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> My question is how can I have the life of those people who are

> corporate

> dropouts? How do they do it? What can I do? I haven't been practicing

> Ashtanga very long so I doubt that teacher training would be something

> I

> could do.

 

The people who are corporate dropouts have usually done the corporate

grind long enough (10-30+ years) to have made enough money that they

can afford to quit their jobs. At 23, you are just starting out.

You'll have to put in another 15 or so years of corporate drudgery

before you can begin to think about quitting and becoming a corporate

dropout.

 

But there is another way. Not every job on the planet is a corporate

one. You could become a teacher (not a yoga teacher -- that doesn't

pay enough to live on) or a forest ranger or any job that fits your

interests. You like cats? You could become a vet tech or, if you had

good grades, go to vet school. You could work at an animal shelter or

a shop that sells pet supplies (NOT live animals).

 

Most jobs that are interesting (like teaching yoga) don't pay enough to

live on so you have to do them as a hobby. But that doesn't mean that

what you do for a living has to be something you loathe. You can

compromise and find a job that you can tolerate but which pays enough

to live on. If you really have no idea what you'd like to do, start by

looking at your non-lucrative interests and hobbies and seeing if there

is a variant that pays. For instance, you can't make a living as a

writer but there are jobs that involve writing and editing. You can't

make a living as an artist but there are jobs that are

visually-oriented. A lot of people who can't afford to do what they

love teach it and then do it in their spare time (e.g., an art teacher).

 

What about graduate school? Maybe the sort of job you'd enjoy requires

more specialized training.

 

Moving back to Canada will give you a fresh start and thinking of what

jobs are available in the area where you will be living (e.g., is it

urban or does it have forests, gardens, etc.?) will help. Think about

your lifestyle needs. How long a commute are you willing to endure?

How low a salary will you accept to do something you like? Are you

willing to go to grad school or to get some technical training? Do you

like to work alone or with others? What sort of hours are acceptable

to you? Have you taken any career aptitude tests?

 

Rowena

 

 

 

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  • 1 year later...

Once, while watching my favorite TV show, Star Trek, A. certain James Tiberius Kirk said, "We may make a human of you yet." That's a pretty good career goal, eh?

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