#102

Mark - I know you think my numbering is off, but it is not. I posted twice under a couple of number and other numbers got skipped. When I come in to the blogger site it tells me how many posts I have made. Because I can not count, that is the number I go by. Could be wrong, but I do not think it is. Oh well. At least its getting me to post again.

Today is Monday. Some people are down on Mondays because they signify the statr of a new work week for most of us. All the work stuff that we didn't finish last week is still there waiting for us. Whatever I did not finish on Friday afternoon is sitting there patiently for me to come in and devour my soul. The weekend is barely enough time to relax(haha) and get things done. So, I am getting out of my job. Not this week, but soon. I have a side business that I am trying to build here in Searcy but so far to no avail. Mostly due to my lack of commitment. The thing with commitment is that I can say anything and I can think anything and I can want anything, but until I write it down it does not really have a good chance of happening. I am going to build this buisness and I am going to get out of my job. I am not going to be a wage slave and I am going to help people find purpose in their lives.
Our parents taught us a way of life since we were children. Study hard, get good grades. Why? Well, getting good grades means you have learned important things. Like what? For starters, Algebra is very important. Having the ability to calculate the area of a triangle will surely save peoples lives some day. Really? Save lives you think? Hmmm, ok I guess so.Oh yeah, and good grades will get you into a good college. Wow, a good college, that sounds fantastic. What will happen there?Oh, in college you will learn more things.

Meh, this is the problem I have with writing things out online. I get bored with them. I would love to carry the conversation out to the end. It involves the participants discussing the value of a good traditional education and how far it will actually get us in life. Except for all the things they don't teach us about life. The US Department of Labor is perdicting that by the time I am ready to retire(more then 50 years from now) I will have to work a 20 hour work week inorder to keep living. In a matter of days I will go from making a living that cares for my wife and me down to one-half or one-third of what we were getting by on. Currently, I have little confidence that the government will be in a position to help us out by then.
Can you imagine sitting at a desk for 50 years answering phones, giving computer assistance? How long will it be before the new guy comes in and takes my place. Right now I am young and cheap-ish, but for how long. Every year there are newer, more up to date, cheaper, and better looking(this one is probably not true) tech guys out there trying to steal my job. So far my company has not been able to find them.