What is "The Anti-9to5"?

Welllll, welcome all to my newly created blog, The Anti-9to5.

I created this blog to document my displeasure with and refusal to immerse myself in the so-called "working world". Since I graduated last December with a very practical degree in Film Production, I moved back to Boston and tried temping for a while. These temp jobs, for the most part, were your very basic office related positions, or "9 to 5's".

Of course, all of these positions were part-time or contract-based, but I quickly grew tired and annoyed working these low-paying, thankless positions.

I want to be a filmmaker. Of course, what this means is that I won't be able to make money from my chosen profession for...well, a good long while. Combine that with this newly found independence following graduation (which includes such perks as paying for my own rent and the advent of $90k+ worth of lone payments to deal with come July) and you can see how my options become very thin.

What I should be doing is sucking it up, taking whatever regular paying position I can get to just pay the bills, and all the while work my ass off in my own time looking for the first full-time position I can find....

Yep, tried that. Hated that. Soooo, I recently decided to try my hand making money doing something I actually enjoy: Poker. Yes yes, that popular gambling game that so many people attribute any success in to luck. Fortunately, poker is in fact a game of skill, and it is possible to utilize that skill to make money.

And thus, a couple weeks ago I started making regular pilgrimages to the Foxwoods Casino in nearby CT to play poker...and make some money doing it to pay the bills.

What I hope to show in this blog is that it's possible to make money and have success in the "working world" without subjecting yourself to "doing time" working shitty jobs until the time comes where you can catch your break. Sure it's a risk, but hey, it's just money, right? As far as I'm concerned, there are a whole lot more important things in this world than money.

And that's kind of the ironic thing about poker: it's all about money, but it's not about the importance of money. You just can't play poker if you value your money too much, since it's that money that you're putting at risk.

For the rest of the Summer, before I move out to LA in September--Hell or high water (i.e. whether or not I have a job or the money)--I'm going to say "fuck you" to those low-pay, demoralizing temp/office jobs and make money the one way I actually can that still lets me maintain my dignity and happiness. So fuck you corporate world! I make my own hours now.

Well, that ends my lengthy introduction to this blog. I hope you'll follow along with me as I blog my exploits and success (or lack of success) while trying to make a temporary living in an unorthodox way. Enjoy!

**Forewarning: this isn't a poker blog, but I will be blogging a lot about poker, since, well...I'm playing poker at a casino 4-5 times a week. So be prepared for poker terminology and ranting about my daily ups and downs in the following months--I'll try my best to keep it to a minimum.