For three years, I lived on 60-75% of my income. I can count on two hands how many times I went shopping. I was a hermit, and my friends had to convince me to take breaks. I was in the zone. For three years, I focused solely on one thing. I dropped everything for this….
I have always been an hourly employee. I don’t know what it’s like to be anything else. What I do know is that, at this point in my life, salaried life is not for me! I know that when people say, “school is your job,” the meaning comes from a salaried, career oriented mindset. So, I thought it would be fun to explore how school being my job is a horrible concept from an hourly perspective.
Traditional college students go straight from high school to college. Before high school there was junior high school. Before junior high school there was elementary school. Before elementary school there may have been preschool. Before preschool there may been “Your Baby Can Read,” Leapfrog, or whatever. That’s a lot of school!! By the time a child gets to college, the poor kid is close to mental burnout! She can’t take anymore school and all she wants to do is be done with it. I can definitely identify with that!
It’s amazing at how much you can learn when you have a reason to pay attention. That’s one piece of advice I give my “little classmates” (LOL, they make me feel old sometimes). When they’re talking about they don’t know what to do with their lives and stuff like that, I tell them to stay in school as long as they can until they figure it out. I know it’s expensive (if you get loans) and may be boring & uncool, but it’s a lot easier to just stay put until you find out what you should be doing with your life than graduating, doing something you don’t like, and THEN discover what you should do.
You know how we always say, “if I only knew then what I know now?” Well, I’m not gonna say that because that phrase gets played out sometimes. However, with hindsight always being 20/20, it’s soo interesting to look back and reflect on what you could have done differently. I’ve been in school for one week now, and as I’ve touched on before, the contrast between how I think and engage is totally different from my peers. I’m guessing that the majority of them are “sophomore/junioresque,” but their behavior and thought process is nothing less than sophomoric–no pun intended.
My first day of school was great! I haven’t been soo excited to be in school since like elementary school. I know what it is though. When you actually want to learn, there’s soo much to be excited about!