“Life is about experiences; not about finding a way to have a stable but monotonous existence…”

Excellent quote man, although I would add life is about experiences and our close relationships with others. Semantics though.

I’ll keep the Montreal offer in mind. Dumb question… but how often is it warm there? I really hate the cold man! lol

“…Come to think of it, you should start a religion. I’d be your first follower.”

LOL

Ok, let’s do it. I hereby proclaim the beginning of the “Dreamism” religion. The mantra? Independent, critical, and rational thinking. All answers are to be found within.

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My only complaint is that it looks so similar to The21Convention.com. We may change the color scheme to a teal shade at some point though to differentiate the two.

I remember your 1st post about your take on college life, and after reading this post, I again can say I can draw a lot of parallels with my own experiences. I won’t bore you with the whole story, but suffice to say, after 4 months of school research that I had literally no interest in, I was extremely close to dropping out. From an outside perspective I had it made. I was doing paid graduate research at McGill (one of the best schools in Canada), on my way to a Masters and great job security. But still I was extremely frustrated about my lack of motivation, focus and enjoyment. I felt guilty, both about my unearned paychecks, and the fact that many many people would kill to be in my shoes, but I was wasting it away.

I remember so well, a nice day in early September; through a blunt lack of care, I decided to jump out the lab early to find a hill to do some reading. I had my fresh copy of 4-hour-work-week (which I have to credit you for). I remember the moment so well when it struck me that I could just walk away from all this. It was probably the most comfortable, invigorating and refreshing thought I ever had. I finally felt at ease with everything. It was like the moment in Office Space after Peter gets hypnotized, and he was left with this face that said, ‘I finally don’t give a fuck about anything, and its great’.

In the next days I figured out a muse to break out of this 9-5 destiny. It turns out to make it happen, frequenting a school campus actually helps a lot. I ended up switching from a thesis to a course base masters; which freed up both some time and my conscience (but I had to give up my pay; but money isn’t worth my sanity). That’s where I am at now.

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I think it’s awesome that you have all these little plans to bounce around now that you are not confined by school. It seems you have a lot of uncertainties; but I think that contributes to the spontaneity and thrill of it all. A big mistake, followed by a struggle, is just going to be a great story later on. Life is about experiences; not about finding a way to have a stable but monotonous existence…

I say to you Anthony and to others reading, by all means do everything you can dream to do and don’t look back. I’m sure you’ll get a lot of offers all around, but if you ever stumble north to Montreal, you’re of course welcome (not to mention, as you keep making the T21C more global, Montreal would be a great place for a North-East location).

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Just to wrap up (sorry it’s so long), I want to say I really respect all you do and your intentions to help other people selflessly. You’ve brought me to a path to question everything; and I know that’s what you want from your readers more than anything else. You’re right when you say we have been straying away from acting together for a collective good. Everybody does what’s good for instant gratification. It sounds cheesy, but, dammit, the world needs more people with your mentality.

…Come to think of it, you should start a religion. I’d be your first follower.

Simz

It’s the inherent problem with many charities. If they started a not-for-profit (i.e. not conducting business exclusively for profit) organisation rather than a non-profit, they would likely make a lot or money and infect a much larger change in the long run.

I’m in Australia by the way, and if I’m not abroad around September I’ll hit you up with a place to stay.

Cheers,

Matt