Education - advice

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

So I am in the procesd of finishing my degrre in economics. I am very demotiveted, and If i was not so close to finishinging, Id probally quit. Id like to do something in care (feels more rewarding,) or maybe practical work like fishing bout or electrician.

 

Any thoughts?

Edited April 2 by NaturaNaturans

[silent thunder]

I think young folks fresh out of mandatory school are rushed into trying to decide what they want to do for the rest of their lives.

 

I've had three distinct phases of my 55 year life.  Two full careers and much on the way for the next phase.

You seem like a young man, don't hesitate to change gears and pursue something else... the knowledge you've gathered and achieved will be there for you if you wish to utilize it.

 

Give yourself space to ponder and explore and don't hesitate if something grabs you with potency.... is my off the cuff advice.

[Mark Foote]

On 4/2/2024 at 7:41 AM, NaturaNaturans said:

So I am in the procesd of finishing my degrre in economics. I am very demotiveted, and If i was not so close to finishinging, Id probally quit. Id like to do something in care (feels more rewarding,) or maybe practical work like fishing bout or electrician.

 

Any thoughts?
 

 

 

Must be a lot of businesses that could use someone with computer skills, spread-sheet skills, statistical skills, which I'm guess you have.  Maybe take a break and travel a bit, if you can afford it.

The discouraging thing about the new digital age is the lack of personal contact in interviewing and hiring.  Build your interpersonal networks, while you're in school.  All just a guess on my part, I've been very fortunate and people have been very kind, and I've managed to get by in several capacities.  The people are the main thing.

 

Edited April 4 by Mark Foote

[idquest]

On 02/04/2024 at 7:41 AM, NaturaNaturans said:

So I am in the procesd of finishing my degrre in economics. I am very demotiveted, and If i was not so close to finishinging, Id probally quit. Id like to do something in care (feels more rewarding,) or maybe practical work like fishing bout or electrician.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Regardless of what qualification/degree you get in your younger years, you will have to change or adapt it 2 or 3 times during your lifetime. If you feel strongly about your desired work place right now as an electrician or care, you could apply the credits you already have to the new profession. But finishing your economics would be good because you will have a degree that will be applicable to any change you might have later in life. Getting something finished is important.

[Inner Alchemy]

I believe that we each have a purpose or calling, and open that calling will open/reveal itself to us at some point, whether in a linear, circular, and totally mindblowing way.  Sometimes people want to be monastics, and then they get a series of revelatory dreams showing them their life's purpose, which might be completely diametrically opposed to the life of a monk; things like this.  They want to do one thing, but their spiritual teachers or whoever on a higher plane intervenes and shows them what their real destiny is, something that will lead them to real fulfillment and growth, something they're suited for - it is quite common.

 

Steve Jobs said that if you are doing something for career that does not make you feel alive, passionate, and invigorated when you wake up for the day, we are advised to keep searching; because each of us potentially has that thing out there - that calling that we feel incredible passion and love for.

Edited May 1 by Inner Alchemy

[Nungali]

1 hour ago, Inner Alchemy said:

I believe that we each have a purpose or calling, and open that calling will open/reveal itself to us at some point, whether in a linear, circular, and totally mindblowing way.  Sometimes people want to be monastics, and then they get a series of revelatory dreams showing them their life's purpose, which might be completely diametrically opposed to the life of a monk; things like this.  They want to do one thing, but their spiritual teachers or whoever on a higher plane intervenes and shows them what their real destiny is, something that will lead them to real fulfillment and growth, something they're suited for - it is quite common.

 

Steve Jobs said that if you are doing something for career that does not make you feel alive, passionate, and invigorated when you wake up for the day, we are advised to keep searching; because each of us potentially has that thing out there - that calling that we feel incredible passion and love for.

 

Ancient form :

Khvarenah

 

• The khvarenah is the archetype of the person one can grow to if allowed to grow to the limit of her or his capacity in grace, that is, in keeping with the fravashi and thereby in keeping with Divine purpose. In the Avesta, the khvarenah is frequently described as 'Mazda-datem', i.e. God-given or God-gifted.
• The khvarenah is also a person's higher calling - their meaning in life [the Middle Persian Pahlavi rending of khvarenah is khvesh-kari meaning own-work or own-purpose (in keeping with Divine purpose i.e. the higher calling)].
• Every human being is endowed with natural talents that can be harnessed and developed to achieve one's highest potential or one's higher calling [sometimes thought of as one's latent destiny in life]. Alternatively, through choice, these talents can be employed to achieve base ambitions.
• A spenta mainyu - a brilliant, positive, constructive, and beneficent spirit - allows a person to perceive their higher calling.
• An angra mainyu - a gloomy, negative, destructive, and harmful spirit - leaves a person vulnerable to base ambitions.
• A spenta mainyu enables a person to choose asha, the path of goodness, and pursue her or his calling without expectation of reward.
• The khvarenah is specific to a person and is different for each person.
• There is a strong implication in Zamyad Yasht (Yt 19.46-57) that the khvarenah that does not belong to a person cannot be seized by another person. The implication is that we should be content with our khvarenah and not be jealous or greedy of the other's khvarenah (here, good fortune).
• When all human beings realize their calling or full potential in grace, the world will attain vahishtem anghuim & frasho-kereti - the ultimate and ideal future existence, a heaven on earth. (Also see the section on Airyana Vaeja, the Aryan homeland, as paradise.)
• Human beings often limit or loose themselves. In either case, they do not achieve their full potential or capacity.
• While to some extent, a person's lot in life is determined by birth and circumstance, a person can find her or his latent khvarenah or calling by envisioning the person one aspires to become in grace, and then taking steps to realize the khvarenah despite daunting obstacles and adversity.
• To loose oneself is to loose one's khvarenah.

 

Modern :

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True_Will

 

Looking at aspects from both sources we see many match .... its almost as if 'True Will' concept was 'lifted' from Zoroastrianism .

 

 

[Sir Darius the Clairvoyent]

@Nungali @Inner Alchemy

Thank you both 🙏

 

I have not been active here recently, but i most definetly subscribe to Your philosophy : )

[Sanity Check]

My kneejerk reaction says a degree in economics should be a good foundation for stock market trading & investment.

 

But it seems that the field of study has drifted far from real world application.

 

Irony being irony I have seen many boomers who don't know basic fundamentals of markets trading stocks.

 

While youth with degrees in economics, avoid asset trading as if it were a plague.

 

[Tommy]

I have seen ads for apps that are suppose to predict what and when to buy or sell stock. They all say they make money. When I was younger, I tried trading in stocks. Read books and subscribed to papers dedicated to analyzing stocks and trends. I found owning stocks nerve wracking whenever the stocks goes up and down. One week it was up and the next day it lost all gains and then some. So, something so unstable, after a year, I gave up. 

 

As for education, I always liked working with my hands. And now a days there are fewer and fewer people in the trades. In had a fascination with Mike Rowes on "Dirty Jobs". So, after getting a degree in electronics, I went to work for Xerox fixing copiers. The job became tedious and really low paying. So, then went into a company that did military electronics. Truck driver. Maintenance. Janitorial. Auto parts. Tried side hustles that landed me in legal trouble (Resolved). I like autos and should have gotten into that in one way or another.

 

My advice is to find something you like to do so. That going to work doesn't feel like work and you get paid for it. Keep trying until it doesn't make any sense anymore. Does it make sense to get student loans and after four years, look for a job to pay back that loan? Are you looking to become a doctor? Do what makes you happy and pays the bills (and then some). Buy a house and rent it out. Buy more assets so you have time to spend "just sitting".

Edited May 10 by Tommy