20 years old.

[sswingle]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Oh come on. I have 3rd year friends who havne't picked a major yet. Some people don't actually declare officially till their 4th year... Geez. It's normal. I'm hanging in here too at 19...=/

Someone needs to learn some patience when hitting the reply button.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: bugle25
Words of advice: Don't let other people dictate how you should live your life. Go with the flow. Don't worry about stupid things, you have plenty of time for college. After high school, I pretty much cut off all ties with people I knew in high school.

same here. i haven't seen any friends from high school for several years now. of course, some of them joined the military, so thats part of the reason.

i'm 25, i didn't go to college. i went to technical schools and did microsft cert. training. i am an mcsa and work as a netowrk admin at a small-med. sized company. i'm still not sure that this is what i want to be doing with my life. several months ago i was really feeling bad where my life was taking me. mainly because i just started this job a little over a year ago. i feel a little better now, but still not sure if this is what i want to do or where i want to be.

 

[Midlander]

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Well I am having my 1/3 life crisis right now.

Past my midlife crisis.... Oh, to be 20 again. Or 30. Or 40....

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: bob4432
it is better to change career paths at 20 than 30 or 40 when you have 10+yrs in it. relax, your feelings are more than likely pretty normal.

Ain't that the truth. I just changed careers after 10 years, life is better though but when your in your 30's it aint no picnic.

 

[Powermoloch]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: Powermoloch

Originally posted by: BlancoNino

Originally posted by: Powermoloch
People are different....there is no crisis, just a thing in life.

I'm 19 and lost atm. Right now, I had accomplished my G.E. requirements for graduation at my university (I have 70+ units) and still finding a major without being in an academic hold >.>. The Nursing Department is hard to get in

Hey alright, another person who's younger than me who's accomplished more!

@_@..I love with a parent, can't drive a car, and working 30 hours a week. It's hard =.=. Anyways, I hope things goes well with ya :thumbsup: There's a lot of time, get it on !

:Q

oops ! fixed

 

[gotsmack]

eh, I didn't figure out what I wanted to major in until the end of my third year, that is why I spent 5 years as an undergrad. Then I went to grad school!

If I could do it all over again I would have double majored with anthropology instead of minoring in it.

the only reason I figured out what I wanted to do was because I took a whole bunch of different classes and found something that I thought was interesting.

 

[archcommus]

I'm pretty sure of my major/school choice but I still feel lost and without meaning.

Just stick it out I suppose?

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Okay, so I'm 20 years old and I'm not even halfway done with my AA degree which a lot of my friends are starting to finish. I feel like I've wasted a lot of time working and playing guitar. I didn't care then, but now it's all really starting to catch up with me. I'm starting to notice more and more people I know starting to leave my town, fall in love, etc...and here I am...still dinkin around in junior college as a single guy.

It seemed like just a year ago I was on top of the world, movin at the same pace as everyone else, bringin' home different ladies every week, but I took some time off to make a little bit of money to buy some equipment and a car and I've changed my mind about my career path at the worst possible times.

Everyone tells me it's normal to think this way, but I still feel like everyone is maturing a lot faster and getting way more serious about college and careers than I am. Is it normal to feel this way? Am I really having a 1/4 life crisis?

whats? uyour 20, and you havent climbed mt everast, flew in a fighter jet, traveled the world twice, do triplets, esplain quantum theory???

yeah, you are falling WAAAAAY behind. catch up man!

or...

dont keep up w/the jones. keep at your own pace. are you debt free? have you moved out of your parents house?

 

[aswedc]

A lot of "feel good" in this thread. I hope all of you are working to pay for college as you go. If you're not...

No, it's not ok to be in school for six years. You're either wasting thousands of your parents dollars, or digging yourself a huge student loan hole.

No major you like? Well, you'd better learn to deal with something you don't like cause they aren't going to be adding any more subjects anytime soon.

