Are You Living in Greg's Simulation? - Gregway 10.24.22
Added 2022-10-24 19:08:37 +0000 UTCEverything seems to work out for Greg Miller -- Is that normal?
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Hey Greg, I am not living my passion but I am content. I am a junior software developer and while my job is fine, my career is definitely not what I am passionate about. It is something I like doing and pays the bills but that's about it. The things I am passionate about I am either not necessarily good at, or don't have the ability/know-how/resources to turn them into a career, and with my current position (bills/debt, supporting my wife, etc.) I can't really take the risks to pursue them as opposed to maybe when I was younger. At 35 my interests are all over the place and I don't even know what I might choose to do if I could do anything. I think my career is a means to let me do/enjoy the things I am passionate about (video games, graphic design, music, friends, spending time with my wife, etc.) and not rely on them for income or make them a "job". I would love to talk about/review video games but if I did it for work and not for fun, it may not make it as enjoyable, but who knows maybe I could. I guess I am just hoping I can maybe do them on the side and see what happens, but lack of time and focus are my biggest issues. Worst case I can live vicariously through Kinda Funny. Keep doing awesome work.
JackStayPuft
2022-10-27 15:53:30 +0000 UTCHappy things are going well for you dude! For me, I really feel like my faith and what I would call my “relationship” with God are what helped me make decisions that led me to a career I am passionate about and to building a family I adore. I think also keeping perspective when things don’t work out the way I may have liked allows me to stay positive and focused on the good.
jthejust
2022-10-27 15:35:20 +0000 UTCI hate to be a Debbie Downer, but not only have I not achieved my dreams, I'm pretty sure they've all died. It doesn't help that the Star Wars character I most identify with is R5-D4 because I also have a bad motivator. Anytime I try anything that has the potential of following my dreams or passions I end up flaming out after a while. I'm just in a really weird place right now. Hopefully next year I'll get the means to make a drastic change that will start putting things back on a better track (just waiting on the governments of the world to approve a certain major corporate action that will greatly enhance my chances of doing so).
Shawn (AKA ShabeRaven)
2022-10-26 01:27:58 +0000 UTCI mean Greg, you know you’re not the only one. I have known I wanted to work in film since fifth grade and literally two months ago I worked on a marvel show that millions are going to watch in the summer. As a huge comic book fan, it’s something I never thought I would be able to do and to be on that set and learn some secrets about upcoming marvel stuff and being able to just be myself I mean I’ve worked on a Scorsese picture I’ve done so many crazy things that I feel like you all the time when good stuff happens to me. I completely understand what you’re saying! All my life I have loved DC and Marvel and movies and now I’m actually making them and bringing these worlds to life!! It’s freaking insane! I feel am I am bragging 😅 But I also think it’s because we are so passionate about this stuff and subconsciously we wanted to do whatever it would take so we could always have it in our lives and be able to work and help create those things.
Littletom52
2022-10-26 00:43:18 +0000 UTCI have these thoughts a lot. Well... not the simulation part - that is a Greg Miller special. But the reflecting on life and being proud of yourself thoughts. You know, January 2015.. the same exact month that you took a bet on yourself and made Kinda Funny a reality, I took a bet on myself, and drove 2000 miles across the country to Los Angeles... no job, no place to stay besides a weekly Airbnb rental and I went to try and live my dream. It's why Kinda Funny will always hold a special place in my heart, because out of sheer coincidence we've been succeeding and growing at the same exact time. With every KF anniversary, it's my anniversary in LA.. the same exact year, so I tend to always reflect a lot then. With every new show that I have my name in the credits, I reflect. I went through a big reflection period this summer when I got my first Virtual Production Producer credit. I'm so fucking proud of myself. I'm living my dream. I persevered and I did it. I'm killing it. And so are you. <3
Lauren Wilson
2022-10-25 22:16:39 +0000 UTCYou're awesome but I think it's good luck on your part and finding you guys was good luck on my part
Morgan Rhoney
