Life plan at 19? Ridiculous

your job is a large part of your life, so even if you shouldn't define your life by it, it needs to be conducive to your desired life.
 
ive made a makeshift plan of what im going to do.

im going to start off working as a multimedia developper...and if i get good with that i want to get into cinematography. but that is major money that i dont have at the moment...if i lose interest in multimedia, im going to get my f-class drivers liscence and become a paramedic
 
I'm sure some of you are in the same spot as me- wanting to go to a good or out of state school but then realizing that starting a 100,000 loan at 17 isnt a good idea. Now im stuck going to a decent school about an hour from home (i wanted to move from NY to Utah) and in a major that i dont think i even want to do but its getting to late to change it for next year now.
 
dude when do you want to pick what to do with your life? wanna wait till your on your death bed? you finally get to at least do something more geared towards what you like and its not like anything is written in stone, just cuz you major in something doesnt mean that its your life.
 
Difficult decisions. I'm in a similar situation to you although I'm in my senior year of high school.

Right now I'm thinking of majoring in International Studies or Comparative Literature or Business (whichever one I end up liking more) and from there moving on into Law School and studying business law.
 
throughout the thread I've mentioned a few times that I DO have a general direction and such, I just can't decide on what aspect of allied health I want to go into as they are all such incredibly different directions in regards to training/education.
 
oh... well sorry I was way too lazy to read a whole page, I guess ignore what I said then if it doesn't make any sense.
 
when i started the whole college search i had absolutly no idea what i wanted to do with my life or what i wanted to study in school. i applied to all of my schools with an undeclared major in the general arts programs. it was too much pressure to put something on paper and have that be THE THING I WANT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.

after the applications were in and i awaited certain decisions, i began to realize what i am interested in and what i would love to spend the rest of my life involved in. this is probably in part due to the various college tours/info sessions i attended and my own research and understanding of what i really believe in.

luckily, out of all the schools i applied to (big, small, public, private, north, south, east, west) i was offered admissions to several with amazing programs in what i want to study.

after a lot of worrying about the entire process i ended narrowing it down to 3 schools. (turns out im a moderate to large sized public school kind of girl).

i guess i was lucky because (for now) i found out what i love and a course of study that will allow me to lead the kind of life i will enjoy.

my words of advice to anyone who has yet to apply to college or uni: if youre not sure what you want apply to a lot of different kinds of schools. dont do something just because its what your parents want because at some point your educational and personal values will become apparent and important to them as well. (my dad just accepted that although the school im 99% sure im going to attend isnt the most prestigious school i was accepted to, it is one of the country's best schools for my area of study.)
 
yeah its so gay, if you dont go to college like right after high school everyone thinks you are gonna fail at life and everyone thinks your crazy. i want to take like 10 years off then go to college and decide what im gonna do when im like 27
 
im going to do the music arts thing (cant think of the name) and HOPEFULLY produce music and shit that would be sooooo awesome
 
I'm 19 now and I feel pretty confident in my decision to do computer science. I enjoy it for the most part and its supposed to be the best career in america (although thats not why I'm doing it). Sometimes I don't know if I'm smart enough but at least I'm learning.
 
i agree, having to decide your life plan at 18 is not a very good idea unless you are really set on what you want to do. in my case i'm going to get my masters degree in business because thats what my parents want me to do. and i will. then i will get a job as a dishwasher at night and ski all day for the rest of my life.
 
i decided i wanted to be in the army at 14. now im 19 and its what im doing. i know what you mean about picking a major and everything though.
 
i spent the last 5 years, 4 of those in college, studying animation, and i knew i wanted to be an animator when i was 15 so i guess i was lucky in that sense...

regardless, im a web programmer and producer in brooklyn now, so its ok when the paths shift cuz its still gonna be fun for the most part
 
could always treeplant for 4 months in the summer, make 10-20 grand and be a skibum the rest of the year while collecting EI. I am in my 3rd year university and still don't know what I want to do, but I may end up down that path for a couple years after.
 
