I've had a lot of time to think lately, what with being unemployed and all. And lately I'm kind wondering if this welding career is really right for me. Ok, so it's not much of a career yet and I've only had one welding job with only limited success so giving up this early might not be considered wise.
But the thing is my brother just graduated for college and it's made me realize two things.
The first thing is that fact that I have seemingly over night gotten old and have wasted so much of my life and am really behind the 8 ball because of the countless mistakes I've made. The second is that I am the only one of my siblings (excluding the youngest, Maria, who has Down's Syndrome) who won't have a college degree. Sure, as a welder I won't really need one unless I teach it professionally (and I'm not sure o I'll even need one for that).
I don't know what I'm really trying to say. I guess my point is that I've been thinking about my life alot and feel like I have missed out.

Mark
 
   

 


 
 
whispertales on
Re: Rambling
Don't be so hard on yourself, Mark.  First, a college degree isn't the key to success.  Plenty of very successful people haven't got one.  Second, you're still young...you haven't missed out on anything yet.  You've got plenty of time to try a lot of different things until you find the one that fits.  Just don't stop trying.
eje224 on
Re: Rambling
Well,  I don't know much about the field of welding, the demand for it, and I know even less about how I would do it (I don't know if it involves soldering, but I got to solder a little metal recently for an assistive technology piece for a class, and that was AWESOME!), but if you're not satisfied with it, it's never too late to make a change.  Take a class somewhere, like a local community college, and see if something else sparks your interest.
MisterOrange on
Re: Rambling
I'm not really unsatisfied I'm just really bummed out from being unemployed and have kind of be going through this self-doubting thing.
eje224 on
Re: Rambling
yeh, I'm in that boat, too.

Definitely SUCKS.

But, never know when it will turn around.

 
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