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<blockquote data-quote="customcj7" data-source="post: 717371" data-attributes="member: 3103"><p>I'll throw myself in this. I'm good with this. I know way too many friends that are skilled at trades that are living life the way they want and enjoying it. Some have started their own successful businesses, some are still working for the same gigs as before and they are just happy to have that steady reliable income with no stress. Either way, most of them are happy career wise. My dad was an entrepreneur, and he lived a good life for him and his family. Almost too good. I was a spoiled prick, and my sister still is. (Now I'm just a prick). </p><p></p><p>But if I had been pushed earlier in life rather than later, I think i would have done much better. I took college for granted. Happily I actually am a professional at the degree I attained, but I could have done so much more at college to make myself that much better. And I pissed a lot of it away drinking and not giving a damn because my dad was paying at the time. Last year of college, the real world did a reality bitch slap to the family and I had to change in a hurry. The good is that I learned how to work hard, damn hard for everything, and I have ever since. But I still learned too many lessons too late. </p><p></p><p>I don't want to make my kids suffer, or not even spoil them, because I do. But I will teach them about life, work, and working for what you want early. And that they don't have to do what everybody else does. Thus why either a trade school or college. I'll support them as long as I can, but I won't cradle them. If they fall, they must feel the pain, and get back up. I will be there if they need a hand, or just moral support, but they must be able to get back up on their own.</p><p></p><p>I won't always be there for them, I need to know that they are strong enough to do well without me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="customcj7, post: 717371, member: 3103"] I'll throw myself in this. I'm good with this. I know way too many friends that are skilled at trades that are living life the way they want and enjoying it. Some have started their own successful businesses, some are still working for the same gigs as before and they are just happy to have that steady reliable income with no stress. Either way, most of them are happy career wise. My dad was an entrepreneur, and he lived a good life for him and his family. Almost too good. I was a spoiled prick, and my sister still is. (Now I'm just a prick). But if I had been pushed earlier in life rather than later, I think i would have done much better. I took college for granted. Happily I actually am a professional at the degree I attained, but I could have done so much more at college to make myself that much better. And I pissed a lot of it away drinking and not giving a damn because my dad was paying at the time. Last year of college, the real world did a reality bitch slap to the family and I had to change in a hurry. The good is that I learned how to work hard, damn hard for everything, and I have ever since. But I still learned too many lessons too late. I don't want to make my kids suffer, or not even spoil them, because I do. But I will teach them about life, work, and working for what you want early. And that they don't have to do what everybody else does. Thus why either a trade school or college. I'll support them as long as I can, but I won't cradle them. If they fall, they must feel the pain, and get back up. I will be there if they need a hand, or just moral support, but they must be able to get back up on their own. I won't always be there for them, I need to know that they are strong enough to do well without me. [/QUOTE]
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