TABLE OF CONTENTS

I—INTRODUCTION : A FOURTH OPTION—WRITING

**1—MY TELOS

*A—OPTION #1 : MINIMUM WAGE JOBS

*B—OPTION #2 : SKILLED LABORER OR BLUE COLLAR JOBS

*C—OPTION #3 : CUSTOMER SERVICE  / PARTS COUNTER JOBS

*D—OPTION #4 : WRITER

II—MY THREE CHOICES IN TOPICS TO WRITE ABOUT : EXPERIENCES, SUGGESTIONS, AND INTERESTS/PASSIONS

*A—MY EXPERIENCES

**1—PIPE TRADES

**2—SANITATION ENGINEERING

**3—OTHER EXPERIENCES

*B—OTHERS’ SUGGESTIONS ( THAT I HAVE NEITHER EXPERIENCE IN NOR A PASSION FOR )

**1—YOUTUBE’S SUGGESTIONS

**2—MARKETING-ORIENTED PURSUITS

***[a]—BLOG-FOR-MONEY GURUS

***[b]—“GO-WITH-YOUR-PASSIONS = YES”  GURUS

***[c]—“GO-WITH-YOUR-PASSIONS = NO”  GURUS

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I—Introduction : A Fourth Option—Writing

Upper Middle-Aged Man           

For almost 20 years ( or 18 years and two months to be more precise) I became dangerously complacent in my station in life in that the job I had,  paid enough to cover the bills but not enough to save for retirement or plan for emergencies— i.e., from a financial perspective, it was all “hand-to-mouth”, so to speak.

I know, that was not too smart on my part; but, then again, I never made any claims that I was an “Einstein” in the ways of life. 

In any case, in July of 2016, my boss of 18-plus years announced the he was closing the doors for good, and that it was time for us all to start looking for new jobs.

Being in my fifties and without a PhD or a masters degree in anything ( I’m not a doctor, or a lawyer, or a scientist or a certified public accountant or any other kind of “professional” ) I knew that I was going to run into the problem of :

[1] age discrimination—that is, being “too old” to fit in with the young-and-vibrant company culture of most organizations with young people at the helm of the human resource departments; and

[2] “knowledge” discrimination—not having any advanced degrees in anything ( even though I’ve seen plenty of pandemically-related YouTube videos that showed many middle-aged people who did have those otherwise highly-sought credentials and who still encountered age discrimination in their job searches) .

Having neither youth nor credentials, I knew I was going to be in for a rough—and likely, very long—ride.

Being both “old” and “uncredentialed” was a double-edged sword for which I had no shield ( e.g., wealthy parents or a business-owning buddy who could give me a mortgage-paying job ) to protect myself with.

Like most people in this world, I was on my own to fend for myself.

1—My Telos

Although it would be about 40 years past the time I should have done this, I realized that I needed to find my “telos” which is a Greek word meaning “ultimate object or aim “, which is all too often erroneously associated with one’s passion or hobby, when it has nothing to do with that in most cases.

One of the best clarifications I found on this term was actually on a sitcom; in this case, on Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing”, in Season 3, Episode 8, titled, “Vanessa Fixes Kyle”, where Venessa talks Mike into giving Kyle a job selling boats, which he ends up sucking at—it wasn’t his forté, or his “telos”, as they say. 

To make his point, Mike—doing his vlog—explains the story of a friend of his who wanted to be an actor, and who spent years trying to get his foot in the door of Hollywood, but the closest he could come to that goal was doing one single Radio Shack® commercial, and never advanced beyond that fluke of an opportunity.

But….

As a self-employed landscaper, his friend found a ton of prosperity that he never achieved ( and never would ) being an actor.

Thus, acting may have been his passion, but landscaping was, in fact, his telos .

Once his friend realized that, he was a much happier person.

Of course, to add a joke into the mix, Mike also throws in the quip that an oak tree’s “telos” is to become someone’s wooden desk—but don’t tell the oak tree that. LOL.

To be able to pay my bills long term—without going from one job that I wasn’t meant for, to the next job I wasn’t meant for, I needed to find my telos—and soon!

Not realizing that I needed to begin that long-overdue journey, I blindly continued to look at what my non-telos “opportunities” were, which ended up being : [1] becoming a minimum wage grunt; ; [2] skilled laborer or blue collar worker; or [3] pointlessly continuing searching for another customer service job ( like the one I just had been laid off from).

A—Option #1 : Minimum Wage Jobs

Unfortunately, for me, Option #1 wouldn’t even pay half of my bills, so, that wasn’t really an “option”, if I wanted to keep my home.

