Lightning-Nl
Bluelighter
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- Nov 11, 2012
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I thought I had my career planned out - but I've learned recently that... I'm not not happy. I'm not happy sitting at home all day. I'm not happy bullshitting customers into buying a computer they don't need. I'm not happy pressing the same cash register buttons day in and day out.
I thought I wanted to be a pharmacist. I thought I would be happy doing that. But I realized... I won't be. I'll never be happy doing that because I can't sit at a desk all day everyday. I need to be moving. I need to be doing something that requires urgency. I need to be alive.
Otherwise, I can't do anything...
I don't care if my job will make me socially isolated. I doubt I'll ever get married. I spend most of my time alone anyways.
Anyways, here are my skills. I'm smart. And I don't mean that in a 'normal' way. No I mean I'm, like... really smart. I can run complex 'algorithms' through my head in seconds, I can read people's personalities far better than they can. I'm cunning, and I can think on the fly worlds better than most people.
I know a lot, I can retain any information that someone gives me. I can read between the fine print, and know what you're gonna do before you even know yourself.
I'm obsessive. Some people might consider this a downfall, and while it can be anxiety inducing at times - my obsessiveness propels me further than anyone else who puts their mind to something. When I get interested in something - I do everything I can to find out everything there is to know about that subject.
I work hard. If I'm going to do something - I might as well do it right. There's no reason to not do something right, and give it your 100%. Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.
I have principles. Some people don't - and I feel truely sorry for these people. If I give you my word - that means that I will do everything in my power to make that happen. Stealing is wrong. I've done it before...an I'm glad I did. It made me realize that even stealing something like a pack of gum can hurt someone. If you steal something from a store - you might as well just be stealing from the people so work there. People view a company as it's own seperate entity (and there are some rare cases where that is true) but this is wrong. A company is just a collaboration people. By stealing from a company - you're stealing everyone in the companies time, effort, and money.
There are three things you never fuck with if their not yours. 1. Someone else's career 2. Someone else's money 3. Someone else's family. Period.
Anyways, I like physical work much better than mental work. Actually I like a combination of the two. I'm the best person there is for urgent situations that need a solution on the fly. I don't fuck around and I'm a professional. If I'm at work, you better believe that means I'm gonna act like it. This isn't fucking Boy Scout camp or something, THIS IS MY JOB! You don't fuck around with things like that.
I can make hard decisions. Doing what's right, is not always easy. I can make those kinds of decisions. If (and I know this is only an extreme situation) it's between my life and someone else's... I'm going to give my life for someone else. If it's between my fathers life, and the lives of other people... As much as it would hurt knowing that I let my father die, I would take on the psychological burdon, just so other people could have the chance to live.
Anyways, I'm getting a little too serious...
I put other people before myself. For some reason, there is a lack of customer care in retail these days. If a customer asks me for help - I'm going to make sure that they're 100% satisfied with everything.
Other than that... I love figuring this out. I'm an engineer at heart. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "what is life?" because that falls within the conundrums of philosophy. No, I solve practical problems. Like 'How am I going to keep my radiator from leaking?' Or 'How am I going to make sure that someone else doesn't get hurt from a mistake I make?'
Anyways - what do you think I should do with my life?
I thought I wanted to be a pharmacist. I thought I would be happy doing that. But I realized... I won't be. I'll never be happy doing that because I can't sit at a desk all day everyday. I need to be moving. I need to be doing something that requires urgency. I need to be alive.
Otherwise, I can't do anything...
I don't care if my job will make me socially isolated. I doubt I'll ever get married. I spend most of my time alone anyways.
Anyways, here are my skills. I'm smart. And I don't mean that in a 'normal' way. No I mean I'm, like... really smart. I can run complex 'algorithms' through my head in seconds, I can read people's personalities far better than they can. I'm cunning, and I can think on the fly worlds better than most people.
I know a lot, I can retain any information that someone gives me. I can read between the fine print, and know what you're gonna do before you even know yourself.
I'm obsessive. Some people might consider this a downfall, and while it can be anxiety inducing at times - my obsessiveness propels me further than anyone else who puts their mind to something. When I get interested in something - I do everything I can to find out everything there is to know about that subject.
I work hard. If I'm going to do something - I might as well do it right. There's no reason to not do something right, and give it your 100%. Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.
I have principles. Some people don't - and I feel truely sorry for these people. If I give you my word - that means that I will do everything in my power to make that happen. Stealing is wrong. I've done it before...an I'm glad I did. It made me realize that even stealing something like a pack of gum can hurt someone. If you steal something from a store - you might as well just be stealing from the people so work there. People view a company as it's own seperate entity (and there are some rare cases where that is true) but this is wrong. A company is just a collaboration people. By stealing from a company - you're stealing everyone in the companies time, effort, and money.
There are three things you never fuck with if their not yours. 1. Someone else's career 2. Someone else's money 3. Someone else's family. Period.
Anyways, I like physical work much better than mental work. Actually I like a combination of the two. I'm the best person there is for urgent situations that need a solution on the fly. I don't fuck around and I'm a professional. If I'm at work, you better believe that means I'm gonna act like it. This isn't fucking Boy Scout camp or something, THIS IS MY JOB! You don't fuck around with things like that.
I can make hard decisions. Doing what's right, is not always easy. I can make those kinds of decisions. If (and I know this is only an extreme situation) it's between my life and someone else's... I'm going to give my life for someone else. If it's between my fathers life, and the lives of other people... As much as it would hurt knowing that I let my father die, I would take on the psychological burdon, just so other people could have the chance to live.
Anyways, I'm getting a little too serious...
I put other people before myself. For some reason, there is a lack of customer care in retail these days. If a customer asks me for help - I'm going to make sure that they're 100% satisfied with everything.
Other than that... I love figuring this out. I'm an engineer at heart. That means I solve problems. Not problems like "what is life?" because that falls within the conundrums of philosophy. No, I solve practical problems. Like 'How am I going to keep my radiator from leaking?' Or 'How am I going to make sure that someone else doesn't get hurt from a mistake I make?'
Anyways - what do you think I should do with my life?