Big life choices

Alluvius wrote:
2 things, for accuracy
1) A castle is a wall, not a house
2) He finished it by himself, but his father put in a significant amount of work with him in the beginning...all he did was take the cabin that he and his father started together, and expanded it to be a large home...a "castle" to continue the misnomer.

maynoth wrote: My dream requires 10 hours a day (whole uninterrupted straight and continuous) , every day for the rest of my life. Right now it gets two days a week, and progress is extremely slow.

Rickie...I don't think that martial arts would require that level of devotion. I know several masterful black belts who did not devote themselves to their arts that completely and they're better than any others I've seen.

Besides...if his dream was to pursue his martial arts...there would be the possibility of financial returns as, especially if he's devoting that much time to it, he could open a school and charge people to learn from him...but then, that's likely possible no matter what the dream is...

That's a pretty house Maynoth...

what is it and why does it take 10-15 years? is it from an ad for 'program manager, 10-15 years experience required plus MBA' or something?

Rickie The Grey wrote: What field/career path are you in?

I believe your dream is your martial arts?

Probably better I don't talk about either in public, I'll send you a pm if you wish.

Desolous wrote: what is it and why does it take 10-15 years? is it from an ad for 'program manager, 10-15 years experience required plus MBA' or something?

No it's just what others in the field had to go through to land a job, it pays well.

PM me if you want more info.

Now you've gotten me very curious, PM me please. I'd like to know the dream and the career.

likewise. PM me, please.

Alluvius wrote: And there's the rub. You have presented this problem in a misleading fashion. You have this elusive and mysterious "dream" that you want to pursue. But you also have this career path that has now been identified as another dream of yours.

I have spent hundreds maybe thousands of hours pouring through every single job that is listed on bls.gov.

I haven't been able to find any that would allow me to live a basic standard of living, and pursue my dreams.

I figure if I am going to be working all the time anyway, I might as well be working for a job that pays well.

Alluvius wrote:
You have presented this problem in a misleading fashion. You have this elusive and mysterious "dream" that you want to pursue.

Yeah, sorry about that.

It isn't misleading though, it's legit.

I'd be more open about it if I could, it's not something suited for a public discussion.