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1 posted on 04/06/2016 2:44:24 PM PDT by dennisw
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Hinduism for yuppies


2 posted on 04/06/2016 2:46:24 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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Jessica Pishko is a San Francisco writer. She has a JD from Harvard Law School and an MFA from Columbia.

I'm glad my son has decided to take the Industrial Equipment Mechanic course.

My cousin is doing the 500-hour yoga teacher certification thing. Her husband has money.

3 posted on 04/06/2016 2:52:26 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("The world is full of wonder, but you see it only if you look." ~NicknamedBob)
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Argh. It irritated me to read it. It made me wonder why she got fired from her Lawyer job.

I don’t know anything about her, personally she may be very nice, but...the tone of the article just didn’t sit well with me.

She doesn’t come across as someone who should be in business for herself. Paying $300 for a photo to put on a web page?

Heck, I would get a friend to do it, or put the camera on a tripod and do it myself. $3000 over five years sounds insignificant to me for a new trade, but...I guess to someone who doesn’t sound like they put anything in the bank, maybe it is a lot.


4 posted on 04/06/2016 2:54:40 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Irrational violence against muslims" is a myth, but "Irrational violence against non-muslims" isn't)
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Very depressing to find your desired profession is circular and you can’t make a living at it. I’m ignoring the fact that hers happened to be yoga. But it is hard to find anything these days that leads in 1-2 years to making enough to live off of.


5 posted on 04/06/2016 2:57:15 PM PDT by Yaelle
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Oh, I remember my time with the great Zen Master.

Zen Master: “What is the sound of one hand clapping?”

Me: “Whiff, whiff, whiff?”

Zen Master: “Get the hell out of here you smart ass.”


9 posted on 04/06/2016 3:23:39 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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I didn't even bother going to the source. That long build-up was boring, but it sounded like it was going to turn into a first class satire. No joke, I thought some sharp-witted FReeper was just having some fun with us.

It's serious, huh? I'll go back and read it after I get back from the bar. Just a warning,I may get even snarkier under the influence of beer than usual. Just a heads up.

10 posted on 04/06/2016 3:29:45 PM PDT by Kenton
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***I was basically a glorified personal assistant.***

Sounds like the LEARN MOTEL MANAGEMENT scam from fifty years ago. You pay money to work in a motel being a handyman.


11 posted on 04/06/2016 3:30:24 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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Should have learned to stretch her budget.


13 posted on 04/06/2016 3:35:21 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Bodily contortions are NOT yoga.

Yoga is the suspension of mental processes, whereupon the inner witness abides in itself.

Housewives wearing leotards and standing on their heads is just Silliness.


14 posted on 04/06/2016 3:40:03 PM PDT by Jack Hammer (uff said.)
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"Why don't you just start back on your antidepressants and get a real job?" my mom asked...

...After that weekend, I filed for bankruptcy and ended the calls from creditors. I interviewed for a job with benefits and health insurance so that I could start back on antidepressants. I had to work in an office, but at least I could afford a beer after work.

Mom was right, as usual.

15 posted on 04/06/2016 3:41:21 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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She’d have wasted less money by going to Trump University.


16 posted on 04/06/2016 3:43:04 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: dennisw; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; Lil Flower
But, I'd gotten paid three months severance,

She should have taken up Frolf.


17 posted on 04/06/2016 3:45:44 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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Come to Christ. You were created by Him so He might know a thing or two about your operation. Of course, bending yourslef into pretzels in front of a wooden idol is probably more satisfying to your vanity, the way of the cross is hard at times, but much easier most of the time. Plus, when it is all over, you have the best retirement plan. Option B really, really, really sucks.


19 posted on 04/06/2016 3:59:26 PM PDT by WorkingClassFilth (Go Ted!)
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20 posted on 04/06/2016 4:00:11 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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I was a well-paid corporate lawyer and, as I watched the gentle office dust drift through the filtered New York City sunlight, I dreamed of being anywhere else

This is what happens when stupid people go to college.

25 posted on 04/06/2016 4:23:37 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Diseases desperate grown, are by desperate appliance relieved, or not at all)
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You should have taught YODA
You would have made a fortune from the Star War fans.


26 posted on 04/06/2016 4:26:35 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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I was so blissed out, I could ignore my expiring bank account. I figured the universe would send me a sign.

Gee Jessica, you think maybe the universe sent you a sign when you got fired from your real job that you were wasting too much time with your fantasy of becoming a yoga instructor?

32 posted on 04/07/2016 11:11:41 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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