If people like Nick Vujicic can be happy living without limbs, we can certainly be happy with a less than ideal job while still trying to better the situation.

awwwwsome post.

really cool idea for topic too.

like the way you put “trading your time for money”.

…and def agree about changing the situation and doing things that you love and connecting to your core and what you really want.

…but at the same time, you can do anything and be happy. it’s not that a certain job MAKES you happy and another doesn’t, it’s that you allow yourself to be happy in one job and not in another. no matter what you do, you always do it right now. that’s always perfect…now is always perfect; the only difference is that you’re layering all sorts of judgements over a bad job that you then buy into and say, ‘oh, wow, this job sucks because it makes me feel bad’ – but it doesn’t… you make you feel bad.

right now = it’s all good… no matter what you’re doing.

this is it,

this…is…it… whether you’re taking out trash or doing your dream job, this is the only time you can be happy. and sure, it might not be an ideal job, but you can still choose to not make it hell, you can choose to let yourself be happy.

Confessions of an Apple fan (optional read)

Now I realized I do not need to be an Apple fan to enjoy its beautiful stuff, I better be happy about the good quality they produce and how it helps as a utility to my needs. Instead of expecting the next Apple product, I better enjoy every moment of it till it breaks or becomes too slow to be used. I better enjoy what I have at the moment.

I’m still working to rationalize my Apple cravings, because I value not being materialistic.

I abused my 2008 iPod touch simply because the form was not perfect, so it became unusable. Today I’m fine without one! I’m really sorry, dad (oh I did not tell him yet)! but my late 2006 iMac is going strong and I am using it to write my comments.

I realized I do not need iPods, because they distract me from the present moment. When I need to listen to music, I use my iMac instead.

That’s an excellent suggestion! Most people enter college not having any clue what they want from life and typically rely on the job market to guide their decisions. This is a direct path to many years of hating Mondays.

I think it’s important for high school students to spend more time reflecting on their lives and considering what they’re deeply passionate about. If had a better idea of my own passions as a high school student, I would’ve chosen a much different path and would have undoubtedly gained more value from it. Instead, I pursued a direction that matched my talents and it never really inspired any passion.

Last year I may like my subjects but was dreading every school day as a person lazy to study. My ego was overblown too, as a result, I failed 2 exams, but the exams after that I 2x better results. I spent most of my time websurfing uselessly also that time.

Today I feel I am somewhere in between lazy and interested in studying. Studying is another thing I am obviously calmly approaching. Everything has a transition period.

Today I am on websites that, I feel benefit me. Like re-learning the English language so that I can learn other languages (now trying to decode Swedish for fun) and write better, also self help and health sites like this. Instead of only Apple Inc. -centered sites last year.

Jag vill vara god hälsa. (I want to be in good health – in Swedish – i do not know if correct)
Gusto ko malusog ako. (I want to be healthy in Tagalog, my mother tongue)

Mabuhay, Vin (I think it means have a good life in Tagalog)