If there is a better community to ask this question, Iām all ears.
I majored in history because I like history. With a major like mine without a doctor thesis you can only work as a teacher and children are mostly idiots. You could try academia, but the ROI here is so much below zero it doesnāt make any sense.
As a child I was musically gifted but my parents never considered music as something worth following or studying. As an adult I bought me a classical guitar 12 years ago and a grand piano 5 years ago and started playing. I learned to play both instruments on my own.
Donāt think for a moment my technique is good enough to start studying at a conservatory for either instrument. I already rehearsed for a piano professor and he told me I must have invested an insane amount of time, that my technique is simply not good and if I want, he knows of 2 colleges that offer preparatory courses I could attend to.
I work as a firefighter and none of my coworkers even suspects I majored in history or that Iām capable of playing any instrument, itās something I donāt talk about with any of them because I donāt believe they would understand and theyād start with intrusive questions I hate (if you are so talented like you claim and have a major in history, why are you wasting your time as a firefighter?). I already tried to find a decent job with history and failed. Itās something I donāt want to repeat with a possible major in music. Firefighting, as tiring and unfulfilling as it is, pays my bills and has given me a financial independence I never had, but I never saw myself here.
The curious thing is I have enough money to stop working and covering tuition fees and lodging for 4 years plus the preparatory year, but I donāt know if choosing this path would be the stupidest of decisions ever made. If I work part time, I donāt have to spend my whole savings.
Working as a firefighter I feel Iām wasting my life, I donāt want to be a firefighter till I retire, but this job has given me financial stability and I dread losing that.
I do my job and when Iām not very tired at home after doing the laundry, buying food and cooking, cleaning my apartment, walking a bit to disconnectā¦ I play. It brings me joy but as of now itās only a hobby. To even monetize it I would have to at least have a bachelor.
Is this what it looks like?
My most expensive model is $300.
https://www.flightlessforge.com/.
I also have some very silly 3D printed onesā¦
They all look like a lot of fun! Nice job!
I really enjoyed your balisong utility knife write up. I know several people who would treasure it as a Christmas gift.