Fast Food Worker                  

Plus, minimum-wage jobs tend to inflict non-standard schedules on employees—that is, since one job at minimum wage won’t, by itself, pay the bills, a second job becomes absolutely necessary ; but…unfortunately, many low-paying jobs have their employees working NON-Standard schedules—e.g.,  days this week, evenings, the next week, and overnights the week after.

Having a second job becomes impossible since you could never really guarantee your second employer that you could work the hours that he or she needs you.

Thus, in minimum-wage jobs, it is all too often the case that the first job guarantees that you can’t work a second job .

You can’t possibly pay your bills under those circumstances.

Ergo, “Option” #1 is not an option at all!

B—Option #2 : Skilled Laborer or Blue Collar Jobs

Option #2, really wasn’t a realistic choice, for three reasons.

Carpenter            

[1] most of the unionized trades won’t accept unskilled/untrained labor over a certain age. For instance, when I tried to get into the electricians’ program back in the late 1980’s/early 1990’s, they told me the cutoff point was 27 years of age, which was about where I was at, at that time. Now? I’m 30 years past that point being 57-going-on-58 years old—so, I’m pretty confident that I’d get even more rejected now;

[2] Moreover, I’m not really mechanically inclined. Specifically, for example, also back in the late 1980’s, when I briefly worked with a friend’s friend, who just happened to be a self-employed electrician, I did just fine with pulling wire through conduit and wiring up switches and outlets, but when he tried to get me to bend pipe, I couldn’t get a single piece to be fabricated to the specifications he instructed me to achieve—I either cut the conduit too short, or bent the pipe at the wrong place or at the wrong angle; and, even after practicing on an entire bundle of 1/2″ EMT pipe, I didn’t get a single piece right. Not one! He also did some light plumbing work, which I was also not very good at. When I took a brief job as a laborer on a demolition site, I almost removed my boss’s knee caps when he came up behind me when I was just about to swing a 20-pound sledge hammer into a section of a lathe-and-plaster wall. So, it’s actually fortunate for me, and my would-be employers, that I’m not employed in any mechanically-related occupations since I’d likely be far more of a dangerous liability than a productive asset; and finally,

[3] I’m not physically fit to handle any physically strenuous labor. Being a cancer survivor, I endured the three-tiered treatment of chemo, radiation, and tumor-removing surgery, all of which left me easily fatigued. Thus, for example, if I had to carry a bundle of roofing shingles on my shoulder up a ladder onto a roof, I’d likely get winded or possibly even dizzy enough to fall off the ladder—or worse, my fear of heights might trigger me into fainting (LOL) once I looked down ; or, even carrying something heavy on level ground for a significant distance could cause me to have to sit down momentarily and catch my breath—something no employer, or any hard-working employees, would have much patience for.

So, having neither mechanical common sense nor physical stamina, being a physical laborer ( unionized or not ) would not be an “ideal” occupational choice for me—or, the people I’d be otherwise working with.

C—Option #3 : Customer Service / Parts Counter Jobs

Customer Service Rep      

Finally, Option #3, was my only choice left—but that would leave me right back to where I started from : trying to get a job in the customer service / parts counter environment which is going to be either in a small, “mom and pop”-owned and operated establishment that’s likely destined to go out of business in the next two to five years, or be owned by a major corporation, whose human resource departments were likely to be staffed by young people not looking to hire older people, such as myself.

This was quite a pickle to be in. I needed an answer to a possible fourth option.

Then, I found one—maybe.

D—Option #4 : Writer

“Hmmm. That might be an interesting option to consider.” I thought to myself when I first encountered the idea.

But what kind of writer?

Well, that’s the challenge that I’m confronted with.

Writer                              

Do I want to write 500-page books or 5-page blog posts?

If, on the one hand, the choice is books, should I write in world of fiction or non-fiction? If the former, what genre : drama/suspense; horror; sci-fi; romance; comedy? If the latter : academic research; politics; cooking; healthy living; self-help?

On the other hand, if the choice is blog posts, should I focus on marketing products or more non-marketing introspective topics?

Writing Choices

There seems to be more than one option to choose from in the realm of writing.

Some choices will produce more income than others. Which ones should I choose that meets somewhere in the middle in that it :

[a] it produces at least some income ( as opposed to none) ; and

[b] it entails things that I can find some interest in ( i.e., it’s not as boring as, say, a seminar on the difference between whole versus term life insurance ).

