A beautifully reflective piece, dreams, doubts, and the quiet courage to wonder what if. Sometimes, the longing for a house by the sea says more about the life we truly want than any job ever could.

A house like that was the dream for me as well, but I think it is going to be less likely given the way things are going in the world.  I am trying to come to grips with just being content where I am and seeing the abundance around me versus always hoping for something else.  I think in another life it might have been cool to be an electrician or a HVAC technician.  The money seems to be quite good and you are always in demand.

My future dream is to buy a piece of land and build a tiny house, with some out buildings for various stuff. I dont know if i can hack it as a farmer.. but maybe a modified homesteader. 😉😎🤙

All I know is if you go into a profession for just money it will burn you out. I think working to survive in terms of money is a soul crushing endeavor.  

> our current practices are building habits that make us increasingly fragile, whether mentally, physically, or emotionally.

Certainly outside of my life as a teacher, I am just barely floating by. Weekend after weekend, dancing the night away in dark clubs with a couple of my closest friends. I used to think it was a celebration of freedom and expression, but now it just feels like a fleeting escape. More and more of those underground safe spaces to share rave culture are going away, replaced by mega clubs optimized to present a commercial copy of a rave while extracting every last bit of profit.

There was a friend of mine I knew from my days of playing competitive magic the gathering that was struggling mightily with the trajectory of his life in the suburbs of NYC. He didn't have consistent work, he wasn't getting the attention he wanted in social communities and felt stuck.

He made the decision to move across the country to AZ and become a plumber. He started with an 11-month apprenticeship with a good friend of our, and a year later he had his own truck. Two years later, him and his buddy started their own service. He started going to thr gym regularly. He paid off all his debt. He started getting noticed by girls, the crazy big titty goth babies of his dreams. He is finally living his best life, all because he took that first step to become a plumber.

I hope I am afforded the same outcome as a teacher. I've been looking at opportunities to teach in American school overseas. They're out there, but for my partner who working in marketing management, that will be much tougher. Her industry in contracting rapidly, with so many of the different work streams in her department getting replaced by AI. If the whole project is being run by AI, they certainly won't need her to connect the dots, just the AI engineer.

I know I'd much rather train the youth of our society, than train the next generation of AI to take over even more human output. I need more Bitcoin!

>But we still need plumbers.

I wonder if people will create robot plumbers. They already made window washing robots and lawn mowers robots...~~and sex bots~~. So why not robot plumbers as well?

Before we used the internet to escape a little from reality, now we use nature as that dream you have Mr. Tarazkp, to have a house with a view to the sea to escape just a little from the internet haha, if possible I am trying for health reasons to live a life beyond the digital. I only disconnect from time to time.

J is still not confident about AI coding XD

<sub>apparently a thing came up where a complete non-coder used AI to code up something that they needed and was apparently completely baffled as to why IT straight up noped it</sub>

<sub>and very vaguely related [this](https://deplet.ing/the-copilot-delusion/) crossed my feeds at some point; I wanted to flick it in your direction because the ranty tone kind of reminded me of some of your rants but never got around to it</sub>

At least trades/"blue collar" professions aren't as "frowned upon" now as they were I don't think.

<sub>I donno I remember being younger and everyone wanting their kids to be accountants and business owners and whatever and getting mad when they "just" wanted to be mechanics or carpenters, maybe it was a cultural thing</sub>

A lot of the local kids I know or know of have gotten into trades (several of middle's friends are doing apprenticeships/traineeships somewhere in construction, and one is a butcher) partly because it's still "easier" to get into and partly because they're not as dumb as they and all the oldies like to pretend they are.  Over here eldest (definitely smart enough to get into something "white collar", was interested in engineering at one point) has decided to try out climbing arborilist (basically gardener that can advise on and climb trees to prune/lop them as far as I can tell) and middle has gone back to her original plan of early childhood education after a brief stint "trying something different" in a course similar to what me and her aunty did way back when.

<sub>neither sibling dearest nor I have a job related to the course we did</sub>

Useful things that will probably still need to be done for a while XD

Ahh yes I remember when the internet was a weird fad.

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I wonder what is more peaceful: the sound of ocean waves at the shore of your waterfront dream residence or the silent stream of $$$$ hitting your bank account every month from several million dollars working passively for you at 4-5% risk free...

Hmm, this is such a thoughtful and relatable post. I really felt the part about dreaming of a peaceful home by the sea; it's something many of us wish for. But then reality hits, and we realize that to get there, we might have to change direction or do something completely different. I think it is not about us  not wanting to follow our part or focus on our goals, but most of the problems we encountered, or should i say, obstacles is the fact that we are being limited by our chance of getting things done due to financial constraints. At the same time, it is part of life anyway, most of the time that we get what we want in life even with the financial capability, health attimes can be a problem. 


 I also found the discussion about career choices and how feelings often drive them very honestly. I think it is about our choice. When it comes to career paths, gender and sex are often taken into consideration. Some would say that there are jobs for women, and there are some that are meant for just man.

 It is true that with the current evolution of technology and AI, a lot of job would be replaced by machine and it is already happenings and I don't think plumbing is part unless in the area of maintenance. 

In all, life doesn't always work on how we want it. There are some situations that is beyond us as we couldn't explain how it happen. We just have to keep trying our best and pray for breakthrough and support for our maker. 

I would choose a house near a field and a forest. It is too windy by the sea. And I want to spend most of the day in the fresh air.

The way we normalize virtual relationships has a big impact on how we connect with each other. For sure technology can offer comfort to people who feel alone, but it also runs the risk of weakening the crucial interpersonal skills we need for our emotional well-being.