So then... what's the moral of the story for a 17 year old such as I? Marry early, get your degree, and stay out of debt? Is that the plan?
So far it's been pretty decent... at 24 I'm still working on my BS, but I'm about to buy my first house (89K, ironically, it's the house I grew up in... 
), and I have a great job with good benefits...
Dave
), and I have a great job with good benefits...Dave
I feel like I could be having a lot more fun with my 20's (damn I hate depression) But at least I will have some good things to look back on
Here's my 20's, in a nut shell:
1) Quit college, partied too much
2) worked for a while
3) went back to college
4) had a couple cool jobs before and after graduation
5) owned some cool cars
6) got my GF pregnant
7) bought 1st house ($65K shack)
7) had the greatest son in the world
8) got married
9) started my own business
10) moved, bought 2nd house ($171K)
11) went to work for GM
Here's my 20's, in a nut shell:
1) Quit college, partied too much
2) worked for a while
3) went back to college
4) had a couple cool jobs before and after graduation
5) owned some cool cars
6) got my GF pregnant
7) bought 1st house ($65K shack)
7) had the greatest son in the world
8) got married
9) started my own business
10) moved, bought 2nd house ($171K)
11) went to work for GM
I'm almost 21...I feel like I've wasted about the last 5 years of my life.
But that could just because I've been chasing the same girl for nearly 4 years with no hope, and she is shall we say "experienced" (about 5 years, versus my virginity).
I've also been such a reclusive shut in. And just in the last 6 months or so I've started to realize that having a social life is good (with real flesh and blood people, not just online people).
But that could just because I've been chasing the same girl for nearly 4 years with no hope, and she is shall we say "experienced" (about 5 years, versus my virginity
).I've also been such a reclusive shut in. And just in the last 6 months or so I've started to realize that having a social life is good (with real flesh and blood people, not just online people).
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<< So then... what's the moral of the story for a 17 year old such as I? Marry early, get your degree, and stay out of debt? Is that the plan? >>
The moral is don't get to the end of your twenties and say "shiat I wasted my twenties".
<< So then... what's the moral of the story for a 17 year old such as I? Marry early, get your degree, and stay out of debt? Is that the plan? >>
The moral is don't get to the end of your twenties and say "shiat I wasted my twenties".
cherrytwist, I've got you beat by a day
My 20's faded into memories on June 09, 2001. However, I don't have too many regrets. Passing up on a threesome... (dumbdumbdumb. I can't believe how stoopid I was when I was a virgin.) I regret the times I didn't have the balls to say Hi or whatever to some ppl. Other than that, I lived to the best of my abilities.
I've put in time w/ UPS, Burlington Northern & Keytronic
I've got a degree in Asian Studies
I've travelled to China, Tibet, Thailand, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Japan, Korea, Canada & Mexico.
I met many many fantastic people and feel lucky to consider them my friends still. I've lived through things that should've killed me and seen things that boggled my mind.
I've spent my last 3 years at home taking care of my father, who recently passed away in April. If nothing else, that was the most important thing that I can say that I've done in my twenties.
If I died right now, I can say that I have lived a full life. The regrets I have are few & far inbetween. And they are regrets that don't mean a lot. The true things with meaning I've done my best to achieve or at least tried.
If my 30s are 1/2 as good as my 20s, I'm in for a heckuva ride. I can honestly say that I'm looking forward to it. I look back and shudder to think of how naieve I was. Yet, at that time, I didn't feel that way. In another 10 years, doing a retrospective, I'm sure I'll wonder why I didn't have a single brain cell attributed to me when I was 30. LOL.
Living and learning is a great thing.
My 20's faded into memories on June 09, 2001. However, I don't have too many regrets. Passing up on a threesome... (dumbdumbdumb. I can't believe how stoopid I was when I was a virgin.) I regret the times I didn't have the balls to say Hi or whatever to some ppl. Other than that, I lived to the best of my abilities.
I've put in time w/ UPS, Burlington Northern & Keytronic
I've got a degree in Asian Studies
I've travelled to China, Tibet, Thailand, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Japan, Korea, Canada & Mexico.
I met many many fantastic people and feel lucky to consider them my friends still. I've lived through things that should've killed me and seen things that boggled my mind.
I've spent my last 3 years at home taking care of my father, who recently passed away in April. If nothing else, that was the most important thing that I can say that I've done in my twenties.
If I died right now, I can say that I have lived a full life. The regrets I have are few & far inbetween. And they are regrets that don't mean a lot. The true things with meaning I've done my best to achieve or at least tried.
If my 30s are 1/2 as good as my 20s, I'm in for a heckuva ride. I can honestly say that I'm looking forward to it. I look back and shudder to think of how naieve I was. Yet, at that time, I didn't feel that way. In another 10 years, doing a retrospective, I'm sure I'll wonder why I didn't have a single brain cell attributed to me when I was 30. LOL.
Living and learning is a great thing.
i think ppl in their 20's who are waisting it don't even know it...I'm 19...and I know that I'm doing better than some/most people, but I still feel like crap
Tibor
Tibor
I'm 27 and yes I've waisted my 20's and a good portion of my teens too!
Moral of the story is not simply graduate from college, get married, buy a house, and have a kid. The moral is to not waste your life screwing around wondering about what could be or what was, but instead, to strive and accomplish your goals in life no matter what they may be. Use the time you have wisely, for you never know when you time is at an end.
Moral of the story is not simply graduate from college, get married, buy a house, and have a kid. The moral is to not waste your life screwing around wondering about what could be or what was, but instead, to strive and accomplish your goals in life no matter what they may be. Use the time you have wisely, for you never know when you time is at an end.
My 20's are long gone....I started (and just about finished) my first career (EMS) then...got AS, then BS.... (after dropping out of school--good parties!)..managed to find my wife & marry her...bought house...got first child. No, wait, he didn't show until 30.5. Darn.
I wouldn't say I wasted my 20's, but I sure took the.. ummm.. "scenic" route to get many things accomplished.
--Woodie
I wouldn't say I wasted my 20's, but I sure took the.. ummm.. "scenic" route to get many things accomplished.
--Woodie
<< Use the time you have wisely, for you never know when you time is at an end. >>
Yeah, I figured that part out by now. One of my best friends died at 16 in a car accident last month. Not a day goes by without me thinking about it. Nothing is taken for granted.
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