Here... have some fucking advice..
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captainfuckitall ONLINE (07/06/2015) [-] Eh, no offense to him, but "Just do what makes you happy" is a very easy thing to say when you have multiple millions of dollars to spend willy-nilly.
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captainfuckitall ONLINE (07/06/2015) [-] When is it not? Yeah, you can be idealistic and live in the moment, but that doesn't stop you from having to live for the next 60 years either.
"I wanna travel the world!"
"Well you don't need money for that! Just go with some pocket money and work your way around!"
And then what? What happens when they come back and have zero references on their resume because they only worked for the meal of the day before moving on? What happens when they come back with the same amount of money as before and 10 years has gone by? Where's their job security? Pension? Housing?
"I want to devote myself to my artwork!"
Then what happens when nobody buys it? Nobody cares? Nobody wants to put it into a gallery? What if you had to choose between becoming a hit and sacrificing part of the fundamentals of what makes you enjoy your work?
"I want to run my own business!"
Then what happens if it gets run into the ground and they have no insurance or stable income?
Yeah, living in an idealistic world is fantastic for the day and fantastic for your dreams; but guess what, the only people who can live an idealistic life are those who can afford to lose half their paycheck and take it as an inconvenience while most people depend upon it to survive. THAT'S the ****** part.
The ONLY people I ever heard talking about seriously following dreams and chasing the stars and giving it all for that one big moment are millionaires who can afford the loss, or people SO broke that they have nothing to lose.
"I wanna travel the world!"
"Well you don't need money for that! Just go with some pocket money and work your way around!"
And then what? What happens when they come back and have zero references on their resume because they only worked for the meal of the day before moving on? What happens when they come back with the same amount of money as before and 10 years has gone by? Where's their job security? Pension? Housing?
"I want to devote myself to my artwork!"
Then what happens when nobody buys it? Nobody cares? Nobody wants to put it into a gallery? What if you had to choose between becoming a hit and sacrificing part of the fundamentals of what makes you enjoy your work?
"I want to run my own business!"
Then what happens if it gets run into the ground and they have no insurance or stable income?
Yeah, living in an idealistic world is fantastic for the day and fantastic for your dreams; but guess what, the only people who can live an idealistic life are those who can afford to lose half their paycheck and take it as an inconvenience while most people depend upon it to survive. THAT'S the ****** part.
The ONLY people I ever heard talking about seriously following dreams and chasing the stars and giving it all for that one big moment are millionaires who can afford the loss, or people SO broke that they have nothing to lose.
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swagbot (07/06/2015) [-]
1. "The ONLY people I ever heard talking about seriously following dreams and chasing the stars and giving it all for that one big moment are millionaires who can afford the loss, or people SO broke that they have nothing to lose."
Perhaps the only reason you've heard the rich people talk about it, is because they're the only one that people choose to quote, based on their popular notoriety.
What you don't hear about are the people who are working with moderate, comfortable wealth / livings, who decided to exit a rat-race job and begin doing what they loved. You don't hear about people who were absolutely in the dumps (depression, general life aimlessness, etc) who decided to begin doing what they loved, and now may not be millionaires, but have moved from a bad situation to a comfortable situation. This even seems to work for resolving some sicknesses, as stress, boredom, and discontentment result in physiological effects that begin destroying the body through hormonal channels.
2. "Then what happens when nobody buys it?"
The subtext in all of Bill Murray's quotes are "...if what you want to do is a productive thing."
> If all a person wants to do is eat bon-bons and get fat, then there is a diminishing chance that they can achieve that dream.
> If nobody likes your art, then you aren't creating anything of value, so you are not being 'productive'.
I'll repeat what i said in the original comment:
"The degree to which you should have to "Do stuff that is ****** " is ONLY directly proportional to the degree to which doing ****** stuff is your only option [i.e. your only option to support yourself] in the situation that you're in."
If you have the option of supporting yourself with the enterprises that you love, you should almost ALWAYS choose to do that.
If a person is not an 'enterprising person', they will not be able to support themselves period, so that's a moot criticism of Murray's comments.
3. Bill's comments have an important, overarching point that would only flower if it's employed by MANY people at the same time:
There are many, MANY reasonable, constructive human beings, currently working soul-sucking jobs in the bowels of companies that produce nothing.
If we stopped buying into this charade, got over our fear of 'not having stuff = failure', and tried to rebuild our lives on a foundation of "Being TRULY Happy", then very, VERY good things would begin happening to this world.
Perhaps the only reason you've heard the rich people talk about it, is because they're the only one that people choose to quote, based on their popular notoriety.
What you don't hear about are the people who are working with moderate, comfortable wealth / livings, who decided to exit a rat-race job and begin doing what they loved. You don't hear about people who were absolutely in the dumps (depression, general life aimlessness, etc) who decided to begin doing what they loved, and now may not be millionaires, but have moved from a bad situation to a comfortable situation. This even seems to work for resolving some sicknesses, as stress, boredom, and discontentment result in physiological effects that begin destroying the body through hormonal channels.
2. "Then what happens when nobody buys it?"
The subtext in all of Bill Murray's quotes are "...if what you want to do is a productive thing."
> If all a person wants to do is eat bon-bons and get fat, then there is a diminishing chance that they can achieve that dream.
> If nobody likes your art, then you aren't creating anything of value, so you are not being 'productive'.
I'll repeat what i said in the original comment:
"The degree to which you should have to "Do stuff that is ****** " is ONLY directly proportional to the degree to which doing ****** stuff is your only option [i.e. your only option to support yourself] in the situation that you're in."
If you have the option of supporting yourself with the enterprises that you love, you should almost ALWAYS choose to do that.
If a person is not an 'enterprising person', they will not be able to support themselves period, so that's a moot criticism of Murray's comments.
3. Bill's comments have an important, overarching point that would only flower if it's employed by MANY people at the same time:
There are many, MANY reasonable, constructive human beings, currently working soul-sucking jobs in the bowels of companies that produce nothing.
If we stopped buying into this charade, got over our fear of 'not having stuff = failure', and tried to rebuild our lives on a foundation of "Being TRULY Happy", then very, VERY good things would begin happening to this world.
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