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WAKE UP!

Here I am in the office, in my normal life. Very lucky to have a job, even if it is boring, the boss has no empathy at all and does not pay me what I deserve. I have to confess that sometimes - many times - I pretend to be working so they don’t assign to me new tasks. Hey, at the end of the month my salary is the same whether this company makes hundred million dollars in profit or nothing at all. Besides that, I will not get any decent raise anyway, what motivation do I have to do more work?

The first time I entered this office it seemed the perfect place to work - a giant desk with a view directly to the sea. A kitchen with a good stock of alcohol, a gym with hot girls, a pool table and white-everything. Yes, white walls with white desks and white chairs, even the ceiling lamps are white. Everything that is not white has bright colors - bright orange company logo, bright fake green plants and bright pink shirt the boss is using under his expensive suit. Everything was so fancy, how could I say no to this?

Right now, many years later, what is on my mind? Vacations. Winning the lottery. Oh! And that sexy Asian that works near me, I have a crush on her but she barely notices me because she is too busy climbing the corporate ladder. Not me, I have given up on being promoted since the only thing I did since I was hired was to focus on work, productivity and this company’s clients. I forgot the essential “kiss everybody's ass” lesson I learned in school.

I was considered the best student in school. Yeah, while my friends were having fun in the playground, I was studying. I stayed at home in college while they were drunk passed out on the street side. This will sound crazy but I was even listening to teachers during classes, really! This was never a problem to me because I firmly believed that life is fair in the long term. It never crossed my mind that I was wasting my life instead, I knew I was investing time planting the seeds of success so I could harvest them in adult life. After all adulthood is the major part of life, why not create a strong foundation for it?

You know what? I am currently living my adult life and I am still here complaining about my stupid job, annoying coworkers and tedious routine. Where are those plants for me to harvest?

Last week, while I was scrolling through my phone, this title crossed my mind: “Schools raise us to be employees, do what you are told without complaints and you better do it right, or else...” I read the title and didn’t care at all, assumed it was a click bait and proceeded to scroll and click on “This video will change your life…” (It was a compilation of cats scared of cucumbers). Even though I have not read the previous article, that title got stuck in my head. “Of course schools raise us to be employees, what else should they teach us to do?” I thought at first; “Well, actually I would like to have learned how to be more social. It is an important part of life and I was slightly (very) anti-social in school” - I thought the next day; “Oh, and technology. Technology is changing the world very fast and has a giant potential to create new jobs and schools still choose to ignore it.” And day after day I started to believe there is more to life than what you are taught in school. Day after day I start questioning my exclusive dedication to school when I was young.

Well, I see my boss with all the best suits, cars and even the best girls. When I read the news I see kids younger than me that are billionaires, companies sold for tera-dollars, yotta-dollars, and the only thing I care is HOW? How can I have that too? I also want my own private jet, an in-house cinema, and even my own yacht (no idea why but want it).

I don’t know how to do it, but one thing I know for sure; I will not have that by working on a 9-to-5 job. I have made my decision: F this job, I will quit and be my own boss! I just have to copy what those rich kids are doing. Easy.