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Comment author: RichardKennaway 11 November 2014 09:31:06AM 3 points [-]

I will acknowledge there's a huge component of pride in this. I don't want to give my family an opportunity to tell me they were right in their choices all along. When I joined the publishing company after three years in various call centers, my brother described it as "finally seing sense."

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You've no idea how much I envy backpackers, but the prospect of not having a secure paycheck terrifies me.

That looks like a big conflict. You want a secure paycheck, but to you a secure paycheck means giving in to your family (and judging by your brother's remark, that's what it means to them also).

I don't have any suggestions for solving that, but I do think that as long as you hold that conflict it's going to be a big obstacle to moving in any direction.

Comment author: zslastman 12 November 2014 08:27:23AM *  1 point [-]

I'm a non-smoking vegetarian teetotaler who has to walk a kilometer between home and the bus stop. I hope that >counts.

Actually, in my experience, the amount of exercise needed for strong benefits to mood and energy is about 20 minutes hard exercise (talking during becomes difficult), at least 4 days per week. You could take up running. Murakami swears by it.

I don't have any suggestions for solving that, but I do think that as long as you hold that conflict it's going to be a big >obstacle to moving in any direction.

This. It may help to see you lack of security as a fair price payed for your career. Others experienced it early, you simply have to deal with it later on. People have overcome far worse. Start meditating.

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