People who quit their dream to settle for the 9-5, do you regret it?



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  1. Regarding the author who gave up writing. I too tried the tension thing on my back in pt. I called it the torture rack as that’s what it felt like & looked like. Was super pissed it never made me taller 😂😂😂😂😊

  2. I loved to cook for all my life so I dreamed of becoming a chef. But it was miserable all I did was eat, sleep, and cook. Lost like 30+ pounds from sheer stress. I wanted to actually have free time, enjoy the holidays and I missed my family. Starting over with a 9-5 was the best thing that happened to me.

  3. I retired at 52 and wish I’d done it sooner. The 9-to-5 grind steals your freedom for a paycheck.[peanuts]😄btw my advice is If you’re in your late 30s or early 40s, start saving for retirement now, in your 50s? Invest now and break free from relying on your job. Market trends like the Trump Effect have made millions for many including me. Stay focused and consistent!

  4. Had been considering grad school for history to teach. Saw a very good prof get passed over for tenure because she wasn't well liked by colleagues. It was obvious when the person who got the position was younger, prettier, friendly, had the same schooling as my prof but no experience. College had been the level I wanted to teach at, but the $$ was making me waver and this just pushed me over into eff that territory. I currently work in an unrelated industry, but good manager and solid benefits. I'm not mad.

  5. Went into college and studied a business degree in music with an audio minor. Thought I’d be a hot shot at a label someday.

    Just to find out all they want are cis men and women who barely make enough to sustain themselves and have to bartend on weekends.

    What actually happened is I went into a career in live sound and have been there ever since. Working at multiple venues and doing artwork on the side. Absolutely wild

  6. Never got a chance to even do my dream job my health prevented me before I can even started I have a rare brain condition called caverns malfunction and because we don’t know a lot about it me and my parents decided it’s not worth the risk and was forced to give up my dream (I have other health problems but my brain prevented my dream job). I wanted to become a paleontologist ever since I watched Jurassic Park I even studied to the point where I could name every dinosaur in alphabetical order when I was little but now it’s all gone to waste especially since I live in a town that only cares about the oil industry, racing, church to a point where I can talk about dinosaurs, animals, mythology, science and cemetery and history and they look at me with dumb expressions constantly saying really I didn’t know that and all i think about it did you pay attention in school or are you that cut off from the neighboring city that you never been to a museum, zoo or even a vacation because I did all my research in a hospital bed watching nothing but documentary and cartoon and reading (I wasn’t old enough to have a game console or a phone till I was 8-16) while you had the freedom of a school in fact I research so much I had to stop resurrecting because I was getting bored in school. Now with modern technology and strange parents even kids give me dumb looks Im young and the kids look at me like I’m old because I talk about my first game consoles a Nintendo dsi/3ds a Wii and they came out in the 2000 and there parents are really strange with strange morals letting a child watch horror movies and have a phone or iPad at age 3 and kids dating and kissing at age 4 going hunting at age 7 letting kids at age 5 play extremely graphic video games Im a 2000 baby and I never did any of those things I either have good parents with good morals or I was raised like a 90’s baby 🤔🤷‍♀️

  7. What has helped me with my back pain and alignment was working a very lax, leisurely job outdoors that has a routine, but which tasks are a variety and non pressing.

    Balance between connecting with nature, beauty, people, and betterment to goals/health

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