You're allowed to leach off the government and/or your parents for four years so you can work hard to learn skills and become a contributing member of society. Not so you can drift through life waiting for some inspiration to hit you.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: aswedc
No major you like? Well, you'd better learn to deal with something you don't like cause they aren't going to be adding any more subjects anytime soon.

bwhahahahahahah... hilarious

You're allowed to leach off the government and/or your parents for four years so you can work hard to learn skills and become a contributing member of society. Not so you can drift through life waiting for some inspiration to hit you.

um.. esplain welfaRE then

 

[dirtboy]

It's not a crisis. You're just feeling anxiety due to the poor planning of your life.

 

[esun]

Although I wouldn't get worried just yet, I would also like to emphasize that you shouldn't lose focus. I've seen at least a couple of people around your age (same as my age) that have completely lost focus and now have basically no plans for their future (except maybe leeching off of rich parents).

 

[BlancoNino]

Originally posted by: dirtboy
It's not a crisis. You're just feeling anxiety due to the poor planning of your life.

I would have to agree. I mean I work hard enough to pay the bills and all and I'm not throwing money away at college (because an AA transfer degree is pretty much useful anywhere), I just think I've gone slower than I thought. My big mistake was saying "screw this, I'm going to tech school next fall" and not taking any more classes the rest of the year only to find out that tech school really isn't what I wanted to do.

 

[Gunslinger08]

I'm 22, just graduated, and I wish I was less mature. I don't want car, cell phone, insurance, mortgage, etc. payments. I don't want to work 8 to 5 everyday. I want to sit around and play videogames and go to class whenever I feel like it. I guess you could say I'm the opposite of you.

 

[Injury]

OMG! I'm a certain age and I haven't hit the goals that I seem to think are standard for that age! Should I end it now?


... well... that's what I heard at least.

Who cares? Do you think you have to be rich with a full family by the time you're 30 or set for retirement by 40? Why are you so anxious to get old and die?

 

[Bozono]

<----didn't even feel 20. 24 hit me like a sack of dirt though. You and Time are Forever at Odds. The Best you walk away from the Table with is Good Health. Don't Stub your toe.

 

[The Blue Factor]

dude listen to yourself. your 20 years old and you feel like your falling behind. i just turned 23. if you think you have fallen behind man i must be way back. i have been deployed in iraq for the past year a half. i have a son that is almost 2 years old and have only seen him on 4 different trips back home.

im not trying to tell you what to do, but bro dont just look at all the bad things. there has to be some good. we are about the same age and when i was 20 i just partied and went to school worked a part time job. its not till i had my son in may 2004 till i really grew. you time will come sooner or later

my advice. stop thinking about the bad. live it up. party hard cause there is not time to waste moaping around. your only 20 once. oh and dont do anything stupid. hope i gave you some directiong bro

 

[judasmachine]

Originally posted by: BlancoNino
Okay, so I'm 20 years old and I'm not even halfway done with my AA degree which a lot of my friends are starting to finish. I feel like I've wasted a lot of time working and playing guitar. I didn't care then, but now it's all really starting to catch up with me. I'm starting to notice more and more people I know starting to leave my town, fall in love, etc...and here I am...still dinkin around in junior college as a single guy.

It seemed like just a year ago I was on top of the world, movin at the same pace as everyone else, bringin' home different ladies every week, but I took some time off to make a little bit of money to buy some equipment and a car and I've changed my mind about my career path at the worst possible times.

Everyone tells me it's normal to think this way, but I still feel like everyone is maturing a lot faster and getting way more serious about college and careers than I am. Is it normal to feel this way? Am I really having a 1/4 life crisis?

just go with it man. finish your education in due time, life is what you make it for you.

 

[MommysLittleMonster]

You're not even old anrough to drink.

 

[johnjohn320]

Originally posted by: aswedc
A lot of "feel good" in this thread. I hope all of you are working to pay for college as you go. If you're not...

