I’m not particularly terrified of mediocrity as long as it’s not unsafe mediocrity. The cubicle doesn’t appeal to me, but, say, I think I could be a pretty happy house spouse. As for meeting intelligent people, sure, they’re around in academia, but I’m more interested in meeting smart people who I’d have some inclination to interact with socially, and the Internet seems, in practice, to be better for that. And I’m not setting my own schedule—I’m still doing my own coursework, and would have a couple more semesters of that to go even assuming a best case scenario.
House spouse doesn’t have to be a mediocre life. In fact.. it could more or less be the best ‘job’ ever. It’s like a tenured professorship where you actually get to study and research whatever you want!
Huh. I hadn’t though of it before, but I’m going to have to add house spouse to my list of acceptable future paths.
Any job involving a cubicle doesn’t have to be mediocre either. Anyway, being a house spouse requires being a spouse, to someone willing to stand in the “breadwinner” role, so I can’t just up and do that by myself.
I’m not particularly terrified of mediocrity as long as it’s not unsafe mediocrity. The cubicle doesn’t appeal to me, but, say, I think I could be a pretty happy house spouse. As for meeting intelligent people, sure, they’re around in academia, but I’m more interested in meeting smart people who I’d have some inclination to interact with socially, and the Internet seems, in practice, to be better for that. And I’m not setting my own schedule—I’m still doing my own coursework, and would have a couple more semesters of that to go even assuming a best case scenario.
House spouse doesn’t have to be a mediocre life. In fact.. it could more or less be the best ‘job’ ever. It’s like a tenured professorship where you actually get to study and research whatever you want!
Huh. I hadn’t though of it before, but I’m going to have to add house spouse to my list of acceptable future paths.
Any job involving a cubicle doesn’t have to be mediocre either. Anyway, being a house spouse requires being a spouse, to someone willing to stand in the “breadwinner” role, so I can’t just up and do that by myself.