That is, I make some money, and I’m not bored to death doing it.

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I’m not quite sure that I’m disciplined enough to write lengthy works such as a 500-page novel—although I have started a few manuscripts in that direction.

But it’s been several months since I last opened those files, if that gives you any idea of my level of commitment to those projects.

But a five-page blog post?

Hmmm. Now, that seems more like my speed!

But write about what?

II—My Three Choices In Topics to Write About: Experiences, Suggestions And Passions

A—Experiences

1—Pipe Trades

My occupational background with the most experience is in construction tool sales ( I sold pipe-fabrication tools to contractors in the pipe trades—i.e., plumbers, pipefitters, electricians, HVAC, and sprinkler contractors ).

But I’d be lying if I claimed that the pipe industry was something that I enjoyed on a personal level. It was a job; and nothing more.

I’ve never had any dreams of threading four-inch rigid pipe, or torching some copper tubing, or cutting water pipe in seconds flat with the newest whiz bang pipe cutter.

I don’t exactly have piles of magazines in my library that revolve around the topic of the pipe-fabrication industry.

To be sure, when I was employed in the field, I was excited when I received a purchase order for tools to be shipped out to a job site, and I thoroughly enjoyed “talking shop” with the purchasing agents or field supervisors who ordered the tools, or even their drivers who came to our facility to pick up their orders, but, at the end of the day, when I arrived home, I would much rather jam in a band, or write an article about the “Jetson Age” implications of the new Volkswagen Hover Car or time travel or post a less-than-complimentary meme on Facebook regarding the apparent stupidity of a given politician, or any other frivolous pursuit.

I really wasn’t interested in conversing about whether or not there’s a better standard in pipe threading than the NPT or NPSM protocols that dominate the American plumbing and electrical industries, respectively.

2—Sanitation Engineering

I also have another 16 years experience (although it was part-time, not full time) working in the building maintenance field from a “sanitation engineering” perspective ( i.e., janitorial ).

So, I suppose I could write for industries that cater to the businesses engaged in office building and factory maintenance. My topics could include such earth-shaking choices of paper towels versus air-blown hand dryers; brooms versus dust-mops; carpet-cleaning options; or why floor waxes can’t be butyl-based, and the like.

But experience does not automatically equate with passion. I don’t often ponder the relative merits of floor waxes from Johnson® versus Bolotin® or Zep®.

It’s very likely that I’d soon find myself being depressed having to meet deadlines writing about such topics.

Maybe not. Who knows? Perhaps I should look into it.

3—Other Experiences

I’ve also worked as a Customer Service Representative and Accounts Receivable Support temp for various companies and even had a brief stint as an over-the-road truck driver.

And I have at least one post (possibly more pending ) pertaining to those experiences, as well.

Whatever words ( or, more specifically, rants ) that I could generate regarding those jobs would not be enough to ensure an ongoing steady stream of income, that’s for sure.

Once I was done ranting, I’d be done writing. Game over.

Summing up all my experiences outside of my “interest zone” there’s essentially little or nothing at all that I could find myself attempting to make a living at writing about.

B—Suggestions ( That I Have Neither Experience In Nor A Passion For )

I went to YouTube to see what kinds of content they pushed for their viewers and of what I saw, essentially none of it moved me in the slightest degree.

To be sure, YouTube had plenty of the content I did like; there was no shortage of that.

However, YouTube did not present that material as a “featured” element of its catalog of choices. It wasn’t even in the list

1—YouTube’s Suggestions

Among the options that YouTube did highlight, though, were such options as :

• • • Beauty & Fashion ( Threadbanger; Carli Bybel; Sarai Jones )
    • Comedy ( Erb; Mr. Bean; Magic Murray; Kypree Taylor; Lily Singh)
    • Sports ( TMZSports; Thrasher Magazine; MMA Weekly ; PressCAPLOCK)
    • Music ( Katy Perry; Beyoncé; RiHanna; Eminem Music; Nicki Manaj)
    • Tech ( Droid Life; GizmoSlip; UrAvgConsumer; iCrackUriDevice)
    • Gaming ( Yoboy Pizza; Dom2K; PIMPNITE; Mistylyne; Cinemassacre)
    • Cooking & Health ( ChefSTeps; Gordon Ramsay; Noreen’s Kitchen ) 
    • Film & Entertainment ( Grace Helbig; Amber Closet; Hair Jordan;  )

To say that I found zero interest in any of those YouTube Channels, would not be entirely accurate, since my interest was actually less than zero, which I didn’t think was possible.

