripping. I didn't trip during my householder and working years (that were informed by acid). Now I'm passing that time, and thanks in part to what I've learned on this forum (esp RC), I'm easing into a more contemplative/devotional life in the way of my culture. Also, less working and a freer life. I'm baking bread, backpacking, gardening, journeying, hanging out, watching this stage unfold.

 

I don't have a job, lmao

 

I think stealing gold might be fun.

 

iam about to get my security license and work until school happens...WAHOO

 

Phase 1: Eat a lot of acid
Phase 2: ???????????????
Phase 3: Profit

 

This. I actually feel guilty about it, when I see my fellow students scrambling to balance jobs and classes. I think they're stronger for it, though I can't imagine the constant stress.

I study computer science (programming, basically).

 

To each his own man. After I started tripping all I want to do is go live in the woods and remove myself from this horrid society.