I am 21 and have been a bookworm all my life. Don't get me wrong, I love reading and education- but at 21, I still have hands like a babies. And, with my academic background, I'll more than likely end up at a job behind a desk or pushing pencils. No chance for my hands (and my soul, if you are thus inclined) to harden up.
I want to take a couple of years to harden myself up- not in a brawny, macho way, but just to toughen myself a little, work up calloused hands and get a few weathered lines. It's as much about whats inside me as it is my appearance; I want to be a man who's worked with the sun on his back, the wind whipping his hair and the sea spray soaking my face.
What opportunities are there for me to do this? Can anyone give me any sensible suggestions? If I am doomed to spend the rest of my life working in a well-paid but soul-destroying office job, I at least want a few years of good, hard, honest toil! So what can I do, bearing in mind I'm based in the UK? Thanks!
2007-02-13
00:23:05
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