Pervasive Problem in My Life - Page 2

Flying Potato

United States77 Posts

December 31 2013 06:34 GMT

#21

I guess I don't have much more to say, I think you've all hit at some piece of it by now in your own ways. The balls in my court, and it's up to me to make use of it. This all made me feel at least a little bit more hopeful to the fact that I can still make something of myself, and it helped me understand what mental barricades have been holding me back. For what it 's worth, you have all been fantastic in helping me out. Happy new years enord and everybody else on this site.

docvoc

United States5491 Posts

December 31 2013 07:28 GMT

#22

I'm gonna be frank with you. I could give you tons of advice here, I've been through what you have, except I had a girlfriend along with huge ups and downs with her along the way. I'm just gonna put it this way to you. You can't. You won't know shit until you take a break from academia. I'd suggest once you get into a uni, you take a gap year, it's something I should have done. Take a gap year and go abroad on a volunteer thing or on scholarships, etc. Study there in something that isn't wholly academic or something that is usually out of your field of expertise. Hell, go to Culinary school at Le Cordon Blue in a foreign country, no one gives a shit if you fail culinary school; and yes I mean fail, that's something you should experience too. The key for you is make it through and then break away for a year or two. Then you will figure it out.

Flying Potato

United States77 Posts

December 31 2013 12:23 GMT

#23

@docvoc
Why do you think I have to take a break from academia? Just curious. I'm assuming it's because I won 't have time? You don't think one could manage both, or is it just too much to be able to truly experience life if one hasn't yet? What would you suggest I do now then? Thanks for the thoughts doc

enord

France258 Posts

December 31 2013 17:50 GMT

#24

i suppose he means that doing it haalf cocked won't work

u have to jump off the cliff, doing it on the side might be worst than not doing anything

personnaly i think you can do both (while i say that, i did f ck upo my studies tho :^p )

Flying Potato

United States77 Posts

December 31 2013 20:20 GMT

#25

Ok I see what he's saying. I don't really have much choice but to do it in school right now, cause i kinda have to :/. I might consider taking a leave once I get to college however.

Black0ut

United States75 Posts

December 31 2013 23:20 GMT

#26

Finding out your interests is one of the hardest things to do, and you are not alone in this. A lot of kids feel lost in today's school system because you pretty much take a bunch of random general studies courses and electives, then all of a sudden by 18 you are supposed to know what you want to do for a living. It's pretty bad, and is why a lot of kids go into schools as undecided, or end up changing majors halfway through.

There really is no answer imo, if you look at a lot of successful people in the world, a lot of them didn't start doing their "dream job" until mid 40s or so. I thought for the longest time I wanted to design games, but just in the last 2-3 years or so I ended up enjoying comic writing/drawing a lot more than designing games. I'm 26 right now, and my "calling" or "dream" more so came when i was around 24ish.

I drew sometimes on my own though, and started writing on my own back in... probably 9th grade or so, so maybe this was always my calling =P. But there isn't really a method imo, I just... did it, and realized i loved it and kept doing it. It's not easy to just find out what you love to do, especially being young.

Flying Potato

United States77 Posts

January 01 2014 02:43 GMT

#27

@Black0ut
You're right; some people are lucky enough to know from an early age, but most have to wait a long time to figure such things out. The problem that I've had was that I never experimented, so I've put myself into an interesting situation, but not an impossible one I think. Congratulations on finding out what you love, good luck on your journey.

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