Looking for a push in the right direction.

Hey ho!

I'm really really confused about everything and I just wanted some opinions and advice and stories and stuff that might help me make my mind up

I'm in my last year at the college I'm at now and I have to do one year at another college. Then I was hoping to take a gap year for travelling and then move on to university.

I've always been unsure about what career I wanted to pursue and the problem I'm having is I'm starting to see it all as being pointless. I've started to think spending the money on university isn't really worth it. My brother went to uni and is now unemployed (although granted thats down to his stubborness also). To be honest I'm tired of education completely and I feel like I'm ready to grow up and move on. College is making me really unhappy and, although I've met some great people there, my heart just isn't in it anymore. I still haven't found my calling in life but I feel like my dreams are bigger than the environment I'm in now and I've come as far as I can go in my current situation.

The flipside to this is I'm really worried about pulling on my big boy shoes and getting out into the real world to be a grown up. I'm worried that quitting college too soon might be the biggest mistake of my life!

I'm looking for advice but I'm also wondering what you all did.

Did you go to college or uni and think it was a complete waste of time and money or did you love it?

Did you take the plunge and get into the real world straight out of high school and not look back?

I would really appreciate whatever opinions you all have

 

I'm not a ho Tommy. I wish, but not so.

I wish I was afraid to pull my big boy shoes on too but jobs where I live are near impossible to get and maintain without a car. A car is the last thing I need to keep myself floating. I could go to one of the homeless shelters but I'd rather stomach living at home. I mean, I really, REALLY wanna get up and going but I know financially, it's not a wise decision yet.

Now, lets clear this up instantly. Remember? We had this talk! Lol Remember YOUR Uni is MY college. I've been in college for almost two years and let me tell you now. There will be courses you had to take that will waste you ever loving time. Why? Because it's a roundabout way for schools to make money off us chump students. But the end justifies the means. Is it worth going to school for a couple years? 4-6 tops? 4-6 years out of what will probably be 65 years of your life? Hell yes. Why? My profession usually starts off at 35-45$ an hour...gets every single benefit, provides good hours, work environment, and personal enrichment. You see people live and you see them die--and sometimes you kill them yourselves. (accidents)

I'd much rather waste a few years than be eternally damned to a McDonalds or Burger King. I've seen those people before. They're dead. All of them. You can see it in their eyes, hear it in their voice, smell the very lament linger behind. I've heard them say countless times how easy I have it, how many regrets they have now. But even they have the option of going to college. If you think you can't ever go, you're only being blinded by an illusion which seems to captivate far too many people.

You can always go to college!! But do it as soon as you can so you can reap the rewards even faster. Plus the sooner, the better your life will probably change for the better. College (uni) is the best experience I've had in my life. And although I don't get to live out the typical 'college kid' life style, I still enjoy every minute being there.


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Thanks for all the responses guys

I know about the recession and everything but I think I'm thinking more about my happiness. Afterall, isn't that the most important thing?

Would you yourself really put yourself in a situation where theres a high possibility you are gonna be unhappy for so long?

 

Sometimes its better to sacrifice happiness for a better life. It's better to sit through a boring class for 3 years and never have to worry about financial woe than to work at McDonalds forever regrettin what could have been.

Lol and I don't need college to make me unhappy. I've been unhappy the whole time I've been going but its not college making me unhappy. It might just be the school you're at Tommy. HS and college (or for you college and uni) are two COMPLETELY different environments.

 

But If I'm sacrificing happiness for a better life...is it really better?

And again it comes down to money. If I work for the degree and end up being the happiest window cleaner in the world! what was the point in spending it all? And starting life in the real world with thousands of pounds worth of debt?

(you can see why I'm confused! )

 

>_> You can't have him Evil Twin Camron.
He's my Desperate Housewife.

Life is not about money, but it does revolve around it in most cases. Will being poor and groveling in the dirt and sewers for food on your plate bring you happiness? I think not. If you like being a window washer for eternity, all the power to you. But, I know one day you'll think back and go "WTF?"

Really, REALLY take a look into those McDonalds employee's. (or any fast food)

Ask them if they were given a clear choice and chance to go to college if they would.

And when you finish college you're not going to be head deep in debt unless you were unable to manage your funds correctly. But even then debt does get you sometimes. I've been in college for almost 2 years now and I have close to 2k debt. And I am a full time student. And 2k debt is almost nothing. You gotta work it off. Start early, don't procrastinate.

 

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