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analog · 03-23-2006, 02:11 AM

I went to college for a little over 2 years, wanting to do computer programming. Finally, the same thing happened as you- interest waned, attendance slowed, grades slipped. It's very ok to rethink your future, especially while it's so early. People of all ages rethink their direction.

I wanted desperately to get a good job and just work on my writing. After dropping out of college, I worked and tried to do my writing. As a manager in a cellular phone store, I found the money didn't make up for the job, and the stress of the job kept me from writing, because I hated being stuck in my job. It was still retail, it was not what I wanted my life to be about.

I finally decided I needed to go back to school, to get a degree in something I WANTED to do, would feel happy doing. Well, now i'm back in school this semester, taking care of a few loose classes, and I start my Paramedic program on May 9th.

It's something I really want to do, I'll have a college degree, and it will be decent money. The thing is, for me, even if I spend the rest of my life writing, i'll still have a degree, and a good career- and if I never sell one thing I write, I'll still be proud of the things I've done and the choice I made to finish school with some degree.

So just go find out where your real passions are, and do that. I, also, thought about being a doctor at one time, but I decided I needed something faster, more involved, more intense. I guess you can figure out how I came to decide on being a Paramedic from there.

03-23-2006, 02:11 AM	#20 (permalink)
analog Banned	I went to college for a little over 2 years, wanting to do computer programming. Finally, the same thing happened as you- interest waned, attendance slowed, grades slipped. It's very ok to rethink your future, especially while it's so early. People of all ages rethink their direction. I wanted desperately to get a good job and just work on my writing. After dropping out of college, I worked and tried to do my writing. As a manager in a cellular phone store, I found the money didn't make up for the job, and the stress of the job kept me from writing, because I hated being stuck in my job. It was still retail, it was not what I wanted my life to be about. I finally decided I needed to go back to school, to get a degree in something I WANTED to do, would feel happy doing. Well, now i'm back in school this semester, taking care of a few loose classes, and I start my Paramedic program on May 9th. It's something I really want to do, I'll have a college degree, and it will be decent money. The thing is, for me, even if I spend the rest of my life writing, i'll still have a degree, and a good career- and if I never sell one thing I write, I'll still be proud of the things I've done and the choice I made to finish school with some degree. So just go find out where your real passions are, and do that. I, also, thought about being a doctor at one time, but I decided I needed something faster, more involved, more intense. I guess you can figure out how I came to decide on being a Paramedic from there.