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Unifloo
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What are your plans for the future?
#6436290 - 01/07/07 08:29 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm gonna drop out of college... well cause I dont feel any passion for it. I went there thinking "its something to do now that I'm finished school"..... but something always felt wrong for me.... I didnt like the superficial scene I was in, did'nt like the people (90%) I was around... I thought.... well shit... I'm not enjoyning this do why bother?????????
I am going to drop out, work full time to build some money on top of my savings and then travel as much as I can for the next two years because that is what will make me genuinley happy.
Any kind of comments, advice apprecitated
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436305 - 01/07/07 08:32 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Don't drop out of college because when you're not making enough money a couple years down the line and you can't seem to find a good job, well then you'll understand.
And I speak out of experience.
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436316 - 01/07/07 08:33 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Go for it dude, not going to college doesn't mean you're stupid or can't be sucessful in life...i'm working on becoming a mad chemest that synthises crazy drugs....maybe some day
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Maverick]
#6436325 - 01/07/07 08:36 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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DRTMaverick said: Don't drop out of college
Switch majors to something you're passionate about or more interested in. It's so much easier to do it now, while you're young. If youw ait, and travel, and work, things will get in the way and you'll push off going back. And it will be harder then, because you'll have been out of "school mode" for so long, that it will be harder to adjust. Do it now, while you're young, and it will benefit you greatly in the future.
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Unifloo
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Maverick]
#6436345 - 01/07/07 08:40 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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You know man, SOOO many people have said that to me but I really dont care about money....
Complete college, get a good job, settle down
I've already read that book and the ending seems cilched
I made this post because I have the feeling that I dont want to live a /normal/ life!
I actually get freaked out looking at people I work with... they are there for a decade or more to come.... with nothing more to come "home" to on a thursday night than an evening full of television..... I do NOT want that
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: DrunkenAttempt]
#6436347 - 01/07/07 08:41 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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i dropped out in 11th grade and now feel more ready to go to school... or at least i've found reasons to go, wheras before i was just going without knowing why
good luck
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Unifloo
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Maverick]
#6436371 - 01/07/07 08:49 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Sometimes I feel let down or konned by the society I'm living in and the only way out seems to be to -drop out- and explore our people and this planet as much as I can?
Has anyone else followed this line?
I shall only live once In my present state of mind..... That voice is saying "Enjoy it as much you can"
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436380 - 01/07/07 08:52 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Get started in college and do some studying abroad!
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436397 - 01/07/07 08:57 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Unifloo said: Sometimes I feel let down or konned by the society I'm living in and the only way out seems to be to -drop out- and explore our people and this planet as much as I can?
Has anyone else followed this line?
I shall only live once In my present state of mind..... That voice is saying "Enjoy it as much you can"
hell yeah man , thats how i live my life anyway
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Unifloo
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I actually started in college this year, I could have started a year or two ago but It just didnt happen....
But now that I've been there I have an undenialable urge to get OUT of where I am and experience as much as I can... exploration, adventure, call it what you will... no one, else just me.
Career, house, car, mortage.... its all starting to lose meaning
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: DrunkenAttempt]
#6436420 - 01/07/07 09:03 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Maybe you should shift your focus from the "people" and the "scene" for a while, and concentrate on bettering yourself through learning and studying.
You say you don't want a "cliched" life, but h ow do you plan on doing all the traveling and exploring you want without income? What about having a family (maybe in the distant future).
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436421 - 01/07/07 09:03 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm gonna make a movie about magic mushrooms
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436428 - 01/07/07 09:05 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I would like to graduate from a univerisity in Canada or the UK and become a Sociology or History professor. What will probably happen is I will graduate from Rutgers and become a high school teacher or a social worker.
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Unifloo
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: badchad]
#6436451 - 01/07/07 09:09 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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badchad said: Maybe you should shift your focus from the "people" and the "scene" for a while, and concentrate on bettering yourself through learning and studying.
You say you don't want a "cliched" life, but h ow do you plan on doing all the traveling and exploring you want without income? What about having a family (maybe in the distant future).
I've travelled quite a bit over the past year, like I've said, I could be in my third year of college. I have a nice bit of cash saved up and if I drop out and work full time I'll make more than enough to keep me going for a long while....
Seriously.... at the bottom of all this is the feeling that I dont want to be middle aged and living the same day after and after and after....
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436503 - 01/07/07 09:25 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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I plan to graduate this spring with my bachelors, take a year off to study, work, and travel, and then head off to law school.
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Unifloo
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Redstorm]
#6436543 - 01/07/07 09:35 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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Good for you!
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436655 - 01/07/07 10:03 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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there are alot of things worse than having a "mundane" routine if you consider it that. why dont you find something that really interests you and excel in it? i didn't necessarily like the people or scene if you will of my first several years of college, however the deeper i went into school the more i liked it. either way you dont leave yourself many options later in life without having an education. its your choice man do what you think is best for you. some people college isnt for them, however you will at least need to develop some sort of skills to get by whether they are school related or not.
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436730 - 01/07/07 10:20 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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There is nothing like some good 'ol fashioned direct experience. Some of these posters are right though, you may look back at this whole situation in retrospect and realize that staying in school is the best long term plan. BUT.... you gotta follow your heart. Get out there and see the world. Who knows, you might end up with a career option that you never ever would have considered had you not dropped out.
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: Unifloo]
#6436732 - 01/07/07 10:21 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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"uh uh baby I ain't got no plan, gonna float on baby would you understand?"
no real plans, just hoping to get my degree and then drift/work
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Re: What are your plans for the future? [Re: demiu5]
#6436769 - 01/07/07 10:31 PM (17 years, 2 months ago) |
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i plan to move to oregon this summer. long term i have only one plan. to make people appy. i want to bring out the best i can in people around me. and pretty much the only tool i have to do that is a bass guitar. igotta start really focusing on this in the near futre i belive. i know im a very insitful and smart person. i just gottta go for it
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