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RE: The Pursuit of Happiness and other control mechanisms
This guy got me started a while back with this quote:
"A calm and modest life brings more happiness than the pursuit of success combined with constant restlessness," - Albert Einstein
This same quote is also why I withdrew from my University. I had one semester to go on two bachelors degrees in petroleum and mechanical engineering, over $100,000.00 in student debt, my phone well you can fix the ringing thing, my longtime girlfriend has stopped talking to me (temporarily I hope) she thinks I have lost it , I drive Uber seven days a week twelve hours a day and it is the happiest I have been since I quit construction to pursue a degree for a woman that said I was wasting my potential. That may be true. It is even flattering that they see that, but if money was the issue well did you know if you uber that much you make the same amount as a petroleum engineer. Plus I get to be happy this way.
And I actually didn't get to withdraw. The dean called me in. They are letting me finish slowly..... for FREE! I have done really well. 3.9 GPA with enough hours for a PhD. I branched out a bit due to curiosity: A&P 1&2, Biology, Modern Physics, Quantum Physics, English 1 three times for a B, Organic Chemistry 1&2, DEQ 1&2, Linear Algebra, Elasticity of Numbers, ect. Then I got a registration hold, they called me in and said "WTF are you doing?". I said, "Going to school." They responded "Finacial aid is only for people pursuing classes in a particular degree. Your the closest to being an Engineer if you need aid to pay you should do that." This severely restricted the classes I could take. I had a bunch left. But if it is free and slow. Ill get the degrees and post them on the back seat. So people will know life is not all about what you can do. It is important to be happy too.
It isn't what you do or what you get out of what you do, it is what you put into what you do and the meaning you apply to it.
I stole this from another comment by @polysteemer:
I once heard something that has helped me a lot. No matter how bad situations may be, if you evaluate the very instant, you are most likely okay. In that now, you are alive and if you have the chance to think, you are unlikely to be in unbearable pain. I have been in some very horrible circumstances from numerous viewpoints yet, in that moment, I was okay and today, I am okay still.
Me too.