God is the great spirit friend

[Tonus]

When I was a believer I felt like I was waiting out my time on earth,

My mother is like that even now, and I remember that feeling well when I was a believer. Since the Jehovah's Witnesses constantly teach that the end is very near, the membership tends to live life under the assumption that it's best to spend as much of it in some sort of spiritual activity and at the expense of anything related to actually living life. At various times I expected that I wouldn't have to worry about what high school would be like, or about pursuing higher education after high school, or about whether I'd have a career, etc. Each milestone would pass, and the world was still here.

I have been fortunate enough that the work ethic that I learned from my dad and the fact that one of my interests (computers) provided a very valuable skill to my employer allowed me to turn a job sorting mail and making copies into a career in IT. Otherwise I might be bagging groceries at a local supermarket and wondering if things might have been different.