quarterlife crisis

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[LMY]

I feel your pain. It sucks having skills but not to know what to do with them or not finding something to use them for. I'm 26 and lately I've been trying to tell myself that I'm still young, lots of things are going to happen in my life still. Don't they say that a person will go thru on average 5 different career changes? I'm not sure if that conforting or not! ;P

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Coming up to thirty, I can speak from short, but intense, experience when I say that I don't think it's ever gonna be smooth, no matter what you plan. And that's not necessarily a bad thing - it's like comparing a drive a long straight stretch thru the Canadian priaries vs. an unguided African safari. Do you want comfort or do you want adventure? The best thing you can do is discover what you like to do and keep doing it (trite, but true). If you don't know what you like, experiment - keeps things interesting. Before coming to the Czech Republic 5 years ago I was a civil engineering grad who loathed my profession. Came here to teach English, ended up doing so for 4 years. Got every shade of the blues, went through numerous varieties of crises. And still had no idea what to do with myself. I got out of teaching finally, did some bartending, some translating, and other odd jobs until settling into the dot-com thing, following the trend right up to the VC pullout. After a couple of months in some dumbass data-entry job, I finally got something more secure, more direction-giving in PR. And every job I've had in the Czech Republic has been a job in which I had no experience. Job requirements sometimes look imposing on paper, but it's just a matter of learning the vocabulary and the stars of whatever industry you're looking into and you can pretty much blague your way into whatever it is you want to do. Ah, but, but, but. . . I still don't know what I really want to do - but I've learned to enjoy all that uncertainty. Brood if you have to brood, think and drink and think too much if need be, but don't miss any of this - enjoy your choices coz decisions are dull (but never final). Best of luck to both of you.

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<strong>psychology and women's studies</strong><p>
Are you for real ? The world is screaming out for IT talent and you took this course ? Are you nuts ? If you do ANY further study, make damn sure it is in a MARKETABLE subject. Sure you may hate your job, but you will be pulling in $100K plus, so you won't care. Money can and does buy happiness. Simple as that.

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Hey Smitten,
I completely hear you man, and I think it is cool you have had so much experience in the world. I am currently doing the job thing,..and I like the job, but I hate the lifestyle....graduating from college two years ago, I thought "now I am ready to go out and enjoy this place they call the world....first I'll get a full time impress-your-friends job"...whoops big mistake. I work my tail off with no time for friends or anything else for that matter...its a commute here to there, its getting home, getting some grub and getting ready for work again ...the bills keep on coming and I cant get ahead of the curve...yup, I just became my pops...now the truth of the matter is I reall,y want more leisure time....so I should take a leap of faith and take time to do what I want to do...as I think we all should....