I had lunch with my vice-principal today. He was newly posted to my school this January, so he remained an enigma to me. This lunch date was the first time I had a chance to converse with him.
He was rather open about sharing himself, so it was great to know him as a person beneath his professional demeanour. He told me certain things that frankly startled me, which catalysed my reflections about the importance of choice.
Apparently, he was apprehensive about being posted to our school because it entailed venturing out of his comfort zone. What struck me forcibly like a hammer striking a nail was how he didn’t have the chance to say nope to his posting. To stay in the education fraternity, he had to be agreeable in regard to his posting.
Which occurred to me to be a horrible way to live. My vice-principal had spent five years at a primary school prior to my school. He admitted that hanging out with children wasn’t his cup of tea. By his second year, he was dying to be posted out.
Gives the term civil servant a new spin, huh? My vice-principal may have ascended the leadership track and gained money, power and status, but he can’t even decide where he wants to serve and contribute. No doubt, my vice-principal must have an agreeable personality. Otherwise, there is no way he could have kept working at jobs that didn’t appeal to him.
I have had a series of jobs that empowered me to own my world and shape my horizons. Because of this, I won’t be as financially well-to-do as my vice principal. On the other hand, I have had enjoyed my jobs. Each job teaches me something novel, and I will be grateful for the fact that I have come this far due to my volition.
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149 sats \ 1 reply \ @Akg10s33 24 Jul
I am an electrician by profession... and Personally, at some point I also had to work for a period of 5 full years in a store where my position was as a simple furniture and mattress salesperson... it was super boring and tedious, they paid me little in commissions and also That's why I had long hours... and at that precise moment in my country, Venezuela, the social and economic situation was in a terrible crisis and today it continues that way... the thing is that this job made me socialize with many people obviously to be able to sell to them and it was something that I ended up liking and being pleasant for me... I currently live in another country and I also work in sales with the difference that here I work for myself and I do very well 👍
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It’s cool that you used your sales experience as a stepping stone to attain a better life for yourself.
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"I won’t be as financially well-to-do"
Yes you will. You save in Bitcoin. Salary doesn't matter. How much fiat you can convert into scarce, appreciating assets after paying your living expenses is what matters.
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That’s a mighty fine reframing! Thanks mate
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I think about this with professional athletes. They're paid unfathomable salaries, but also get traded all over the country with next to no notice and have to move their entire young families.
I agree with you that it's a terrible way to live. I'd rather be comfortable and in control than rich and powerless.
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Having full autonomy of your life is everything!
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But it's only for 10 years depending on the sport
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True, but some guys get traded multiple times in the same season. Setting the money aside, that sucks.
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