Quote Originally Posted by Skrappie
I read this post because thats what i felt like when i woke up this morning. Death, I got a stomach virus, and feel like shit.

that sucks, i hope you feel better soon. are you cleaning out your system?

anyway, I understand what you are saying, but everyday is progress to another, if you decide to take it as such. Otherwise you are just living one of those 20,000 days in idle.

yeah, this is exactly how i view it. but what if you had only 14,000 days. Either way, some days i feel that the things i am doing that day in order to secure the future, is not progressing to where i want to be at the end of my life. AND what if it is as soon as 14,000 days

Pay attention and absorb the information in every class. You never know when a silly bit of class with help you in the future. I've been suprised by how much 'useless information' i have used on jobs and in conversation. learn learn learn.

i take this comment, toungue in cheek. i feel the education system deletes alot of knowledge from discussion intentionally. i am forced to memorize and regurgitate cherrypicked history while struggling to finding my own truth about this world through self-education.

Take every interaction with anyone you meet as serious as you can. This is just like class, except this class will allow you to learn how other people work and think. This class doent give you any credits, but will allow you to navagate in any social enviorment better then ever(work, school, bars, whatever) plus you never know what someone could say to you that can spark a total change in direction for your life.
Remember you have the power to change your life at anysecond. You are who you are because of your enviorment, you are who you are tomorrow because you can decide to be. When you have an idea, lets say working out daily, you can acomplish that idea if you really decide to. Society and culture are both prisions. Although you may be trapped in a rat race, your mind is still free as long as you allow it to be.

blackdog, in what ways do you want to change your life?
1. take a break from college
2. move to another country (south america, maybe europe)
3. work and/or invest money in real estate
4. throughout this time^^ work for social issues in the country i am living in
5. hopefully in 1-3 years i will have saved enough money.. and will be generating income from the real estate to purchase either more land/housing
6. if i cannot purchase more housing, the rent money from the real estate along w/ a part time job and savings will be able to support me while i finish my last 2 years of business school
7. after business school, i want to work for gov't institutions and/or grassroots organizations to achieve social justice in the part of the world i am living in and upon that

basically, i just feel like i need a break from school to learn about myself and the world. but i get loans from the government and if i get outta school for 6 months or more, I have to start paying them, holding back my funds for investing. not to mention the idea of me taking a break from college would be very unpleasing to my parents and my mom, who helps me w/ some of my school bills would not help me out if i did this.... i have things to look forward to with the road i'm headed but i don't know if this is the best decision for how i could be spending my DAYs