2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Very intersting opinion piece by a Black man on the Sanders campaign [View all]Recursion
(56,582 posts)First he's going to study HVAC repair. Then he's going to do the IBEW apprenticeship*. Then he's going to be a paralegal. Then he's going to get TIPS certification and bartend until he can save up to open his own bar. Then...
All of these ideas are perfectly good ideas, but they have two things in common:
1. He mistakenly believes that if he can just make one of them happen, his horrific lack of financial discipline will no longer be relevant
2. He never does them even though he's perfectly capable of it. He lights up and plays World of Warcraft until he has to put on his hairnet and nametag for the next shift.
* side note to anybody looking for work: there is no age limit on the IBEW apprenticeship program, and halls literally all over the country are absolutely hurting for apprentices. My brother can't man his jobs and wants me to tell anybody interested to stop dreaming and go for it.