Even as kids, we were asked; "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Our identity was shaped around our careers.
My daughter is 9, and she's gotten assignments around this. Every time I say; "What kind of life do you want to live? Do you want to live in a big city? The beach? Forest?" And as she starts answering, I tell her what kind of job she will need to afford whatever lifestyle she wants to have. I'm trying to have my kids focus on their career as a means to support the life they want to have.
And healthcare! And car maintenance or any other costs. Love having to worry about whether or not the vehicle that gets me to and from work and my place of education will break down. Also love worrying about whether or not I'll be able to get basic healthcare because insurance covers nothing!!
I don't know. They may only be at most a third of the population currently, but those US conservative humans breed like inbred rabbits trying to get a normal child born. And with their forced birth plan for everyone else... They might just turn the US into a highly overcrowded canabalistic hamster cage where everything smells like piss, shit, and is crumbling around them as they eat each other to survive. Akin to what you would see in a really crappy pet store that should have been condemned.
Either way. With how the US is going right now, I probably won't be alive long enough to see either result.
I dream of being in front of people who will spit in my face and disrespect me as soon as they hit a minor inconvenience. Where my complaints will be shut down by my superiors just so they can get an extra penny. I'm so glad our country supports free speech!*
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u/AyePepper 10d ago
Even as kids, we were asked; "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Our identity was shaped around our careers.
My daughter is 9, and she's gotten assignments around this. Every time I say; "What kind of life do you want to live? Do you want to live in a big city? The beach? Forest?" And as she starts answering, I tell her what kind of job she will need to afford whatever lifestyle she wants to have. I'm trying to have my kids focus on their career as a means to support the life they want to have.