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Papabear,

I am 19. Through the course of my life people have made me believe it's the year of golden opportunity for me something that defines my life forever. And I'm not doing anything with it. I wanted to go to college, but due to circumstances that didn't work. So instead I wanted to go to New York and help in volunteer work. That didn't work out either. So now I'm left with just me, I don't have a license, I don't have a job, and I'm not doing anything. And I know I shouldn't be in a rush to finish life, but shouldn't I be starting a life?

Majora

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Dear Majora,

One of the toughest, most stressful things in life is trying to decide your career and all your future life before you even are 20 years old. We are all so constantly pushed about this that it can make many of us miserable, and we can often make the wrong decisions. In the good ol’ days (geezer alert!), when milk came to your door via horse-drawn wagon there was a common system of apprenticeship. Only rich, educated families typically went to colleges and universities. Most other people worked in retail, trades, and factories. You were pretty much assigned from the time you were born as to which direction you would go, with a few exceptions of some brilliant people born to families of modest means.

Today, it is expected that everyone should go to college and if you don’t you are somehow a loser. This system is wrong-headed, and also crippled by the fact that our public education system is woefully inadequate and dominated more by Washington politics than common sense. So, what happens, inevitably, is a lot of young people drop out of school, or they join the military, or they keep trying to get into college, not really knowing why they should and, like you, feeling lost.

I’m not sure what type of volunteer work you were looking to do in New York, or why that idea fell flat, but what you need to do is take some time to decide what you want to do with your life. Don’t rush it. Think of hobbies and interests you have and how that might relate to a career. Don’t limit yourself to careers that need a college degree. You know, some people are really skilled with their hands. I have great respect for people who are talented carpenters, plumbers, mechanics, electricians, and the like. Or perhaps you enjoy working retail. Nothing wrong with that. Maybe you want to start an online business. There’s lots of potential out there to start businesses with little start-up money.

You do not have to determine the course of the rest of your existence today. Even if you decided on a career path, remember that it is now common for people to change careers three or four times during their lives. For instance, I started off wanting to be a sci-fi/fantasy novelist. Well, that didn’t work out so well. Now I’m an editor, but I want to do something more profitable and am seriously considering some business options. You never know where life will take you, so don’t panic just because you aren’t sure right now.

Also, remember that we are more than just our careers. Life is not all about work. If you succeed in other aspects of your life (family, love, spiritualism, etc.) but don’t do so well at a career, you’re still having a successful life.

For a little inspiration, here are some examples of famous people who started off sucking at life:

• Albert Einstein: Believe it or not, in school he sucked at math and couldn’t even tie his own shoe laces. He didn’t talk until he was four years old and couldn’t read until he was seven. His teachers and parents thought he was mentally handicapped. His early work included being employed at a patent office doing drudge work.
• Isaac Newton: Was considered a moron at school (in his early days), so he went to work the family farm and was a terrible farmer. To get him out of the family’s hair, his uncle sent Isaac to Cambridge, where he finally found his calling in science.
• Thomas Edison: As a young student, his teachers considered him stupid. He failed in his first two business ventures.
• Charles Darwin: Gave up on a medical career and was considered by his father to be a lazy good-for-nothing.
• Abraham Lincoln: Starting off in the military, he was demoted from captain all the way down to private. His early business ventures and political campaigns were complete failures.
• Walt Disney: Was fired from his job at a newspaper because, according to the editor there, he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”
• Harrison Ford: Couldn’t get work as an actor because Hollywood producers felt he had no talent. He was working as a carpenter when he got his break to play Han Solo in Star Wars.
• Bill Gates: Dropped out of Harvard and his first business failed.
• J. K. Rowling: She was a divorced mother living on welfare before she finally made it big with the “Harry Potter” series.

You get the idea. So, don’t be discouraged just because you’re having a rough start. What do all the people listed above have in common? They never gave up trying. Follow their examples and you'll be okay.

Hugs,

Papabear

I bought Sanctum 2 during the Steam Summer Sale, and I've been practically obsessed with it, and I was wondering if any of you guys would be up for some co-op.

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After going to the mall, entertainment center, nostalgic arcade, I was driving to my first hookah bar with my S.O. We were discussing a few things and that's when I dropped the question about "furries". My emo badass army (that's what he calls himself) boyfriend admitted he's a furry.

According to him he's been one for years and it started when he was 14. He has an IMVU account with two of his characters. He has a black and white rabbit with demon eyes (pretty cool) and he has a red orange dragon (fuck yeah!). He's into the art and fur suiting.

I did it furry community!

EXTRA: I know rabbits are stereotyped as homosexual. He's not bisexual or curious. He associated himself as one because he considers himself fast. Rabbits are fast runners.

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Hey guys! This is a weekly post that I want to try, here is last weeks post. I want this subreddit to have a place where we can just talk about anything and everything, something that is different from all the regular posts. We are an awesome subreddit and I want us furry redditers to get to know each other better!

anyone getting ready for AC? anyone working on summer projects? anything you need to vent? are you proud of something and want to share? is your tail super fluffeh?

EDIT: What do you guys think of this kind of post being a weekly thing? Love it? Hate it? any ideas?

Edit2: anyone have a Kik account? I just made one, my username is moosefet not really sure how this works

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Hey hey! Any Australian furries (preferable <24 years of age & in the Brisbane area) that want to chat on kik or skype feel free to PM me your details and I'll get to chatting with you.

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Sometimes it’s best to just let the thing speak for itself: “Allison Breaking is a talented journalist with her own blog and a lot of bills to pay, so when she receives an offer from a mysterious stranger named Burma to write his memoirs, it’s an offer she can’t refuse, not even with all the red flags popping up. But Burma is quite literally unlike any man Allison’s ever known – because he’s a cat. And this cat has stories to tell about how he (over the course of a few lifetimes) has shaped the world – and another, darker story that Allison must risk all to uncover… a story of what this particular cat has been doing with the last of his nine lives.” That’s the story of I Was The Cat, written by Paul Tobin and illustrated in full color by Benjamin Dewey. The hardcover graphic novel is coming this August from Oni Press.

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Hi everyone!

Sorry for the late episode. Roland fell into some more computer issues. This episode is a result of Roland’s trip to Dallas, TX! Featuring Fuzzwolf, Buck Turner, and yours truly, we talk about some of the behind the scenes about editing and publishing books, running dealer’s tables and more!

Please forgive some of the editing issues for this episode. The intro/outro music is a little loud, and there’s some cable-jousting at around the 30-minute mark. These will be fixed when Roland wakes up from his drunken haze after this weekend.

Enjoy the show!

 

Fangs and Fonts

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Hello /r/furry, Mexican furry artist and writer here.

I'm interested in meeting new people and making contacts. One of my goals is moving to Germany in a few years, so making friends from the EU would be fantastic [whether I do manage to move there or not].

Here is an outdated picture of my fursona: A smilodon-lion hybrid (2012)

Contact data: My FA and dA accounts. My Skype account is "dantesmilodon".

Anyone interested? ^^

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