The fork in the road

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Dean O

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I got a huge decision. And I'd like everyone's thoughts on this one. I am at a fork in the road in my life where I can go 2 ways. I can continue my way where I am at. This way has me working as an union electrician, living in the same house I still have been with a roomate that seems to despise me living there. I have had a problem with this road cause already I can see my sanity cannot handle living the way I do all this time. With a mountain of lonliness this past year and 1/2 I have given up on the game of love. So, it leads me to want to make this next decision. I would like to go into the military. I actually had a dream last night of being in Marine Corps training and having the best feeling in the world like I was doing something I loved reguardless of me getting yelled at, poked fun at, etc. I have wanted to join the military for a while. I was actually going to join AF a lil while back but weight standards made me hold back on it until i lost 20 lbs. But, in the marine corps. They accept my weight. Since I took the asvab already, it wouldn't be hard for me to get in it now. Now I need your guy's opinion on it.
 
How about you join the Union and figure out how to move to your own place, another place, or replace your roommate! You think you have problems with your roommate now, imagine being in a barracks with crazy and generally uneducated assholes who felt they couldn't do anything else either!
 
that's the thing though jlxc, I have been an electrician before and hated it. I think marine corps might actually give me something I can enjoy more than merely cutting/splicing wire.
 
You know what else could give you more to enjoy than cutting wires? The Hare Krishna. Just join up with them instead. You'll get to see airports all over the world, sing songs, and meet submissive womens.

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare

Get to practicin.
 
Sure, if you end up keeping both arms, or legs, or sight........... little things like that. There's worse things in life than making pretty good wages in a job you're not that fond of, like... the military.
 
Being lonely, frustrated, or tired with your job or living conditions is better than being dead.
And it doesn't sound to me like these are really your only two options. You're still young, and you don't have to be tied down as an electrician. There are other jobs besides "electrician" and "Soldier". Try a few other things while you still have the freedom to try what you want. Once you sign your life away, your ass belongs to the U.S. government, and you won't even be allowed to shit without someone telling you to.

Besides, do you really WANT to turn into a brainwashed meathead?
 
quite honestly steel, i cannot care less about death. it happens, w/e.

and yes there are other options, but I have literally gone through 13 different kinds of jobs and found them all to be horrible.
 
As Steel said, they are not your only 2 options. Lets say the military and being an electrician were not an option. What direction would you go then?

I suggest rodeo clown. You still get that chance for bodily harm or death, but in a more fun atmosphere.
 
Gunslinger, unlike everyone else I'm not going to try and deter you from military service. For many it IS what they want/need/like in their life. It's a major commitment and comes at a heavy price but it may be what you're looking for.

However, a job is just a job. That's why they pay you to do it. If you're looking for a sense of belonging you may just need to make changes in your current life. The job pays the bills, but it doesn't need to provide you with meaning. My job is a good job, but I only go every day because I get paid too. It doesn't define me or fulfill my life or provide me with a greater sense of belonging. That comes from inside me and the things I do.

To be honest, it sounds like you're not happy with your life. To fix that you need to sit down and figure out why that is and what it will take to make you happy. A couple of things that you may want to think about:

Your roommate sucks. Find a new one.

You're lonely. Start doing more than working and coming home. Go volunteer someplace. Pick up a second job in a bar. Join a social club. (PM me for information regarding that option)

You dislike your job. Find a new one. Go back to school.

Life is what you make of it. You can't sit back and lament that it's not making itself more than it is. If you're unhappy with where you're at, you need to sit down and figure out why. Then you need to address that situation.

If you join the military you may find yourself equally miserable. The difference is once you're in, you are in until your term is up and then they may still not let you out as they might be short people. So before you make that commitment, it would be best for you to sit down and honestly think about what it is that's missing in your world. Because if the military doesn't fill that void, you will probably see it as the single largest mistake you've ever made.
 
Now see everyone THAT is some good opinion. Thanks uber. I have tried doing so in the past by looking at what is wrong and correcting it... and one thing I have come to find out is either I will never be happy with anything I do, or I just don't know what I like. I used to think a job in computers would be kick-ass. But here I am, on a computer getting paid 15 n hour with benefits and I am not happy. It is boring, it is dull, it just doesn't make me happy. The electrician job was just mind numbing physical labor. It was basically like this job only instead of doing the same thing over and over on the computer, I do it when devicing a house with outlets and switches. Military came up in my mind because it could be something that has so much variety involved that I would constantly be looking forward to the next day. Granted my life is at risk, but I'd be willing to die for something I enjoyed doing (and not to mention serving my country).
And if I get stuck then it happens, at least I am doing something for my country and to me that's a good enough reason. (yes, im uber-republican.)
 
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