2022-10-25 17:02:43 +0000 UTCI've felt this same sense of wonder, gratitude and disbelief about my own journey recently. Sometimes it truly does feel like all of the stars align just perfectly and every aspect of your life is just firing on all cylinders. It currently feels like every friend I've ever made, every interest or hobby I've ever held dear, every job I've ever had has all led perfectly to right here and right now, and I'm just in this state of total happiness. And the shocking part is I don't know that I would have even known to wish for the life I have right now. I realized early on that I wanted to do something that allowed me to entertain and inspire people. I've always been drawn to a crowd, and had a sharp wit and creative flare that I've never been shy about sharing with those around me. These traits coupled with my interest in video production and social media led me to a social media internship at my alma mater the University of Toledo, which then helped land me a job (after years of post-graduation video freelancing) at the University of Michigan (Go Blue!) as a social content manager on their central social comms team for a few years. While I was there I got to meet and work with some of the most inspiring people ever. I still count myself lucky to call them my friends. At U-M I got to work on so many cool projects, manage and shape our social calendars and strategy, and most importantly, I learned to love working with all of the resident geniuses and researchers to translate their years of expertise into digestible and valuable videos, podcasts, and posts for the masses. Fast forward to earlier this year, in March, I was offered a job at TED Conferences, (yes, the people behind the talks) creating videos and social content from their huge library to share with their gargantuan social audiences. It's a dream I never even knew I had until I was living it, and I am so grateful for every step and every person who helped me get here along the way, including the KFBF's! And of course it's not always sunshine and rainbows. Life ebbs and flows, but I have to thank my lucky stars that for the most part the bad days and setbacks I've had are just minor bumps and inconveniences in what is otherwise a life that I am so damn lucky to be living. This ended up being longer than I anticipated, so it seems only fitting that I thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Connor Titsworth
2022-10-25 12:18:34 +0000 UTCYou know what? I think you convinced me that I am indeed living in Greg’s simulation. Now, I would like to chalk up a lot of your career to hard work and dedication…. Although, that could’ve been programmed into the sim as well..
Ricky McPherson
2022-10-25 11:59:23 +0000 UTCI don't think that it's your simulation, but you have put a lot of work to get to where you are now. Sure, you got a bit lucky with latching onto the things you really liked as a kid and they became popular, but some of them haven't always been as popular as they are now. And you've really hustled and put in the effort to get yourself to where you are and you've surrounded yourself with other like-minded, forward facing, positive individuals. You're all working together to make some really cool stuff. As for me, I'm extremely happy with where I've gotten myself and wouldn't change any of it. Life's been way better to me than I would've ever dreamed as a kid. It's not what I thought I would've been doing when I was 10, but it wouldn't surprise kid me. I develop software at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory down in Los Angeles. Specifically I make stuff that allows us to talk to the stuff we've sent to Mars. I got to see, with my own eyes, the rover we sent to Mars during the pandemic. I got to see the first pictures it sent back right after landing, before the rest of the world got to see them. And now I'm working on the mission that's going to bring back the sample tubes it's collecting. When I was a kid I thought I wanted to be a paleontologist, but to keep that story short I had no idea what I was getting myself into (I didn't know what going to college was going to entail) the geology classes were way more boring than I ever thought. I thought space stuff was cool as a kid (as every kid does) and I had a passing knowledge of software, but I had never seen anybody go off and do the stuff I do now. I remember as a kid, the first time I beat Sonic 2 on the Genesis and seeing those credits. I didn't know exactly what it entailed, but I knew that the "Programmer" Yuji Naka had to be the guy making things and I said one day that I'd want to work with him and all of the team. Sure, that never happened, but I got hooked with computers. A bunch of things led me to where I am now and it's absolutely where I should be now. I grew up with everyone I know doing a job to make money, but also trying to find enjoyment in their work to make it suck less. As a kid, somehow I learned that doing what you're passionate about will bring about its own success and I stuck with that (with much head shaking from my father) and it's brought me more success than I thought possible. Hell, I thought I would've killed myself through some stupid accident or another by now, but I'm still alive, though there have been a few really close calls (those are stories for another day). I feel like those have helped me lean into the "do what makes you happy and the rest will fall into place" attitude I have.
Donald Eckels
2022-10-25 09:22:40 +0000 UTCI share this sense of wonder and gratefulness with you. My work, to me it’s mostly a job. But it’s taken me and my wife across to countries and brought us to the Bay Area. I think we share these things: 1) started off in a relatively supportive environment, 2) saw important opportunities behind hard decisions, and 3) took the hard decisions and committed to them. I’m pretty sure those three are essential to our experience.
