My issues with money

So, I'm thinking about joining the peace corp. I seriously doubt that my mom or the rest of my family will support me in my endeavor but oh well. They never seem too. just about all of my family is very money oriented. They fill that there is nothing to life than to make money so that they can have STUFF.

I personally don't want money or stuff. if that were the case, I would pursue small or companion animal medicine overlarge animal. There is not as much money or better yet you will not get as much money as fast if you work with large animals.

They feel that a job is a job even if you hate it. My mom always put it as a means to an end. Well if that means that I have to work at a place where i hate myself for having to work at a certain place well i most certainly won't do it.

I prefer to work at a place that will help me to learn something that will help me in me next step. working at McDonald's or some other fast food restaurant will not help me to get a MS or PhD. It just won't the only thing that one would learn at those establishments is how to fill an order and "people skills". If my family hasn't noticed, I have become less of a people person ( not like I was much of one before).

The other reason why I believe they are so driven by money is because they never had any growing up and wanted it. I never had much either but when I did have it, I always spent it on other people. (Wonder if they have forgotten about that) I NEVER WANT ANYTHING!!!!! and when I do I can and will wait very patiently for it, because usually when I get it I will barely use it(like my DS and my digital camera). No one seems to understand me.

I feel like a burden to everyone. I don't drive, don't even have a permit. So if i want to go somewhere i have to ask someone to take me. I will try pursuing my driver's license so that when i feel like going off and walking through the woods observing nature, I can do so. My mom would say so that I can get a job. If i were to get a job for that reason, I would only work enough so that I could buy gas and pay the insurance. Any other time i worked would be so that i could go on adventures.

I feel that everyone compares me to my younger brother. Because he is actually working out in the real world. he has his own car(given to him), he has his own place, works to pay his bills, blah blah blah. He is also very materialistic and narcissistic. He is constantly buying new stuff.

Not saying that i don't like nice things, but I am very practical. I work with animals, farm animals to be exact. There is no need for me to have polo shirts and other dressy clothes that I only plan to wear like 5 times in the entire school year. I also want to be comfortable which I am in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt.

So to end this giant rant: i am the odd child of the family. I don't like to work mind-numbing pointless jobs. i am seen as a failure maybe even a lost cause. And I will go to school and get my MS, DVM, and maybe even a PhD. But I am definitely going to look into the peace corp and not tell any one that i did so.