Anyone worry that they're wasting the best years of their life sitting at a desk?
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You could be wasting them on a battlefield or six feet under for that matter.\n\nI was close to 31, with our first child on the scene before i 'woke up'. Over the last 5 years, i have been involved in 7 new companies and have no problems whatsoever with career.\n\nI believe it helps to forget about material aims such as money, cars, etc and to focus on genuine goals. If you haven't already developed a vision and some life goals, then you MUST do this right now!\n\nRecently i came across a fantastic learning opportunity that can certainly help in this area (it has certainly reinvigorated my business life). If you would like some information, please let me know.\n\nYour life is yours 100%. Take control of it!\n\nAll the best.\n\nCheers\nAlister\nhttp://www.marketscience.com.au
954988
Been there, Done that.\nYou get little gold stars for having a neat and clean "Workstation".\nIt's all ISO 9000 crap.\n(The ISO guys literally walk around empty office blocks at night leaving "well done" messages on clean desks).\n\nA tidy desk is a sign of an untidy mind.
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I feel you.  I am the same way.  Most of the time its because I learn the position and get bored.  Then I move on to the next challenge.  In my mind, there is absolutely nothing wrong with doing this.  You are getting all you can out of an employer and building up your resume.  One thing that I know is that in the corporate world,your expendable.  You could be the best worker in the world, enjoy what you do everyday, and be canned tomorrow because the co. didn't make the profits they thought they would. Your best bet is to continue to move on until you really find your calling or open your onwn business so you are your own boss.
138941
Probably not, especially if you are not interested in acquiring knowledge or skills.  Some people go on studying throughout their life instead of applying themselves to more worthwhile goals!
960268
I plan to live everyday to it's fullest and have no desire to work until I'm 72 and then sit at home and rot.  I prefer to pass when I can no longer do the things I like, lose mental faculty, or control of bodily functions.
438538
vanity,fear of getting old,that sort of thing
202003
Yeah you see relief in the future, so your current high stress job seems even more stressful than normal.  Just keep focusing on your future plans knowing how good they are.
1151344
we should worry now I am 26 and I know that I will be living in a box pooping on myself when I am old....no nice beating at the nursing home for me
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I would say yes!\nIt sounds like you have the sensibility to value some things other than a steady job and secure finances.\nAlso, if you have the confidence to sell your art, then that is HUGE. \n\nWhen you look back at your life 10 years from now, you'll have done more than just sat in an office. You would have created a body of work that satisfies something in you. \nIt's priceless.\n\nPS - would love to see some of your work.
1064703
If you have the guts to sit at another desk, do it.
244808
Never think that you have gone old because that will cause lot of anxiety in oneself. Enjoy life whatever it maybe with,,, music, color, nature and just name it!
454996
I think you get old when you stop taking risks
1085539
I have faced this problem. The lower your education and the higher your age, the tougher it is going to be. However, you must stay positive. Do not waste valuable time. If you can not find work doing what you do, then train for something else. Do not just sit around crying because you will be crying alone. The world does not care. Develope something to offer to somebody that wants it. That means you.
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No.\n\nI've done help desk, and it's horrible.  It's stressful, you get abused, and the other IT people don't take you seriously.  Most IT people think that getting off of a help desk is a promotion, even if it means you shovel #^%#$%!! instead of take phone calls.  After a year of phones, I heard phones ringing in my sleep.\n\nGenerally speaking, 90% of the help desk questionsare the same questions over and over.  You can train a newbie to answer them pretty quickly.  Answering mostly simply questions with senior IT staff simply doesn't make financial sense, nor is it a good use of talent.\n\nHaving said that, when I get a newbie teach (especially one w/ language issues) I suffer just like everyone else.
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You don't look your age at all!  I'd like to be twenty four, it seems like at that age you're sorted, you have a place to live, a job, and you know what you're doing in life.  I'm eighteen at the mo, (and happy of course! ) yet I feel like I'm too young to be getting up and going, yet too old to be sitting still.
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You will lose time with your family.\nYou will have less time to pursue your hobbies.\nYou may have less time to exercise -- you might get fat.\nYou won't get enough sleep.\nYou may have conflicts between your job and school, for example, you may not be as flexible to travel.\n\nYou may find new skills, improve your career, improve your self image, and improve your satisfaction with your life.\nYou may meet new friends.\nYou may find a new job.\nYou may network with other people in your profession.\nStudies show that maintaining an active mental lifestyle may defer or prevent symptoms of old age including Alzheimer's.\n\nYou may meet a gorgeous, twenty-two year old, nymphomaniac who fawns all over you, divorce your spouse, and buy a two-seat sports car.  Nah! That would never happen.  :)
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if i was older, i would probably retire. if not, i would get a random job that sounded fun. not for the money, just for the experience.