Jorge Figueira
2022-10-25 00:01:49 +0000 UTCGreg. You asked and I am here to tell you. You are lucky! But you also hustled to get to where you are. I am currently a finishing up my internship to be music therapist and it’s been what I’ve wanted to do for a long time. I couldn’t afford to go to a school that had the degree available and went for something else, joined the army, and now I’m finishing school and it’s a great feeling. It’s been over a 10 year journey for me. Everyone’s path is different and I love my life and I still feel lucky too! Life is wild, man.
Stephen Thompson
2022-10-24 23:46:00 +0000 UTCI think it’s kind of like a law of attraction thing but in a more scientific manner. I have always been interested in botany and so I just made sure that my life led me to a place where I can study that and do it for a living. I surrounded myself with botany related things and people and events etc etc, because that’s what made me happy. And because that’s what I did, it naturally became my life and my career. I think some people are good at fostering that passion and creating the setting in which their interests can thrive within their life, and then other people either aren’t as good at fostering that passion, or unfortunately don’t come from the privileged place that so many of us do where we even have the option to surround ourselves with things we love in the first place. Sounds like you are just feeling grateful, Greg. And that’s a really good thing! :)
SleepyLyric
2022-10-24 21:36:57 +0000 UTCGreg.why no mention of god of war ragnorak UI?how the new inventory system? The map?skill tree?does the world feel more lived in?more npcs?not enemies npcs,like npcs to chat with and get side quests? I felt gow 2018 felt empty
Paul smith
2022-10-24 21:21:13 +0000 UTCI would say it's extra-ordinary. I don't know that I could say the same but would love to get there.
Joshua King
2022-10-24 20:21:54 +0000 UTCI think it's not the specific things you love that created the current version of The Spare Bedroom, but your drive, your passion, your personality. Someone like you could've grown up in a different environment and fell in love with different media properties and toys and whatnot, and you likely still would have ran with that and created whatever that version of The Spare Bedroom was. You sir, are very blessed and definitely in very rarified air compared to most of the other 8 billion people on the planet. Most of us never get to do what we love as our job. A lot of us never find a job we actually truly enjoy or find rewarding beyond the monetary return. It's sad but true. I'm very happy for you, your family, and the KF crew.
Muhnki Mahn
2022-10-24 20:00:43 +0000 UTCI am a school counselor/therapist at a high school and I love it. It’s stressful and the kids are struggling but I love being able to help them through their issues. I think it really depends on someone mindset and expectations. If you set the right expectations and have a positive mindset things generally turn out well for you.
Jay Pimentel
2022-10-24 19:56:24 +0000 UTC“It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it.” Sir Arthur Conan Doyle John Amaechi said this quote during the pandemic and it still resonates with me. Are we living in your (Greg's) simulation? yes? maybe? no? I'd like to think I have control over my life and I love what I do (I work at a winery). We all can't have as big of an impact on the world as the folks at Kinda Funny, but we are able to do our part on our own level.
Gregg
2022-10-24 19:35:25 +0000 UTCMaybe things are working out for you because you've worked hard for your dreams to come true. Obviously, hard work isn't everything, other things like luck are involved too, but you've clearly had a dream since you were a kid and worked your whole life to make it happen. It's admirable, I'm proud to have role models like you in my life.
Brandon Bergen
2022-10-24 19:30:37 +0000 UTCI have Worked in the airline industries for 17 years. like my father and my grandfather did. I wouldn't say it's not a passion! Of mine It's and more of a follow in the family foot steps kind of thing. My dreams and passion are more in talking about comics, super hero movies and tv, wrestling, action figure and writing. I'm actively presuing. My life is good it could be better.
Lord Jonathan the Ace the third Esquire Jr
2022-10-24 19:26:35 +0000 UTCI think there are some people with dreams so clear that they really can't help but work manifest them. I'm not one of those people. I don't think I've ever really had a dream that I ever wanted to work towards and I fell into most of the things I've done so far. The closest I can think of having to work extra to switch from a Computer Science major to a History major. Funny enough, I ended up actually using my degree when I practically just fell into my current job doing historical research at a litigation consulting company. I can't say that I love my job, but it pays well enough that I get to be in a situation where I can afford a certain lifestyle. One day I hope not to be doing what I do, but I'm alright where I am for now.
David Portnov
2022-10-24 19:24:54 +0000 UTC
