Taking the Plunge

I have been working for a very large logistics company for about 11 years now. This job is the definition of corporate slavery. Everyday starts exactly the same here in my little slice of heaven (cubicle) by sitting down and hitting Ctrl,Alt + Delete (which is kind of ironic) to open my computer to which I have on average 100 to 150 e-mails to respond to. I talk to people from all over the world and there are many language barriers to overcome. I am an Air Export Agent and I ship shit all over the world. And for the record, I am very grateful to have a job like this in the times we live in. And given I did not complete college, there are many people that would kill for the job I have.

That being said, I hate this place. It might as well be a prison. I am one of the youngest here and it seems as every person here hates there job too. But they are in a different position than I as they have family's and kids to put through college. But today I realized I have none of these things keeping me here. I am 31,male, and single. There is absolutly NOTHING keeping me here other than the paycheck and the benefits. Something I have noticed about the common dot, is that they seem to be fine whith whatever turn this country takes and seem to have the mentality of "Oh well, all is lost". "Nothing we can do now".

On another note I know many young folks like myself that are waking up to all of this. We are all in agreeance that life is too short to work like a slave and many do not follow there heart and do what makes them happy for a living. Many also believe the world may end or start over in December. Problem is, none of the people I talk to that are aware of this have made any change in there lives. They continue to do the same 9 to 5 bullshit. If there were people who really believed that the world will end in December, I can assure you most have not done a damn thing to live out these last few months of humanity in happiness and peace.

I for one am done. I can't live like this anymore. And a few weeks ago I took the steps needed to get the ball rolling in order for me to do what it is that I love to do. Not much longer and I will be free of this prison, and I urge all of you to do the same. Take the plunge. It will be worth it in the end.