I have no direction in life whatsoever?
Okay. Ive felt the same, though Im alittle younger than you. As for the truckdriving job, I say do it. Why the hell not? Whatcha got to lose? But for the two years in between, Id say get another job, that way you can move out of your mamas house, and be done with her. Try to find a job (for the two yrs) you like. One you enjoy. And remember everything has flaws. Dont turn it away bc of something small. And dont turn away from the truck driving job bc it seem bothersome, or difficult. Thats most likely why you feel you havr no puropse, most things that are enjoyable in live are tricky and bothersome. On to people. I dont like people. At all. Im just starting a new school, and not totally phycked about being the new girl. But people are something you just have to deal with them in life. All ya have to do is look for the awesome and nice people. There are good people out there, ya just have to look. As for selfconfindence, you contorole it. See something in the mirror you dont like? Change it. Do you have a habbit you dont like, or act a certin way you dont like? Change it. Try to make goals for yourself. That way whne you reach them, you'll feel like you did something. Bacically do what make you happy. Oh, anf hobbies could help (going to the gym, joining a club) I hope your life turns the way you want. Best of luck. :)
What does it take to be a factory mechanic on dirtbikes?
There are only a few positions available, very limited area of employment! You would need to have the right contacts. I'll give you an example: Hank Scott was a top dirt track racer in the 70s & 80s. During that time, his genius in race tuning got him national attention. His self-tuned bikes were beating the factory stuff. He opened his own "race shop", but after a period of time, everyone started to figure out how to go as fast as Hank's dirt track motorcycles. ( Hank has now expanded into other areas of high performance) A friend of mine (a truck driver) was hired to drive for the Newman- Haas Indy car racing team. He was a big guy so he became a team "fueler" along with his duties as a truck driver. Unfortunately, he also had a family, and all the time away from them began to be a concern. He left the racing scene and got another job. It's all about who you know.
Image this.You have a family of 4. You, your sister, your mother and father. You are the only member of family who is earning money. You live in a house which is very small for a family.Your father worked hard in a factory as a worker so that his children could get enough education. Unfortunately, your sister couldn’t go for higher education. Now you are his only hope.You completed your engineering. You scored good marks. You searched for a job for around a month and finally get a decent paying job.Day and night you work hard to earn good money. You got a part time job on holidays. And you kept doing this for some years. Suddenly you felt that I can’t do this. I am having hard time keeping up with this. But your parents are suffering and you don’t want that.And finally you acheive your goal, which is, buying a house for your family and saving some money for your sister’s wedding.And when you tell this happy news to your parents, the smiles on their face, the tears coming from their eyes, the tight hug they give you, the sudden happiness they get, the proud feeling that suddenly emerge, the sweets that they share with the family. On seeing this, you will suddenly realise that all the suffering that you got in the years during hardwork, that late night jobs, 2–3 shifts, not taking a day off, saving each penny, not buying new clothes on diwali, saving for future, all this suffering will feel like nothing after seeing your family happy.Stay happy, stay blessed.Keep working hard and smart. Know your limits and give your 100% to attain the goal. Only then you will feel that all your hardwork hasn’t failed.Thanks.
Tattoos and Piercings, how many of you truly have decent jobs!?
Well i work at a company that has branches worldwide and i see tatoos on some of the people where i work. there's one girl with a.. dunno how to describe it but it looks like a barb-wire bracelet tattooo around her upper arm, another lady has one on her ankle you can see it when she wears dresses, and the head of my department has a tattoo on his arm i didnt even notice he had one until being there for a few months.. he got it in high school and now he's like 40-ish.. and some have tattoos on their shoulders, and i saw a girl that works in the factory part she has one on her lower back... but most of the time their tats are not visible.. except for the girl with the barb wire tatoo on her arm (looks cute though..) she wears short sleeved or sleeveless tops so i see hers all the time. i think just as long as its not visible, or if it is and its not HUGE then it shoudlnt be a problem.. just dont have piercings or tattoos on your face and too many in your ears. I dot have tatoos so when i see someone thats showing at work, im like... gasp! HR doesn't say anything bout that? They dont tell them to "cover up".
