Twenty Somethings

Well, starting with this coming check, I get vacation time. First time I ever had a job that gave me paid vacation time. I think I'll be getting a raise too, but I'm not entirely sure yet.

Meanwhile, I am hoping I am getting ever-so-close to a better paying job. Of course, that'd mean I'd lose the paid time off, unless I still worked there a couple times a week, provided I get 40 hour job I'm hoping more to get than the other job that would guarantee great pay. That, or I can just stick it out and work at this job for another 2 years and then I could simply get a free or almost free education.

Anyways, I got home like a few hours ago... I haven't had much sleep since I got off work cause I had to go back in 2 hours later for a meeting. I'll be hitting the hay in a minute and getting some sleep. Hope all is well!
 
hey... have been on a short trip to some closeby towns and a national park... am back now...
 
Mmmm, for me, the school year just started and it sucks already. :( Seriously, if I get out of college w/o any neuroses, I'll be seriously amazed.
 
College is stressful I have a test in all my classes in the course of 4 school days. I know I have to start a paper soon and get ready for another paper. They should be easy only being about 4-5 pages each.
 
You are lucky, Muna. I haven't been on Lit in the past few days. Been busy with life. Seems wierd to come back on here now.
 
BXGemini20 said:
College is stressful I have a test in all my classes in the course of 4 school days. I know I have to start a paper soon and get ready for another paper. They should be easy only being about 4-5 pages each.

Imagine how LESS stressful it will be for me when I finally sit down and decide what I want to do with the rest of my life career-wise and actually focus on the classes for the degree.

Dad once told me to only work because I want to work and not because I have to. Well, right now I am working because I have to work. Soon as I figure out what I want to do with my life, then I'll work because I want to work.

I want to be a writer, play video games all day, and at the same time I have always wanted to be a cop, but unfortunately, I can't do field work. So.. I was thinking of looking into other areas of law enforcement such as law, CSI labwork, etc... and I have to say I would really enjoy CSI type work more than being a lawyer. I'm gonna try to look at a few degree programs in CSI related work and see what I like... otherwise, I'll just go back to focusing on being a full-time writer and take the courses to become one in both a professional and personal (books, novels, etc) status.

Hope all is well so far. Laters!
 
Well, it seems dead right now. Anyhow, my birthday was October 17th. I turned 23. That's the good part. The bad part is that 2 days later, I got fired from my job. I got really sick that night a few hours before my shift started, that the next morning, my eyes had blood in them.

Despite the fact I got fired, I've actually never been feeling great. I can sleep fine now. It's great!

I've already been applying for jobs, but in the meantime I've been working on my drawing and writing skills and enjoying the 13 days of Halloween scary movie marathon the Sci Fi channel has going on.
 
hey... sorry you got fired... but well, considering the job was (according to what you posted here) not that great anyway, it might be a good chance for something better...
 
Haven't been over here in awhile. Seems the topic id dead. I guess twentysomethings are rare on Lit these days.
 
Well I am twentysomething, I know I have just been busy with school and work so I am not able to come on Lit that often.
Nice to meet some other people close to my age though.
 
Yeah, I feel great I'm not working there anymore cause of the boredom, but I got to thinking for some time now and I was wondering, what if I'm going to get bored at all my jobs, no matter where I work?? What if no job is going to be good enough? I mean, I've always asked to do other things because I like to be able to learn to do other things so I won't be bored, which by the way I don't tell them I'm bored cause that wouldn't be good. Perhaps I'm bored because I'm not able to be at my full potential.

I dunno. I had a job interview this afternoon. I think I did well. I just hate job interviews. I never know what to say or what they're going to ask me. True, the whole point is to be prepared, but even when I am prepared, I still don't know what to say.

Not to mention, I need to get me a good paying job soon. One I can afford to rent an apartment and pay my debts at the same time. Cause apparently, I've got another 2 years before my step-dad kicks me out of the house. I thought about going to a college where I lived at a dormitory, but it's the whole deal with financial aid. Parents income, not enough money, the loans which I feel I'll never pay off, etc. If I keep at low-paying jobs till after I'm 24, I'm sure I can start raking in the free government money I can get ahold of, but something tells me I don't want to be waiting that long to get away.

Anyways, I've got a headache... gonna go to bed early tonight.
 
I'm starting to not care how old anybody is when they come into this discussion board. I mean except for the fact that if you ain't old enough to be here, then you shouldn't be here. I don't mean if you're not 20somethings. I'm talking if you're a minor (age 17 and below).

Just face it, age is a number. It's just a statistic of our lives that tells us how long we have been around. It makes us wonder how long do we have left to live, and of course the obvious, we gotta start watching what we eat, do, say, participate in, etc... In simpler words, it's just another part of stress that gets to us.

In other news... I think I'm going to REALLY go back to college and get a degree. HOWEVER, despite the ignorance of some people, how the hell am I supposed to study and take care of my debts as it is? I have to pay off my car for another 2 years, guaranteeing a job when I'm on breaks from college won't help me out any and I certainly cannot get scholarships and loans big enough to help me w/ the education, let alone knowing whether or not I will be able to pay them off AFTER I get the degree. I'm going nuts just thinking about it. And before you think about it or say it, here's another thought: My PARENTS can't help me/won't help me. My dad's dead. I think I wasted that free money at the wrong college. My mom doesn't have a job right now and she's having trouble finding one. My step-dad doesn't want to have anything to do with paying for my education, but he just wants me to get my ass out of the house.

So there you have it, my ranting self at it's near finest. Thank you and goodnight.
 
my post was mostly a jest

but I've got a similar problem
I might not pass my course
they throw to much work to fast
I'm normaly a really fast learning but I'm totaly overwhelmed with my workload to the point I can't even finish all of it
I'm hoping I can finish two more projects and I should have a chance at passing
my family is helping as much as they can, but being 20k in debt is hard to dig out of if you only have a partial cert...
so I hear ya buddy
I might be in a boat right beside you in a couple weeks..
 
and now i lost my job. well not yet, but i was told i can only stay there until the end of the year...
 
I forgot, did you get a new job, or are you still working at a hotel, Munachi?

Anyways, it looks like I may have a job come Wednesday. If I do have a job, I'm going to dedicate myself to making sure that I save up whatever money I can and at the same time, pay off my current debts. I hear if I go back to college, I can keep from paying those debts until after I graduate. However, I think if I start paying them off while I'm ahead, I may not be so much into debt when I'm done.

Of course, I do need money for when I go to California before Xmas this year. I must go. I've been planning it all and I need to finally play that plan out ASAP. We'll just have to see how everything goes from Wednesday on up.

I hope all goes well for everyone. I guess the best thing to do is to keep our chins up and keep walking forward.
 
wish I could be as happy about it as you hun
to much work to little time >.<
to many things that go wrong
 
SO whats on topic this evening. I'm new so I'll go by the first question; There's nothing like being in your twenties. Downfall is the begining of REAL responsibilities. But to look this way, feel this way, did i mention look this way, and being here at the age of exploration. You can't ask for more.
 
I'm actually really happy where I am at this point in my life as weird as it sounds. I enjoy my jobs, I enjoy my apartment, I enjoy being able to travel.
Im enjoying life while I'm still alive.
 
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