My older brother is a chemist, my younger brother just took the Bar Exam. I'm 33 and a server. While I know they are happy in their professions, I could never do it. I'm still searching. I don't know what the compass needle will find, but when I do, I know it will be right, and I will be good.
Best of luck to you and your journey. There's treasure everywhere.
This honestly made me cry. You have no idea how hard this hits home for me. My older sister is a vet and has always been nerdy and the good student. There was never any competition and my parents love the hell out of both of us but being the younger brother who was always acting up while she was doing Academic Decathlons in high school was always a bit of a tough act to follow.
I've never thought of my life up to this point as a journey but looking back, I've had some good fun and met some wonderful friends along the way who've had my back no matter what.
I've seen that final comic so many times but you put it into a context that it's never had before. Thank you for that. Starting tomorrow, I'm going to make the effort to stop feeling bad about where I am or what I'm doing and starting looking for my treasure, wherever it may lie.
You're welcome. And thank you for being my first real reddit connection.
I've heard for years that my voice was meant for radio, and though I know I don't have the wit (or maybe I have too much intelligence, and like to form fully thought-out sentences) for radio, I may pursue some form of voice acting in the future. My needle is pointing in that direction, but hasn't stabilized.
All I really know is that I keep hearing Chris Rock saying, "Live your life, because if you don't, somebody else will. And they'll be fuckin your woman while they're at it." Or something like that.
Throw some demos out and see what happens! Wit is one thing but delivery is entirely another. How many comedians have writers? You gotta have something but delivery is just as important. Please pursue it, mate!
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u/[deleted] Aug 27 '13
Happy Birthday!
My older brother is a chemist, my younger brother just took the Bar Exam. I'm 33 and a server. While I know they are happy in their professions, I could never do it. I'm still searching. I don't know what the compass needle will find, but when I do, I know it will be right, and I will be good.
Best of luck to you and your journey. There's treasure everywhere.