The first and foremost thing that you need to do is to build up confident. You are not an underachiever, you have to get that out of your head first. So far you have been doing probably what others in your life possibly your family wanted you to do and that's not a bad thing but that might not be the perfect thing either. What you need is a dose of confidence and the realisation is that you don't become an underachiever if you don't crack CAT or if some company did not realise your importance. I'll skip the ranting, and directly get to the point on what you should do.Start reading a lot. For a change do away with Engineering/CAT books and read about the topics that interest you. Also in your current state I would recommend a book called Choose Yourself by James AltucherList down ten ideas. What should these ideas be about? About what you can do to improve your life right now. And then list down atleast ten things you can do by which you can make money, list down ten startups/companies you would like to work at and then START the action part. Start calling these companies, for each item that you listed down figure out the next stepsMeet/Call atleast 50 people, they can be your friends, relatives, friends of friends/references. Call them up, schedule an meeting, go see them and interact with them on what they are doing. Don't expect anything, don't ask them to find you a job, don't ask them to give you a job, just talk/meet and have a normal conversation (and stop thinking about why I wrote this point when it doesn't directly have an impact on your current situation)Get this fact out of your head that you need "employment" to be successful in life and start thinking out of the box and then repeat steps 2 and 3.
My parents ruined my life. How can i cope with it.?
I really hate my parents because they ruined my life. Here's my life story and it is pretty long. If you could take the time to read i appreciate it. Im 19 and am a guy who lives with his parents. Im failing college and everytime i try to pull myself together i fail miserably. My parents pay for college but i know they only want the satisfaction of having a successful son so i want them to pay up for it. (Yeah i sound like a prick) When i was about 5 i had a good life in Minesota. I had good connections with my family living there but then i moved to Cali. My parents were young. My mom was 20 and my dad was 25. My dad had a factory job and my mom was attending college still and they had me. (I always wondered why they had me so early. They never admit i was a mistake but im sure they were lieing right to my face.) Anyways whenever they were stressed out, i received the blame and abuse. I had no friends to hangout with and growing up i was stuck playing videogames as a distraction. Eventually my mom finished college and we moved to Cali. Then i lost connections to my families and friends and had to make new ones over and over as we continuosly moved from house to house. I couldnt make any friends and lost all social contact with people i cared about. My mentality changed, i always thought that no one cares. Even if i connect with people, it doesnt matter. They will leave me. This mentality doesnt work in the world so i was left hopeless and jobless.
Serious question about life?
Do you know the difference between a "Vocation" and an "Avocation?" Hint: Vocation is what you do for a living. Avocation is what you do for fun/hobby. While, all things are INDEED possible, what is the likelihood of joining the chosen few who are fortunate enough in this life to get to have their Avocation as their vocation. My wife is one, I am not. Lastly, here's another thought. My father was not an educated man. In fact, he never received a high school diploma. He was extremely bright, but suffered miserably from dyslexia. Back then, they labeled him as "Stupid" and wrote him off. He struggled tomake ends meet. He got a good job in a factory and worked a job he absolutely hated for 18 years -- then, they closed the factory down. I had the great displeasure of recognizing that my father had terminal cancer and convinced him to go see a "REAL" doctor. He died less than six months later. You must decide how important money is to your life and what you wish to do. Chasing the all mighty buck is not happiness, but neither is living in abject poverty. When you are young, life seems endless and death is what happens to the other guy. But as you get older, you come to realize that death know no bounds and can come to anyone at anytime. Don't piss your life away working for "the man." But do something with it and have some fun. My oldest son used to go to a summer skate boarding camp. He got to be pretty good friends with Tony Hawk's son. We eventually move away and my son, now 18, no longer skate boards. How many guys do you know actually make it in the world of pro skating? You stand a better chance at playing guitar in some bar on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights.
Idea for Farming, but will it work?
Interesting idea, but you really need to do a business plan ahead of time. Your "farm" concept sounds more like a petting zoo than an actual farm, though. You might want to come up with some kind of revenue-generating business model on the farm end, then on the "visitor" end, figure out how that will make money as well. For this kind of "agri-tourism" venture to work, you will likely need to make money on both the farm side and on the 'visitor' side to make a go of it. Also it may help to decide which part of the business will be the primary focus/money maker - the visitor side or the farm side. Think about where your guests will come from - are you within driving distance of a populated area? Like you say, people will probably be visiting for a day or two - weekends mostly. Think about the experience you're going to offer your guests, what will entice them to come. You could emphasize the learning aspect of it. Again, it's an interesting concept, I don't want to discourage you, but a complete business plan including capital required, revenues, expenses, marketing, and more is really needed. See who else might be doing this - there probably is someone - and visit and learn from them. Other people's mistakes are cheaper than your own! Good luck.