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Sep 24, 04
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what are your plans??
I'm in a rut because 98% of me wants to travel agin and have fun for the next few years but 2% knows I need to go to school to be succesful, and I dont want to do this when I'm 30...its a toughie!! I'm 19 in a few weeks and i have abosultely no grasp of anything...it freeaks me out!
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Sep 24, 04
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After my two years of college are up I'm thinking of teaching English overseas for a year and then returning and getting a bachelor suite or a one bedroom in the West End. At that point i'll take out a student loan, work and go to UBC.
If I don't teach English overseas, I'm still planning on moving out and doing the stuff I mentioned above. Life is good, I'm really really content with how things are going right now!
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Sep 24, 04
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OMG 19!! Holy Shit! (I mean this in a friendly, sarcastic, push you over and laugh at you sort of way)
Step1. Get a better grasp of your age Step2. Think about school abroad Step3. Profit? I personally plan on travelling next year for awhile and then return home and lay claim to very own hermit mountain; which I will gaurd from my rocking chair with my shot gun and blood hound named daisy.
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Sep 24, 04
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My plans:
Step 1: Next paycheck goes to Ganier & Rent & Food. Step 2: School in January for 2 semesters. Step 3: Travel? Step 4: Uvic mebbe, UBC mebbe..... Step 5: ???????? Step 6: Become a superstar, have fly ass honeys at my side and let the first million go STRAIGHT UP MY NOSE.
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Sep 24, 04
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I spent a year traveling when I was 19. I went to school when I came back, and being a few years older than everyone else at the first year level really benifited me and gave me some perspective. I'm graduating in an honours program this year, so I'm living proof that time off doesn't ruin your chances at school. I say go for it- you're only young once!
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Sep 24, 04
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my god your only 19???? settle down! for christ sakes.
GET OUT AND TRAVEL! now is the time before you have student loans,rent,career. honeslty. get out there and see the world...schools not going anywhere. plus travling looks really really good on resumes and it builds character. get on a plane and go. trust me.
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Sep 24, 04
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im 18 right now in second year.. ill get my design bachelor when im 22 max (possibly when im 21).
-im planning on visiting hong kong and japan or thailand in the upcoming may (thats my woopie doo for travelling). dont really have the huge heart for travelling. -planning on moving out with a roommate next september. (closer to school) -after i get my degree (21 or 22), look at my portfolio and try to apply at advertising firms/whatever i set my mind to and see how my luck runs. -if my portfolio doesn't work out and my focus changes, i would like to either take the fashion diploma program at kwantlen or the marketing diploma program at bcit. (come out of schooling with a double threat) -continue to apply for jobs, enjoy life, travel when the oppurtunity comes, fulfill my dreams, maybe find a man and eventually get married. happily ever after.
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Sep 24, 04
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Court, I totally feel your paranoia!
While I'm only 20, I feel like my life needs to fucking start NOW. I'm going back to school next September, but I until then I know I'm going to feel like I'm stuck in this stupid rut of work, pay bills, shop, repeat. It sucks. BUT the good thing about doing what I'm doing now, is that it's definitely NOT what I want to be doing for the rest of my life. Translation = I know that to be happy, successful and make the kind of money I want, I MUST go to school, I MUST work hard, I MUST get a degree, and I MUST apply all that I learn to the best of my abilities. If you want to travel, do it, as long as you know that when you come back you won't make excuses for yourself and not go back to school. Going to school, whether it's to get a degree, a diploma, or learn a trade, is absolutely essential to success in our world. Everyone knows it, whether or not they accept that fact is certainly a different story!
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Sep 25, 04
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im going to spend every paycheque on new clothes and shoes and not save for shit, until someone comes along in a few years and makes me their bitch and molds me into their idea of an ideal mate. by this time i will be undertaking so many new bills for cars, mortgages and appeasment presents i will look back on my days of high-income, no-dependants with a mixture of jealousy and regret. i will cock my head to the side a bit and let out a little sigh.
then i will buy my gf/wife new boots and cry on the inside.
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Sep 25, 04
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DUDE.. .im in tha same boat... so my plans are ta
A> P-a-R-t-Y hard-ta-tha-core stylz... B> WeRk .. ful time C> Save $$ D> Leave for BELIZE in 3 MONTHS!! so so SO fukn excited
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Sep 25, 04
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My best friend and I have this plan to get really rich. He'll get rich by producing beats and horror movie soundtracks and I'll get rich writing editorials for the New York Times. We'll move to hawaii and become complete and total recluses, refuse interviews and just be totally fucking isolated. Richard Pryor will be our neighbour and he'll come over for dinner and homemade pie regularly. We will also have a small army of pugs.
That would be the best life ever, but it's just jokes. When I was younger I thought I had everything planned out perfectly, but when I started actually living in the real world they all changed. I know of things I'd like to do, I'd hope to write and make money for it someday, I want to live in Paris, and I hope to see a lot of the fascinating things I've learned about right in front of me. How I get there, what takes me there, that is all unknown. I also know my future doesn't involve things like marriage or children, at least I can't see myself wanting that right now, but who knows that'll probably change.
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Sep 25, 04
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i barely know what ill be doing after work. let alone in 10 years.
why stress about it now. i work hard to have things i want. if i want to go back to school...sure i will whenever i feel up to it. if i want to travel, sure why not. but im with myra. ill be rich. think big. thinking small gets you nowhere. and very bitchy.
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Sep 25, 04
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Sep 25, 04
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I have no plans, and im perfectly fucking happy with it.
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Sep 25, 04
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I want to start again fresh. just chuck everything to the side for a bit and take off. my whole life my future and what I'm going to do with it has been hammered at me, and I used to have the same spazzes when I was 19. when I turned 20 and still didn't know what I wanted I cried because I thought my life was over becasue that's pretty much what I had been told. and I'm fricking old and I still don't know.
step 1- work abroad for a bit even if it's only for 5 months step 2-go back to school step3- general awesomeness step4- live a happy life the best way I can. my favorite great aunt told me awhile ago that while your future is important to live your life only looking towards it and not seeing the present is the worst mistake you can ever make. don't neglect your youth for a condo in palm springs when you're 80. don't be a slave to your future.
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Sep 25, 04
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Courtney its called EXCHANGE STUDENT ;)
I have school to finish and just started a new job... short term plans I want to take sign language and get my scotish residency before my grandfather goes, get out of debt and SAVE SAVE SAVE. In the next couple of years I want to travel and teach. And then im thinking after that go finish my studies and get my teaching degree or somthing like it over in the UK or back in Australia. Last edited by Ree Fresh; Sep 25, 04 at 10:09 AM.
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Sep 25, 04
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you should totally go on exchange somewhere!
that would probably be perfect for you :) my 2 cents... (based on my experience) is if you arent ready for school, you wont put your heart into it, and it will just land up being..well not nessicarly a waste but not the best use of your time, energy and $. as for moi.. - keep working pt until i finish my cert (in april) - apply at ad firms, or do freelance work and (hopefully) go to night school to finish my degree - move out as soon as i get a ft design job - take short little vacations here and there - get married (not til im like close to 30 though) - hopefully saved enough that i can quit work or work from home and raise a family (like 35ish) - repeat same old same old - die happy edit: s'more thoughts:silly: Last edited by *STARFISH*; Sep 25, 04 at 11:49 PM.
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