Work Copied: Pride and Prejudice Chapters 11 and 12
We are accustomed to hearing the path of life: go to school, go to more school, find a job, work, retire.
This is accepted by most of culture as the way in which we all should walk; no one ever stops to think what could be different. And because everyone lives his life in the same way as the next human being, most of us live boring lives that we secretly hate.
Thankfully there is an uprising of entrepreneurship. Many people are realizing that “work” does not need to mean a 9-5 job in a well-established company. They study the market (a skill learned, not taught) and create products that the market need.
In addition to the rise in entrepreneurship, there is an increasing amount of young people that are realizing that the school everyone is supposed to do may not be so necessary after all. Apprenticeships have become highly popular. More and more young adults are breaking the mold of schooling.
What if we could burst the bubble even farther? Why can’t young teengers and even tweens branch out of the mandatory school idea into entrepreneurial thinking?
Here are some ideas for young people who want to break out of the mold but don’t know how:
- Find a job. Even if it’s a small one. Offer services to your neighbors or strike a deal with your grandmother if you’re too young to get an “actual job”. Doing something to make even small amounts of money boosts your self-confidence and teaches you the joy of hard work.
- Throw yourself into things you enjoy. Think YouTubing looks cool? Try it. Do you enjoy writing? Write everything you can. Get feedback from people around you.
- Watch people you look up to, and duplicate them. First, find someone to look up to. (If that person lived hundreds of years ago, that’s fine too.) Listen to (or read) what they have to say. Try out their way of doing things. Imitation is one of the best ways to grow.
- Talk to people. Now is the chance of your lifetime. All the other young people in the world don’t talk to adults. You have an edge if you reach out to people now! Learn to ask good questions and listen well.
I’m excited to see young people stand against the cultural tide of passivity, and branch out into things they enjoy! The younger you start, the faster you are ahead of the general population of unconcerned human beings.