>It seems much wiser to wait till you have an idea that you want to pursue and then quit.
Every stripper and/or prostitute, the story goes, plans on quitting once they make enough money to go to school/open that greasy spoon/move somewhere else.
In reality they end up `quitting' when the system is done with them and tosses them out.
9-5ers often live out the same lie.
You talk about rational choices, but what normally happens when someone has a comfortable, non-challenging job is that they start to compensate for missed excitement by filling their life with expensive habits (whether it's drugs, addiction to games and electronics, expensive cars, the cottage, etc). Soon they are completely bound to their job, those golden-handcuffs demolishing any potential they might have had.
Anyways, I've got to go off and look at a new car. My current one is 2 years old and is getting a little embarrassing.
Nice insight there; clearly spoken from direct and current experience.
I think it's just one way a consistent low level fear manifests itself in our lives. Breaking out of that secure routine is not just scary by itself -- it'll dredge up a host of un-faced fears we carry around trying to avoid. I have the luxury of pointing this out from my desk in my office as I look forward to lunch hour.
I've taken more "risks" than most, getting to a pretty comfortable position. Yet still I know that I've operated at maybe 20%, simply because I could.
I remember quitting one job (giving proper notice and doing everything right to strive for something better) and one of my coworkers lauded my bravery. It struck me because I didn't see it as bravery at all. More cowardly of rotting away in a 9-5 boring position.
Every stripper and/or prostitute, the story goes, plans on quitting once they make enough money to go to school/open that greasy spoon/move somewhere else.
In reality they end up `quitting' when the system is done with them and tosses them out.
9-5ers often live out the same lie.
You talk about rational choices, but what normally happens when someone has a comfortable, non-challenging job is that they start to compensate for missed excitement by filling their life with expensive habits (whether it's drugs, addiction to games and electronics, expensive cars, the cottage, etc). Soon they are completely bound to their job, those golden-handcuffs demolishing any potential they might have had.
Anyways, I've got to go off and look at a new car. My current one is 2 years old and is getting a little embarrassing.