Posted by alexandra_k on October 11, 2013, at 22:22:31
In reply to Re: yay for autistic spectrum!, posted by alexandra_k on October 11, 2013, at 21:59:11
I think I would like to be a surgeon, honestly. But I don't really know. It seems very checklist focused these days. Routine. Minimization of risk. Take the human element out of it. Simplify it so a dumb-*ss person, I mean robot, could do it. Scripted. Like cognitive-behavior therapy - yes?
This seems to be why people want to go work in developing nations or warzones. The leash is a bit longer. The skill requirement is a bit higher. The potential to actually make a concrete difference to the lives of individuals is that much higher.
Though I've heard if you actually give a sh*t about the latter then public health is the way to go. If you actually care about numbers... Getting the medication to the people... Basic basic stuff.
I...
I'm not going to have a family. My work is my life. Or procrastinating work is my life. Playing little computer games for the comfort of some kind of repetitive stereotypic f*ck*ng thing that I get out of it...
Surely there must be a way to channel some of it... To enable me to be... A productive human being. I... Don't know what.
I've recently been influenced a great deal by this guy:
http://calnewport.com/blog/category/features-rethinking-passion/
Get good at something rare and valuable. Get so good they can't ignore you (that is what is hard - the world conspires for you to be yet another replacable part in the f*ck*ng assembly line). Use that as leverage for a life... That is good.
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