It’s a rare moment when I’m particularly interested in anyone but myself (well … perhaps not. But you know) and I thought I’d take advantage of it by asking what everyone wants to do with their lives. Obviously some people don’t have the next 60 years planned out but what do you want to do as far as you’ve thought? Most people are at a fairly critical stage in their life, and for most it’s the first time you really have to decide stuff, so I just was interested to know.
this seriously is what i plan on doing. finishing 6th form, taking atleast a year out, going to uni, then either pro-paintballer or i’ll end up wasting my life doing something i hate. i did want to be an author but i’m too lazy to write a whole book.
er…generally sort out a-level aspect of life and stop procrastinating…go on to do a decent, enjoyable course at uni such as english at sussex or (in my dreams) exeter…get an enjoyable, well paid job…marry at some point…get some kids and raise them well…feel contentment at the end of my life. a little vague, yes but i’m working on it.
on a slightly less realistic note…become an astronaut…be a world famous poet…an artist…a photographer…have the voice of whoever sings the third verse of ‘‘emotions’’ by destiny’s child…learn to see which colours clash with which BEFORE buying the garment…reduce the size of my knees…find the perfect dress for the leavers’ ball…get all As at AS level…have people jealous of me…have curly hair. :s
Damn! Posting’s addictive isn’t it? I really have to do my geography now! But quickly, I seem to share the short term ambitions of most people who have replied. Try to get through these {expletive deleted} As levels and A levels with my sanity in tact, then take a much needed Gap year to go and teach English in a remote corner of the world, hopefully evolve a bit as a person, then off to Uni to see if it’s really as great as everyone tells me it is. But there ends my life plans. But I guess being happy would be up there along with rich, famous and successful of course
Olly
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In exams the foolish ask questions that the wise can not answer - Oscar Wilde
[This message has been edited by Olly (edited 07 January 2002).]
As one who has come through the whole A level process alive (just about) I feel it is my duty to pass on my experience.
I unlike my darling brother was not blessed in the brains department (or couldnt be bothered to revise possibly more accurate) and so come results day was rather concerned to see that I didnt get the grades I needed to get into uni.I went into slight panic mode and thought ‘what the hell am I going to do with my life?’.I went to the UCAS handbook (i’m sure you know it well) and looked for something vaguely related to what I wanted to do (primary teaching) that only needed one A Level (my brother at this moment may pretend we’re not related as I know you lot are all a clever bunch.)I found an HND in Early Childhood Studies and after an hour on the phone had a place.Two years later I graduated (cap and gown the lot) and this time got in uni which is where I am now.
So to sum up dont worry if things dont always go to plan, it may be the best thing that happens to you.If I can get in anyone can and I wish you all the best of luck!
go blakey, go blakey! hehe. hmm… i want to be head of IMG classical music artists (it’s unlikely)… or, even better, run my own record label or something like that. obviously, my planned politics degree is reeeally going to help me :S hm… i’m still working on it, yes.
Ive had a pretty horrible time for about the last 5 years or so.
Last year i got myself mentally and emotionally sorted out.
This year i am getting myself financially sorted out.
At the end of this year, i will have considerably less debts, and my flat will be mostly done up.
I will then take out a small loan to finish the flat.
I will then sell the flat, and pay off all my debts.
I will then take a few thousand pounds of the large amount that will be left and fuck off to australia and new zealand for a few months (i have citizenship) and sit on my arse, having the time of my life, doing whatever i feel liek with no ties, resonsibilities or obligations.
During the course of those months i shall do alot of thinking, and decide how im going to write the next chapter of my life.
I shall then return to this country older, wiser, with a killer tan, a clear idea of where im going and what im doing, and a heap of money from the flat behind me to do it with.
My plans for the future are simple. I want to be so rich that I don’t have to worry about showing up at any job (even if that means I must bust my ass extrememly hard for the next 12 years). Then I could travel the world, write sci-fi, raise my kids MYSELF, and help lay the foundation for a reformation for the sub-concious (i.e. The Mental Revolution) so that humanity doesn’t blow itself up. All while building a big corporation and making my message board somewhat appealing.
I want to continue doing my PhD for another 2 and a half years in electrical engineering and finish up my thesis contributing something very substantial to my research field. Then I will take my band and conquer the world, achieving 10 number one albums in a row, hehe. Seriously though, I want to then do some research overseas for about a year, come back and settle into a lecturing position somewhere, marry my girlfriend, have kids and spend the rest of my life learning, teaching and thinking.
For starters, I want to finish college and get a job in computer networking. After that, I may buy some repiar manuals, tools, and a beat up car or two. I would experiment with the manuals and see if I could teach myself some mechanical skills.
In the long run, I will continue to study Marxism, and hopefully write some Marxist books someday. I also hope to fall in love and have a few children as well.
Finish university (politics) then hopefully someone will immediately offer me a job to stay in the university and write papers or something (I’d be a terrible lecturer). Then I earn enough money to buy a house, move to some remote part of Norway or some like cold place and never have to deal with anyone ever again.
immediate future:
buy a house some time next year.
learn to make wine
buy a telescope
refinance my jeep
long term goals:
have enough income generating assets that i no longer need to work. i hope to achieve this before im 40. once i have all the spare time i want, maybe travel, write, continue to teach.
im currently 26, a senior developer and an adjunct professor of computer science. while i do find computer science fascinating i originally chose it as a profession because i found that it had the greatest potential for income with the least formal training required (i got in at 20 right before the dotcom bubble burst). and that continues to be true. at this point im at the very cusp of 6 figures and have just mailed out my very last student loan payment.
short term:
go to school lots.
finish electrical engineering/programming
learn networking
learn to play piano
learn some sort of computer art
maybe study some political science/philosophy/history
probably some business and law
hopefully travel more
then hopefully get a job that pays me mo money
afterwards long term and somewhat unrealistic would be to open my own theme based school and have a town evolve around it that is the peak of civilization. that would be my goal in life if it wasnt so expensive.
