08-03-2012, 07:34 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-03-2012, 07:38 AM by chrysanthemum0108.)
To Dudewrath.
Jeez mate, you're only 18, you still got your whole life ahead of you including decades of a potentially brilliant future. (..i sound like an old hag now.. never thought i'd say these old people-things...) but being a few years older than you, i remember the despair i felt when i was 18 and the smothering grip my parents had on me. Difference with you is, i didn't give a hoot about my future and see? 2 1/2 decades later, a potentially brilliant person has turned in not much more than a poor sod with no education.. still don't feel enough responsibility for my own future... You are a lot more mature than i was then and props for your feeling of responsibility for your own life.
Beware of the peer pressure and the pressure society tries to bring on to you! Perhaps you just need a little more time than the average? Nothing wrong with that, is there? It's i.m.o. only sensible to first create a stable fundament for your plans and then proceed.
In fact you're giving part of your own answers already: if i were you, i'd get out of my parents' house indeed. Where do you want to go? You seem smart enough to figure out a sensible and concrete option.
And what career do you want? Do you know that already? Something you like and you're good at is preferable of course. When you know what you want, which way you want to go, it's easier to take the steps you need to make for getting things rolling. How are you going to make money? Perhaps you wish to decide to first make money for a year or so and then enroll in a study program? Creating a clear plan is important. Then take steps. Pack your bags and go. Remember you can do it your way, which doesn't have to be the exact same way others do it...even if you start a few years later, your career can still speed up like a rocket and it might be that you'll get ahead of some who seem to be doing well now..and bless you for having good friends. We'll be hearing from you, mate. Take care.
Jeez mate, you're only 18, you still got your whole life ahead of you including decades of a potentially brilliant future. (..i sound like an old hag now.. never thought i'd say these old people-things...) but being a few years older than you, i remember the despair i felt when i was 18 and the smothering grip my parents had on me. Difference with you is, i didn't give a hoot about my future and see? 2 1/2 decades later, a potentially brilliant person has turned in not much more than a poor sod with no education.. still don't feel enough responsibility for my own future... You are a lot more mature than i was then and props for your feeling of responsibility for your own life.
Beware of the peer pressure and the pressure society tries to bring on to you! Perhaps you just need a little more time than the average? Nothing wrong with that, is there? It's i.m.o. only sensible to first create a stable fundament for your plans and then proceed.
In fact you're giving part of your own answers already: if i were you, i'd get out of my parents' house indeed. Where do you want to go? You seem smart enough to figure out a sensible and concrete option.
And what career do you want? Do you know that already? Something you like and you're good at is preferable of course. When you know what you want, which way you want to go, it's easier to take the steps you need to make for getting things rolling. How are you going to make money? Perhaps you wish to decide to first make money for a year or so and then enroll in a study program? Creating a clear plan is important. Then take steps. Pack your bags and go. Remember you can do it your way, which doesn't have to be the exact same way others do it...even if you start a few years later, your career can still speed up like a rocket and it might be that you'll get ahead of some who seem to be doing well now..and bless you for having good friends. We'll be hearing from you, mate. Take care.