"Today I" began my studies for CompTIA A+, and it feels awesome.
It's the reason I went inactive for a couple weeks to move home - I actually have moved into my family home to alleviate life-burdens like rent and bills to allow me to do this.
When I was younger I worked in the service industry, moved to alaska to pursue technical skills, have worked as a technician of some sort or other for 6 years, specifically as an automotive mechanic for ~5 of those.
But there's a few problems with that industry.
1) very detrimental to one's health in several ways, that I won't bother listing. Every middle aged mechanic I know looks 10-20 years older than they are.
2) fossil fuels are killing the planet, and I've never actually been a car guy, just kinda fell into it
3) in america, where I live now, wage stagnation is a major issue, but particularly in manual labour jobs, even highly skilled ones like automotive mechanics. Wages have barely increased since 2002, while of course inflation has steadily continued. The vast majority of technicians in manual labor industries, especially those unprotected by *good* unions (many unions have become an arm of corporate management due to that basest of human emotions, greed; I definitely invite anyone interested in socialism to visit wsws[dot]org ) suffer from lack of wages and lack of benefits, particularly healthcare... lol fuckin 'murica, why wasn't I born half Finnish or something heh
I've been a computer hobbyist for most of my life, been building my own rigs since I was 12, and I've always dreamed of pursuing this, but often felt too bogged down by pessimism and poverty to pick up my testicles and go for it.
TL; DR: "today I" finally began the processes of changing my life trajectory for the better, to pull myself out of poverty.
As someone who has fucked up their life for the majority of it, as someone who has suffered from previously undiagnosed mental illnesses (diagnosed with high-functioning autism this year at age 28, along with a few other things including chronic depression), as someone who was born and raised in Peckham (if you're familiar with london that says a lot)... it feels too fucking brilliant to adequately describe.
If you made it thru all of that, thanks and congrats, luv ya ; ) <3...... Oh and hey, this was my 200th post on the TB forums, how about that for luck
It's the reason I went inactive for a couple weeks to move home - I actually have moved into my family home to alleviate life-burdens like rent and bills to allow me to do this.
When I was younger I worked in the service industry, moved to alaska to pursue technical skills, have worked as a technician of some sort or other for 6 years, specifically as an automotive mechanic for ~5 of those.
But there's a few problems with that industry.
1) very detrimental to one's health in several ways, that I won't bother listing. Every middle aged mechanic I know looks 10-20 years older than they are.
2) fossil fuels are killing the planet, and I've never actually been a car guy, just kinda fell into it
3) in america, where I live now, wage stagnation is a major issue, but particularly in manual labour jobs, even highly skilled ones like automotive mechanics. Wages have barely increased since 2002, while of course inflation has steadily continued. The vast majority of technicians in manual labor industries, especially those unprotected by *good* unions (many unions have become an arm of corporate management due to that basest of human emotions, greed; I definitely invite anyone interested in socialism to visit wsws[dot]org ) suffer from lack of wages and lack of benefits, particularly healthcare... lol fuckin 'murica, why wasn't I born half Finnish or something heh
I've been a computer hobbyist for most of my life, been building my own rigs since I was 12, and I've always dreamed of pursuing this, but often felt too bogged down by pessimism and poverty to pick up my testicles and go for it.
TL; DR: "today I" finally began the processes of changing my life trajectory for the better, to pull myself out of poverty.
As someone who has fucked up their life for the majority of it, as someone who has suffered from previously undiagnosed mental illnesses (diagnosed with high-functioning autism this year at age 28, along with a few other things including chronic depression), as someone who was born and raised in Peckham (if you're familiar with london that says a lot)... it feels too fucking brilliant to adequately describe.
If you made it thru all of that, thanks and congrats, luv ya ; ) <3...... Oh and hey, this was my 200th post on the TB forums, how about that for luck
Last edited by DrGonz; Oct 6, 2019 at 04:29 AM.
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