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Originally posted by Graham_A_M
wow, nice post.... sure.. piss away your 18th year... awesome idea. Who cares about the future right? ;)
Looking back, I'd stay in school, and give it all you got. Get fantastic grades so you have numerous doors open for you. Stay well connected, and get a degree in whatever. Give it some SERIOUS thought before getting into it, including some work experience. You Honestly have no idea how badly I wish I gave more effort in school, so I'd have better grades to go get my MBA, or any other sort of University/College type degree. (and believe me, there are lots I wish I was eligible for)
I'll be 26 in another 5 weeks, and I dont feel too much further ahead then when I was your age. I'm now going back to school to get a ticketed trade.
When I was 18, I had the same idiotic daily ideal that the person I quoted had. I partied, I did drugs, I was a fucking idiot. I have now nothing to show for it except for experience, with really isn't worth much you'll soon find. the next years of your life will fly past... honest to God. It was just yesterday I was turning 22.
Dont waste the best years of your life meandering between jobs and places that you live.
LIfe is short, make it count.
make the best of yourself, follow what you TRUELY want to do, regardless of the cost (asides from at the cost of others), and give it your best shot, you have nothing to lose and the world to gain.
EDIT: And please for the Love of God dont waste your money on modding cars... fuck... Looking back at the 10's of thousands of dollars I lost on modding and selling cars I had, it was incredible.
There are a lot more pressing issues at hand that are much more deserving of your money then ho's and fixing up cars. :rolleyes:
Please trust me on that.
Though most of your remarks are good. I dont like the fact that you gave the advice that just because you have good grades and a degree that everything will be good. I know to many people that went to school for years and years and now they work in a grocery store. I also know people that dropped out of school after 6 months and make six digit incomes. Its all about how you apply yourself. Don't go to school for years on end because someone said if you have a degree you will get a good paying job. Go to school because its what you want to do even if its just courses here and there for a cert.