No, it's not ok to be in school for six years. You're either wasting thousands of your parents dollars, or digging yourself a huge student loan hole.

No major you like? Well, you'd better learn to deal with something you don't like cause they aren't going to be adding any more subjects anytime soon.

You're allowed to leach off the government and/or your parents for four years so you can work hard to learn skills and become a contributing member of society. Not so you can drift through life waiting for some inspiration to hit you.

You sound like such a grump, haha.

If it's not ok to be in school for 6 years, I guess I better kill my plans to work as a TA and get my masters degree. Hell, I'm cutting it pretty close at my 5 year plan to finish undergraduate, but maybe that's because I'm getting two degrees. Buddy, maybe someone should explain to you how a loan works for school. It's a loan. i.e. YOU PAY IT BACK, plus interest, once you becom a "contributing member of society." You should probably look up this word "leech" before you accuse someone of doing it, first for spelling then again for definition.

To the OP: I know the feeling. Sometimes it's hard not to lose focus when you look around at your peers and feel like they've accomplished a lot more at your age. A professor once told me to just work hard and stop worrying about it. All the wasted energy spent comparing yourself to others could be spent getting stuff done for yourself. If possible, try and turn into a positive motivator.

 

[Dragoon42]

dude...don't be such a pansy man...wtf? "oh no everyone is growing up faster than i am, i'm going to be a loser" stfu and do something about it, quit your crying. AT LEAST YOU CAN GO TO SCHOOL.


INGRATE!!!!

 

[aswedc]

If it's not ok to be in school for 6 years, I guess I better kill my plans to work as a TA and get my masters degree. Hell, I'm cutting it pretty close at my 5 year plan to finish undergraduate, but maybe that's because I'm getting two degrees. Buddy, maybe someone should explain to you how a loan works for school. It's a loan. i.e. YOU PAY IT BACK, plus interest, once you becom a "contributing member of society." You should probably look up this word "leech" before you accuse someone of doing it, first for spelling then again for definition.

Hey look, the spelling nazi is calling me a grump :roll:

Maybe someone should explain to you the purpose of an education loan. It's not so you can spend as long as you want enjoying college. It's so people who can't afford college can go.

I'm sure the not so fortunate are happy you could spend five years in school and get your two degrees, while because of over borrowing their yearly limit for federal stafford loans is $3,500 as a dependent undergraduate - barely enough to cover the cheapest of public schools.

Not to mention that two bachelors degrees will never pay off financially, and you've cost yourself dozens of thousands of dollars in extra loans, interest, and lost income...I hope it was worth it!

PS. Unless you're engineering or science, you shouldn't even be in school for four years. I finished in under three, and that was taking summer breaks too!

Edit PPS. I actually don't care that much. It's your life, do what you want. It's just that my roommate is a complete bum that doesn't have a high school diploma, won't get a GED, and barely pays rent while going into debt with me and my other roommate for food and bills. It pisses me off

 

[AmdEmAll]

It's ok, im 22 and just finally got my AA degree. I have no clue on what to do for a BA degree. It seems like all of my friends just got their 4 year degrees and they are my age. They all know what they are doing for careers or have good jobs already. I don't even have a job and have no worthwhile experience. Oh yeah and ive never had a gf. Life ****** blows

 

[Dave332]

dude, just take a minute and relax. Consider what's actually important to you. If you died right now, how much would it concern you? I don't mean to ask that to inspire you to kill yourself or do anything else stupid like that - rather, be encouraged. If you have millions of dollars and sleep with 10,000 women by the time you're 40 and live 'til the ripe old age of 80, it will matter exactly as much as if you kick off right now. So take a while to figure out what it is you want out of life. Maybe try helping people or something. I can't tell you what exactly. Maybe you're alread on whatever path you want to be on. If so, then don't sweat it. In 20 years, none of this will matter at all.

 

[MBrown]

I turn 20 feb20th. I so don't want to turn 20.