Beauty & Fashion              

• A far as “Beauty and Fashion” is concerned, since I’m bald, and don’t use beauty products, I wouldn’t know the first thing about them, and I would probably sound like an idiot, as best, or even an outright liar, at worst, if I commented on them trying to sound like I knew what I was talking about. And although I do admit that I notice “hair styles”, per se, when it comes to cosmetics ( lip stick, rouge, eye shadow, etc ) I much, much, much prefer the au naturale look ( i.e., no makeup at all ). So, “Cover Girls”/”Cosmopolitan”/”Fashion” in women or the “GQ”-types in men, are not my idea of the ideal image or persona in men or women. Some of those models in certain clothing or fragrance markets are just so bizarre looking ( like they’re from a Russian Mob, or something along those lines—“mystical”, I suppose, by, maybe, European standards ), that their image is far more likely to trigger feelings of being turned off rather than being intrigued.

Sitcoms          

• I love stand up comedy ( especially the improv shows like “Whose Line is it Anyway?” or “Make Me Laugh”, both of which are no longer produced ), but shows like “Modern Family” or “The Office” or re-boots without their original actors  such as “The Connors” ( without Roseanne ) just don’t do anything for me. Even the numerous cast changes of “Last Man Standing” has lost a significant amount  of something since moving over to Fox, and the original Mandy  got replaced by the new Mandy. Moreover, judging from the comedy shows/acts that  YouTube did suggest, I wouldn’t like a single one. Ergo, any comedy entertainment that I would like,  would likely be perceived as passé. If this was the game show “Make Me Laugh”, and they used YouTube’s list of comedy choices to trigger me into laughing, there’s a good chance  that I’d win every round, since none of it would even make me grin, much less laugh.

Sports

• As far as sports is concerned, I haven’t followed any sports since I was a kid.   As I often joke, one could ( in the middle of winter) tell me that “Just last night a sober Babe Ruth struck out on the 30 yard line in the middle of the Fourth period to win the Stanley Cup at Wimbledon”, and I wouldn’t question it. I can’t even fake an interest in it. I do my best to avoid the Monday Morning Quarterback discussions at work. If I had to write an article on sports-related topics, I’d very likely find myself just staring at the screen, wondering where to start. It’s just not my thing. It never has been outside of a two-year hobby of baseball card collecting, and some school sports ( softball and wrestling ). Outside of that, I don’t think I’ve ever read the sports sections of newspapers or magazines; I’ve never watched a nanosecond of ESPN, or any other sports channel. Like I said, it’s just not my thing. 

Music  

• Music ? Especially today’s music? ( Katy Perry, Beyoncé, Lady Gaga, alternative rock, metal, rap and hip hop, etc.—not one of them appeals to me in the slightest degree. I even accidentally came across a BuzzFeed video where some woman actually made the laughably presumptuous assertion that “everyone likes Beyoncé—it’s a fact”, and I thought, “Seriously? Wow! Where is she getting her data from?” If life was an episode of Jeopardy, I’d have to say, “I’ll take woefully-misinformed people for one hundred dollars, Alex.”). Yes, I admit, I have heard songs that I did like, from a few groups that I normally would have no interest in whatsoever,  only to later discover disappointing things about the group, such as : the rest of their album sucked, and one song does not justify saying you “like the band”; or, they’re simply a “cover” band in that they didn’t write any their own music : penned by some writer-for-hire—writing one’s own material is a prerequisite for my respect. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with doing cover tunes, but if 100 percent of one’s catalog is written by people other than the artist performing the music, then that’s an automatic deal-breaker for me. In that case, I’d probably have more respect for a boy band with hairdos. I can’t see being excited about writing positive things about those groups.

Tech Stuff                         

• Tech talk? Although I’m intrigued by scientific ingenuity as far as, say, traveling faster than the speed of light or prosthetics for the handicapped are concerned ( i.e. things that I would like to see happen—and some really amazing stuff out there) , I’m just not impressed, at all, with advances in cell phone technology ( where nobody pays attention to anyone else in the room around them anymore—with their noses constantly buried in their brightly-glowing cell phone screens ) or video surveillance or 5G capabilities since 100 percent of those advances are designed to “improve” the ability of Big Brother to implement a 24/7/365 surveillance society which should cause far more feelings of insecurity than “security”. I could not be trusted to be a spokesman for those industries, without the client risking that I’d be a whistle-blower the very nanosecond I came across news of any kind about any government or industry using this technology to pursue an unholy agenda—I’d be shouting the news from the rooftops! That would probably make me an unwelcomed guest in their circles.