i feel that it is important to combine your hobbies with your job...for example, i've wanted to go into business management for awhile. when i was young, it was sports management, but now i've shifted to ski resort management. however, business management is a much broader field than ski resort management.

it's all about joining your vocation with your avocation
 
word, im just turning 17 and my rents are nagging me about what i want to major in college, they want me to be just like my bro and sis, both doing great in the buisness department, i dont have a clue waht to do
 
Oh damn; I guess I'm lucky because the only pressure I have to pick a major is myself - my parents are happy with whatever I choose as long as I do well.
 
Maturity eh? Well I know what direction I want to go in and I'm mature enough to know that it would be poor decision to go with what seems easiest, so I don't think maturity is the issue.
 
im 21 and going to be graduating with an honours degree in psych. thats pretty much as far as i can look. i have no fucking clue what to do haha. but their isnt any pressure im still young.

it blows my mind when people plan their whole lives ahead. plans fail and people get upset. thats why i dont make plans.
 
I'm pretty sure that I'm stuck between the mentality of "You can do anything you put your mind to" and the realistic boundaries of skill and desire. I'm stuck but oh well. I just got a book today called Med School Confidential and it's a book by med students/residents who have done it all. Starts off with the first notion that you would like to be in medicine and throughout the book, leads you through what happens, what emotions occur, what skills are necessary, etc etc etc. Hopefully this will help persuade me/dissuade me.
 
Ya man, I hope I make the right decision and get lucky and like my job. College has been such a drag the last two years, I hope that it gets better and I can enjoy that too, before I graduate and head to grad school.
 
life is lived in reverse of the way it should be. you have money and can do whatever you want at 65, but what can you do at that point? but at 25 your flat broke and cant do anything
 
Money doesn't mean your life can't be great. I try to live each day as best as I can because I know someday I'm going to die and its just how it works.
 
Listen, so its hard, lifes hard, live with it. If your 19.... are you a man, are you responsible? If you cant make some decisions you better get your fucking shit together. I have worked on a farm my whole life. And got a second job when I turned 18. I am now 19. I bought my own car, pay my own insurance, pay my bills, phone, food, living expenses, AND school. I have 3 different bank accounts, that have my own money that I have worked for myself, and recently took out a retirement IRA account. Quit bitching about how hard shit is and do it. Don't give me this "I dont know what I want to do" Grow up you ARE 19.
 
dude just live life... u better quit worrying about ur life plan... and enjoy the time u have left WITHOUT one... cause those are the best times...
 
haha Ya, I must be irresponsible because everybody knows that deciding whether to go to med school or not is an easy, no-brain decision. And about your independence; congratulations on working and planning for the future but I'd also like to commend your level of arrogance and the fact that you're, evidently, an asshole to everybody to hasn't worked their fingers to the bone by the time they are an adult.
 
I look at people like you and think how much of your youth you have wasted on work. Granted many kids waste their youth by playing video games excessively and other such garbage. I myself work hard in the summer so that I can just say fuck it during the winter and ski 2-3 times a week and party. Don't call me a fucking leech either, I paid for most of my car (my uncle's old one), my season pass, my ski equipment, and my own gas and food. The only help I get is with insurance that is a trade off with my parents since I do a lot of driving for them.

I don't know exactly what you are trying to prove. A person has their entire life to work, why start so damn early? You only live once and time is the most valuable commodity any person has. Its easy to not know what you want to do at 18 or 19, you're making a decision that could affect your happiness for the next 40 or more years of your life. Perhaps too much work has made you bitter at the young age of 19? Still puts you in no position to tell others to grow up because they're faced with a difficult decision.
 
in high school i really had no idea what i wanted to do. i knew i didnt want to go to college and spend a whole bunch of money without knowing that i would enjoy what i was taking. so i decided to get into a trade. make decent money right out of high school and so far im enjoying it but even if after a few years i decide to go to school and take something else i've already made a whole bunch of money and always have something to fall back on so its worked out well so far
 
dude i have exactly the same problem.

