College is an excuse.
People can call me a hypocrite for saying “you don’t need college” and still go to college. I still believe that college isn’t needed, but…
People can call me a hypocrite for saying “you don’t need college” and still go to college. I still believe that college isn’t needed, but is useful. You can get education any sort of way, but college brings something to the table that self teaching can never do. So I am not saying that I believe college isn’t valuable, it is, but it is in a different way.
There is a lot of power on putting money on something. Because when money is involved there is a sense of urgency, priorities are in line and with money on the line you buy the power of positive constraints.
Complete freedom is the ultimate bondage.
What does this mean? You have a good excuse to be productive. For example, when one says, “I can’t go to work, I have to play video games” you look at him like he or she is a lazy imbecile. Conversely, when that same person where to say, “sorry, not video games tonight, I have work” then all of the sudden you are understanding, money is on the line. College does the same thing, it gives you an excuse to turn down non-meaningful employment, like working full-time at a retail store. By putting thousands on the line you can say, “I can’t work full time because I have to go to school as well!” this is a totally understood excuse.
So that’s why I love college, it gives me the structure to block out large amounts of time actually do meaningful work in the future by giving me the time and resources to experiment and learn.
So in understanding that, what needs to be done so I can block out larges amounts of time without people complaining? Getting a gym membership? (“I need to go to the gym because I will be wasting money”) Buying a book? (“I need to read this because I spent 20$ on it”) or creating a side hustle that monetizes my passion,. (“I can’t tonight because I need to work on my “business” (do my hobby)”)
I’m going to leave this one unresolved, but it seems like putting money on time makes it easier to block out.
Thoughts?