Gaming                          

• Gaming? I’ve never played a single game since it doesn’t appeal to me in the least. Actually, back in August of 1982 I did play a Miss Pac Man game on my girlfriend’s TV set. But since then? Not once! I couldn’t tell a Playstation from an XBox—nor do I have the slightest desire to learn the difference; and, as a side note type of observation, almost every kid I’ve known that is really into gaming, seems to have an aversion to working a full-time job. It’s as though putting down the joystick or gamepad for eight hours is somewhat analogous to asking a crack addict to put down his crack pipe for eight hours : sacrilege!

Culinary                        

• Cooking? Although my wife binge watches Gordon Ramsay’s TV shows, I have absolutely no interest in any of them since “fine dining” isn’t a priority for me—that is, having the culinary palette of a teenager : hamburgers, hot dogs, pizza, PBJ sandwiches, soda, etc. Moreover, when I see pictures of gourmet food’s so-called “dinners”, the portions pictured look like they wouldn’t feed a bird ( two twigs or carrots, criss-crossed on top of a 2-inch square patty of fish, sitting on a bed of beans resting on a tiny pile of sauce, with parsley thrown on top? ” Give me a F*&%ing break! I want a double bacon cheesburger plain [no condiments], with a bag of greasy french fries on the side and a 32-ounce phosphoric acid -containing, aspartame-loaded Diet Pepsi, please! Thank you!) . Fine dining is obviously not meant to “fill you up”—or even taste good. But it is designed to empty your wallet! So, my ability to portray fine-dining in a positive light or in an “ooh-la-la” manner is essentially non-existent. I’m a junk food junkie, and there’s not many writing gigs that deliberately advocate “overtly unhealthy” eating choices—like mine! Thus, out of all the topics suggested by YouTube, cooking shows and food critic blogs are probably the least likely for me to choose.

TV & MOVIES             

• Film & Entertainment. Today’s movies all contain underlying propagandic “social justice” messages that I have no use for, since I’m usually diametrically opposed to what the messages really mean, once you analyze all of the ramifications—most of which, are hidden and concealed; and for good reason. Plus, Hollywood’s left-wing extremist actors ( Cher; George Clooney; Leonardo DiCaprio; Meryl Streep; Jim Carey; Jeff Daniels; et al ) all voicing their ridiculously ugly hypocrisies and frequently inaccurate socialism-loving opinions on political matters has converted me into an anti-Hollywood mindset. So, there’s really nothing in the film industry that I would want to write a non-negative story about, unless the topic is the equipment and software that’s used in special effects. Those topics are fine, otherwise, the content coming out of Hollywood studios can only serve as an industry to insult, not praise.

So, all of those topics mentioned above are simply out of the question. My comments on those industries would not be sponsor-friendly ( that’s for sure ) , and my very first post ( If I truly wrote from the heart ) would go unpublished or deleted, and would very likely be my last post for that client, that’s pretty much guaranteed.

That leaves the marketing-oriented pursuits of working for clients outside of those industries—grocery stores; retail chains; doctors offices and hospitals; etc.

2—Marketing-Oriented Pursuits

Robin Leach         

Enter : the internet “stars” of the blogging industry and “change-your-life” YouTube gurus whose absolutely annoying ads begin virtually every YouTube video and whose advice almost invariably involves writing market-oriented content strategies intended to fill our checking accounts with thousands of dollars in client fees allowing us all to live a life of—in the words of Robin Leach—“champagne wishes and caviar dreams”.

Among the projects they contend can land us such immense wealth are jobs like case studies, white papers, SEO Copywriting, Social Media Marketing, and a laundry list of other options not mentioned here—and even of those that are mentioned, I’m not even sure I know what those mean.

[a]—Blog-For-Money Gurus

There’s an endless parade of people blogging about how to make money blogging.

The two that once dominated my notifications lists were the two women shown in the photos below.

YouTube Videos on Blogging

The woman in the top image, Jordan Makelle, talks mostly about writing from a marketing perspective which is something I’m just not good at  ( at least, not currently ), whereas the woman in the bottom image, Kat Sullivan of Marketing Solved, focuses on how to use social media to market your products or services.

They’re different perspectives on how to do different things in the same world of writing and marketing.

As a result of watching videos like these, the algorithms generated by my viewing habits, causes entities related to those industries to flood my email and plaster my internet browsers with all kinds of “get-rich-quick” schemes, where the advertisers likely rake in more money selling courses about an industry , than they do actually working in the industry they profess to be experts in.