I have no idea what i want to study. I def wanna be succesful and have a career but there are so many cool things to study i have no idea whats the best option or what i like most.

The other thing is that I wanna end up in a company but like 50% of the world already studies business and all... so thats really a turn off... So ill probably do a bachelor in medicine and a mba after. But yeah im still not sure... school gives you so less info about studies and carreer aspect with studies...
 
I got my first job when I was 15, now I'm 21 and sick of working hahaha. No seriously! There is more to life then working and money, most times when I get out of here and get back I'm without a job for some time and my parents just help me out by letting me delay some of my livingcosts I pay to them monthly for a month or 2 and I don't feel less a man for that. Ok I'm kinda getting bored with that now, and slowly working my way up the ranks to settle myself in a year or 2
 
dude you are right, but getting a fun job is sooo much easier when you have this stupid paper!! ur uncle has been lucky, but now adays they care more and more about that stupid lil paper!! Dude think about it... you seem to love filming and stuff why dont you to to filmschool then? I bet it aint a study where you are only in the books
 
I'm not saying its good to go into college never having had a job. It's about finding a balance between work and having a good time.

In general though, its undeniable that too much work is not good for anyone. Working at Burger King serving people 8 hours a day drains on the mind. Luckily I speak Spanish and was able to joke around with the Mexican kitchen workers and mess around with the people coming through the drive-thru, otherewise it would have just been too damn boring.
 
the best thing you can do is study something general but slightly specelized, pick from:

Business,

Economic,

Com Sci,

Engineering,

Math, or

Political Sci,

And you will be good, because with these majors you can do just about anything.
 
hah, thanks for the words, but I'm not looking for advice; I'm more or less just bitching because I have nothing better to do.
 
wow you sound like an old man, im pretty sure your like the only 19 year old that works that hard, sucks for you.
 
haha i keep hearing people say that they want to travel but their parents arent rich. this is a fucking joke, my parents do not give me any money and i am about done with my second year of college and i am going to save for a semester and travel the world for 6 months.ITS CALLED WORKING. then you can do anything you want. i will be going back to school afterwards to finish my studies in petroleum geology so i can grow up and make some good money and not have to make 10 bucks an hour packing rocks landscaping. most kids in NZ and england i think take a year off and travel and work to figure out what they want to do, just make sure you have the goal of school in your mind and stick to it. i have been to NZ and south america and its the best thing you can do, i would recommend working for 6 months and travel for 4-5 months then go to college. and tell your parents to get off your nuts cause they do the same to me and their influence does nothing but frustrate me.
 
Im a senior in hishchool rite now, and all i fucking here is college this college that, you better go to college, if you dont go to college you will fail! Like damn fuck you guys. I have no idea what i would go for and i can party all i want with out spending the thousands to do it in a dorm room. I hate the pressure they put on you. So after i grad im getting my pilots license moving to florida (from ohio) for the summer. Then getting my comercial pilots license, give some tours or something work wendys or something. Just make ends meat and have a blast in the nice weather on the beach. All i care about is having the best time with life i possibly can. So after i gather some money in Florida, i am going to fly out to Oregon and do the same thing except be living near mount hood. All i want is to have the best fucking time in life possible, have the best stories to tell and the coolest picture album ever. All this go to college and do something so you can have the money by the age of 40 to do what you wanted when you were 20 pisses me off. Im going to do what i want to do now, NOW. Even if im not rich i dont care as long as i do everything that i have always said i want to do. Instead of bitching my whole life that i wish i would have done something!
Haha i feel better now!
 
just FYI but have fun trying to get hired by ANY airline without a college degree. (i assume you want to be a pilot if you are going to peruse a commercial license?)
 
wait and let yourself naturally figure out your life plan, its no use trying to force it because you might end up with some shit you don't wanna do for the rest of your life which sucks.
 
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