misAdventures of Workmonkey 3.0

Is it too early to start planning out a career change? Granted, i've only been in advertising for three years. But that is enough time to confront the issues at hand. First problem, nobody likes ads, including me, so spending a whole day making something nobody thinks are good except for ad people doesn't seem particularly fruitful. Second problem, I'm in a service industry, meaning I have to listen to douche bag clients all day and actually pretend I find their horrific advice useful. Third problem, I look at the people who are further down in their career than I am and don't want to be in their place (except for their salary level). Fourth problem, well, isn't necessarily an advertising gripe. I've figured out that corporate world, as a general rule of thumb (as opposed to a specific rule of thumb, or general rule of pinkie finger), wasn't created for people of my constitution. Anything involving offices, conference rooms, meetings, emails about meetings, meetings about emails, managers, cafeterias, managers of cafeterias, vending machines, grey carpet, copy machines, copy writers, cubicles, cuticles, receptionists, receptionists with cuticles, and printers wear me out. And going to the same place day after day to do the same thing. Predictability. Repetition. Predictability. Repetition. Predictability. Repetition (kind of like this blog). Is there a job that entails completely changing your job every two years? I want to be a dentist for two years (and kick Taj's ass in billings), then become a marine biologist, then a car salesman, then a bar owner, then a politician, then a tanning saloon clerk. All in different countries. And get paid a lot to do it. In truth, I get paid a lot now to do something that is pretty damn easy and could be a lot worse (i.e. I could work for some tech company like eBay or PayPal or clean up cobra shit at the zoo.) So I'm not going to rock any boats. Not that I know anyone with a boat, even if i felt like rocking one (except for my sister's friend in SD. maybe I'll fly out there and rock it for awhile before coming back.) So i'll keep making the ads that you guys fast forward through and ignore, collect the checks in an attempt to achieve early retirement, all while continuing to develop my beer hobby and entertain all two of you with this blog. Don't ever say I am not a man full of ambition.