Help a Brother out..

I don't work, nor do I have a family, but I just want to say goodluck!

All of this talk of carreer changes freaks me out a little, who knows maybe after my upcoming years of politcal science, french, and law, I may actually end up doing my dream of becoming a record producer.

I have a stressful job too but it pays so I don't worry about it.

I work to live, not live to work.

Seems to me you need to find something that will take up the space and that you can take home with you. That is, no job or hobby or acquisition will ever fill your personal needs. I won't suggest anything in particular as I don't feel that forums are the place for that kind of philosophy speak. What I would suggest is that there is purpose in being a father and a husband. And, that taking pride in that role and doing THAT to the best of your abilities is certainly one of the more fulfilling goals in life. It has purpose. It concerns present and future.

Now, I know I said I wouldn't speak of anything specifically but I feel that fatherhood is a vast subject that can be taken down many paths and there are certainly aspects of it that require depth of thought far more than a person could delve into here.

At any rate what I'm trying to get at is that fulfilment cannot come from something you do, achieve or acquire. You must feel fulfilled first. Then, all that you do, achieve and acquire will have that much more meaning for you.

Just my thoughts.

got ya hue and my family and fatherhood is the blessing in my life and i shall carry the torch with compassion and vigor... this is not for self fullfilment.. this is for a old artist to once again weild my talents, and make the choice for my arts to once again become my outlet.. i have changed my life when the wife and kids forged that raod.. and now i am stable again in my life and desire to take on a role more suited to my talents.. just before the family it was teaching sports and my visual arts.. painting sculpture etc...now with the music side comming out in my expressions.. i desire to build, teach and generally embrace the auritory arts. Again i do not wish to be rich or famous or acheive a high level in this world, i desire to be a role model for my children in self belief fortitude and summation of ones desires.. keep my world small so we can enjoy life together and not have the reoccuring answer of "sorry daddy's got to work" i shall no longer strain my being for a ideal that is not carried on by me or my family, as i tell my wife.. if we live in a mansion or cardboard box we shall always feel each others love and support, and be happy with the world we create...

Yeah, but the mansion's a bit more confortable - and the heat works!

Key part of any artistic field - and certainly building guitars and working with wood in general is an artistic pursuit - is experience. Working under an established luthier is very important, and the experience of working in your craft just cannot be replaced.

Any chance you can re-locate in your current field and take courses in the evenings? Or perhaps latch on to a local luthier as an apprentice and work in the evenings or during the weekend?

I myself have thought about starting an apprenticeship with a luthier to learn the tricks of the trade. But for now I'm going to work on my playing.

ye sdali lima i am goin to work in other fields i am proficient at.. If i sound like i am on the springboard and preparing to plunge my family into the unknown, i am not goin to subject them to that.. i shall make the transitions smooth to them and myself.. i have alot of opportunities on the cape to keep the fam machine working smoothly.. and looking at going to work with cumpiano in western mass to pick his brain on the luthier side...the plans are slowly culminating, i will not put any stress on the fam in this endevor. the opposite side of my artistic person is a engineer so i day dream all day but must play devils advocate to myself all night