Lost about the rest of your life

Bahr · #1 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 01:39 AM

Im 18, work a full time job in landscaping. Going to collage for law enforcement. But I dont know what im goin to do when I get out. Have no idea where im going to go. Dont even know where I want to go. Ive just been easin through life. I like to know the answers to everything. I want to know exactly what im going to do, but its not working out that way. Any of ya'll feel the same?

Sorry, ment to put this in general discussion.

Steve_TPF · #2 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 12:33 PM

So you're going to college to study law enforcement, but you have no idea what to do when you get out?

For starters, law enforcement is itself a viable career option. For seconds, your degree/diploma (whatever it's called) will take a few years. Time for you to consider your options and what you want out of life.

College is typically a time when young people experiment and discover who they are and what they want from life. I wouldn't stress about "not having all the answers" now. You're young. Enjoy it. You have a plan for the next few years and that's all you need for now. Besides, even if you did have a plan now, it might very well change by the time you finish your course. I hate to sound like a parent here, but sometimes parents are right. Believe it or not, they were your age once, and faced similar choices.

Do I feel the same way? A little. Dropped out of university at 20 (no interest), took an apprenticeship and I currently make a decent living as a tradesman. Right now I'm focussed on buying a house (shows what happens when you get older), but I do have the beginnings of a plan after that. I'm thinking of studying a law degree. It's something I'm interested in and will expand my opportunities.

Like I said, don't stress. If I've got options at the age of 34, you have nothing to worry about. As long as you actually do something, be it work or study, you'll be gaining experience.

Bahr · #3 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 02:22 PM

Ive only got a few more classes till I get mi diploma. Then Im gettin my degree with will only be a few more classes. My problem is, is that I dont think law enforcement will be hard enough. I make my living swinging a pick ax and sledge hammer all day. And I love it, but it just dont pay enough. I thought law enforcement would be good for me because im pretty well built and theres not many people who can run faster or stronger than me so I thought I would be good catching bad guys. Wgat I really want to do is be a game warden or work for anything to do with wild life, but right now theres no career in that where im from because state funds cant afford any new people. They havent been able to for a while. As long as im outside im happy. Ive though about just taking a knife and bow in living in the woods. But taxes fuck that plan up. Gotta pay em sooner or later. Im also looking for my own place.

Shepherd · #4 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 03:06 PM

Bahr,

Being a LEO is hard work, but if you really want tough, join the military. I've a nephew who is a grunt in ht eUSMC, and his life is tough! His pack weighs over 65 lbs., and as a mortarman, he has to carry the barrel of an 81 mm mortar. I'm not sure of the weight, but he sure is! They run several times a week, and are currently in the Nevada desert in training. He's served one tour in Iraq, and on his way to Afghanistan soon. But in reality, you need to sit down and figure out what you really want. Crud-boss, gotta go!

Bahr · #5 (**permalink**) 10-05-2009, 03:28 PM

Yeah ive thought about going in the military. But some of my views dont agree with that. Its just not for me.

blank stare · #6 (**permalink**) 10-06-2009, 03:39 PM

I've recently learned that there are more job opportunities out there(even in this economy) than I thought.
I was tired of working in factories, tired of manual labor, tired of not getting paid for the amount of work that I did. So I decided to put in applications completely outside my field. I am now dispatching semi trucks. It's a lot better pay, better hours, and I like working in an office a lot better than a factory.
Maybe you could do what I did - try something new and see if you like it. Just don't quit one job until you are sure of the other one.

needzhelp · #7 (**permalink**) 10-10-2009, 05:47 PM

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Yeah ive thought about going in the military. But some of my views dont agree with that. Its just not for me.

I would join the marines corps(if you live in Georgia usa not the country of georgia), you dont have to be a grunt if you dont like the idea of killing or getting possibly killed, but i would be a grunt (more action).

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.
-Ronald Reagan, President of the United States; 1985

Bahr · #8 (**permalink**) 10-11-2009, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by needzhelp

I would join the marines corps(if you live in Georgia usa not the country of georgia), you dont have to be a grunt if you dont like the idea of killing or getting possibly killed, but i would be a grunt (more action).

Im not worried about killing or gettin killed. True I'd prefer to not get killed. Its I dont agree with some of the wars and the way shits run nowads. Im not anti-war. Im anti dumbass desisions.

needzhelp · #9 (**permalink**) 10-21-2009, 12:53 AM

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Its I dont agree with some of the wars and the way shits run nowads.

marines dont care about anything but getting the mission done whatever the propose may be.

Stephen Doubt · #10 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 11:31 AM

Bahr, I understand you totally.

When I entered University, I was training to be a nurse. But I don't want to do that all of my life. So I considered becoming a Psychotherapist as well, because I enjoy psychology, the brain and helping people solve their issues. But the classes I'd have to take were many, and I was not interested in reading High School level books. Because at my Uni, that's what we basically have. High School Level books.

Then I thought, I could be a dermatologist. But I also wish to be a healer. And I'm writing a novel, so there's so much you can do.

But Bahr, what I suggest you do is stroll around the library and pick up a few books, sit down, read them. Or take a few more classes, of random subjects. This is something that University or College was built for. Not for going straight into a degree, but feeling around, touchinig your roots on different ideas and seeing what you like, what makes your mind light up.

But there are lots of things you can do as a profession while being outdoors, which I commend you for, as you'll probably be getting a lot of exercise. I know I'd enjoy a job like that too.

ilovetoblowthingsup · #11 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 05:52 PM

Wow steve. You're still here, good to know that the older members are around.

bloodlusta · #12 (**permalink**) 11-16-2009, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by needzhelp

marines dont care about anything but getting the mission done whatever the propose may be.

Well that shows how bright they are then doesn't it? tell me are you in the core or do you know people there? Or are you just basing these 'facts' on what you have seen on American enlistment ads and American war films? Trust me talking to older soldiers, in combat you are shitting yourself and the whole idea of 'action' goes right out the window, and you just want to get you and the guy next to you out alive. And these were hardened NZSAS who do the jobs that are too high risk for the American Delta force telling me this.

The American idea of 'the marines' as these ultra tough super soldiers who have unwavering detrimantion and only enlisted because they love america hu ra. Is just a marketing tool to try get young people without too much between the ears to enlist.