Annoying Ads The Begin Every Video

Pretty much every YouTube video I watch annoyingly begins with an ad from some “knowledgeable”-and-benevolent guru trying to teach us all how to see the light of a “better way” of becoming financially independent.

Self-help gurus are not a new thing that came out of the internet craze. They’ve been around a long time, especially in the realm of authors who write books on the subject.

For example, back in the early to mid-1990’s, long before I surfed the internet in search of guidance in areas of self-improvement, I bought books pertaining essentially to the same ideas.

[b]—“Go-With-Your-Passion = YES” Gurus

Self-Help Books

One book—whose ideas I grossly misinterpreted—was titled, “Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow : Discover Your Right Livelihood” by Marsha Sinetar.

My error in reading her book was that it’s really geared toward self-employed people owning their own company as they dive into the area of their passion.

In contrast, I went to work for an employer as an employee ( huge difference…and huge mistake! ) who owned an entity whose products ( i.e., musical instruments) fascinated me.

I was making $6-per-hour with a commission structure that started out at 1 percent, and maxed out at less than 2%!

If your gross sales were “only” $20,000 for the month ( and even that was particularly difficult to achieve—especially when you lost sales all the time to the national chains who had much lower prices and better deals—and, $20,000 was closer to the one percent end of the scale than it was to the two percent end) you might—again, might!—get a  $100-$200  commission check on top of your $960 gross paycheck…all minus taxes, of course!

On the one hand, I loved working in a guitar store ( my ten-hour days —10:00AM to 8:00PM ) flew by like no other job, but, on the other hand, the money certainly did not “follow” ( I was following a mirage ) , being that working 160 hours—with commission!—still netted less than a thousand dollars for the whole month!

That job definitely did not lead to a lifestyle of “swimmin’ pools and movie stars” , that’s for sure!

It may have satisfied my passion, but it certainly was not my “telos”, by any stretch of the imagination

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[c]—“Go-With-Your-Passion = NO” Gurus

In direct contrast to Sinetar’s advice, was that of TV Celebrity Mike Rowe, of “Dirty Jobs”, who has several YouTube videos where he advises people to not—I repeat, not!—follow their passions.

YouTube Video on Advice on Finding Your “Telos”

To make his point, Mike uses the awesome example of the early episodes of the TV show, “American Idol”, to show how people frequently made the error of attempting to turn their avocations ( in this case, their hobby of singing) into a vocation ( a profession ).

Their auditions clearly showcased their lack of talent ( inability to sing in key ), but somehow, their love for music and/or desire to become a rock star was so intense, that they preferred the beautiful lie of an angelically-“pleasant” voice over that of the ugly truth of a demonically-grating one.

The point is : humans tend to conflate their telos with their passions, when they may have nothing to do with each other, and may, in fact, be counterproductive toward each other.

The result, of course, is that we end up being in the wrong job our whole life    ( we end up having countless “woulda-coulda-shoulda” moments of regrets upon reflective analysis of the wisdom of those decisions at those points in our lives) . 

In my case, it’s just more undeniable evidence against me that I was not an Einstein. MENSA never sent me an invitation, I admit that. 

Not that I am an Einstein now, either, though, by the way. No such claim is being made! No, sir! I’m as flawed as they come.

Flawed or not, I need to find my “telos”───and soon!

III—CONCLUSION

In conclusion, ( at least, for now ) I’d much rather talk about the Twilight Zone than sports; or, psychedelic music instead of auto repair; or, literary publishing instead of establishing a birdhouse-building business or becoming a crossing guard in one’s retirement years.

I don’t have the slightest degree of interest in any of those subjects.

But…

The problem with my interests is that the opportunities to make a living writing on those subjects are far fewer than those that involved selling a product or service that I haven’t a salt grain’s worth of interest in.

So, I suppose while I’m indulging myself on topics that do interest me, I need to find a product, service, or cause, that I truly believe in , so that when I write about it, I feel good about what I’m saying, and the client pays me well, because he, she or they, appreciate the thoughts I type on paper or into the cyberspace of the internet.

Hopefully, this post explains why I don’t post particular topics—if it’s not because of a lack of interest, it might simply be because of a lack of knowledge, and I’m not comfortable writing on subjects above and/or beyond my intellectual experience in life, because I know how foolish people look when it’s obvious they don’t know what they’re talking about, and I don’t want to be that guy.

On that note, have a great day, and thanks for visiting this page.