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Hello everyone! It's now been about 18 months since I first started listening to FDR podcast. As you all probably know, this changes things quite dramatically (or at least it did for me). And when I say "things" I mean pretty much everything important. Relationships of all kinds, approach to education, becoming a libertarian/anarchist. It's an on going process and sufficed to say - I'm not ready for everything. I want to plan my future education/job wise. I don't want to sound like a self-pitying person, but I kind of wasted my teenage years. I'm currently 23, working at an office, at an easy desk job. I'm struggling to finish my Uni, however, I feel my degree won't change anything (it's a degree in public administration, which is like a semi-lawyer degree, without any possibilities to work as a proper lawyer. Essentially it prepares you to work for the government in city halls etc. - see my problem after joining FDR ?). I don't feel like I have many particular skills as of yet. Despite the fact I'm hard working at my job, making monthly bonus money for my effort, I can't see any future in this. Add to that, even if there was a slight chance of moving up in the place I work at, I don't have a high opinion about it's usefulness or about management working there (at least it's a private company). My current "plan" is as follows: 1. Try to finish the degree, despite it's apparent uselessness, just to have any kind of higher education. 2. Work in my current job for at least 12 months total (I already worked 6 months and Stef, among many people, suggested working at one place for at least a year) 3. Apply for a better desk job with more opportunities of advancement Things I feel I'm good at possibly (examples) Low level management (worked two gigs before, where I was in charge of about 15 people for a brief period of time, designating low level tasks, organizing timetables, food for workers etc.) Repetitive tasks involving office work (only because I can listen to my MP3 player all the time, which gives hours of FPD podcasts a day ) Writing RPG adventures - been playing for years as a game master, I come up with my own plots. English isn't my native language but I certainly have some master of it. I could potentially work for a foreign company. Things I almost definitely won't/can't do (the sad part) Programming, coding, engineering etc. 3D modeling etc. Higher level educational studies involving maths/physics/biology etc. - my high school scores were mediocre at best and as I already live with my girlfriend (away from parents and free cheese) I don't feel like I can spend 5+ years just to get a chance at a degree. Any questions and suggestions are welcome. I definitely didn't exhaust the subject, but can't think of anything relevant as I write this post. All help will be appreciated!

I am from Poland, so yes : ) I'll be honest, I don't like it much here but I imagine the grass is greener on the other statist side Still, there should be some people to benefit from a translation and I don't want to automatically cross them off.

Hello everyone! RTR is probably the most useful books for me. I came up with an idea of translating it to polish. Is anyone else trying to do that? Or is anyone interested in doing it? I would, of course, consider doing this a donation to FDR. Is this even a good idea? Most people here don't need it, so I'm not entirely sure about the usefulness. It could be great for people from my country, who would like to introduce RTR to their relatives, who aren't fluent in other languages. Any ideas are welcome!

... can never think of a topic title ... Hello everyone! A new, fellow human is approaching from the Polish side of the world! I've started listening to the show more than a year ago and it gave me some of most pleasant and displeasing feelings one could think of. Long story short, after exploring a little bit of self knowledge, philosophy and psychology, I moved out of my parents house (with my girlfriend). After reevaluating other relationships we both ended up with precious few colleagues in my home town and pretty much no one in the town we currently live in. Seeing how we don't particularly like people in our college and work, I decided to try FDR forums for much needed connection! I hope it's the first step in a long, productive, fun experience. I'd like to meet some people close by, but I'm not discriminating one bit, anyone is welcome! So... hello! Ps. take any "we" I used as "I", for my girlfriend just created her own account.