Re: Summer Is Gettin' Away

Posted by Billy NY on July 29, 2008 at 03:35:55 from (64.12.117.74):

In Reply to: Re: Summer Is Gettin' Away posted by Lanse on July 28, 2008 at 18:07:42:

Here's my take on it;

What you do right now, sets the stage for the remainder of your life, which is still quite the long haul, a lot longer than your school years. college included.

The reality of this is, what you do now and in your late teens-early 20's will absolutely make the difference in the quality of life you live later on. Trust me on this, I lived it already, and it ain't getting any easier today. Once those years are gone, they're gone.

In as much as many of us did not like school, distracted by other things, and it's real easy at your age, you have to realize the sacrifice of these distractions, stay focused, embrace your current job, which is school, and do your best to get as good as grades as you can, because it helps open doors later on. At your age you should be testing the waters and make a serious attempt at figuring out what you would like to pursue later in life, 99% of the people I know who had this focus were very successul in life, be it sports/athletics, business/career etc. Getting things done early can be the springboard that gives you strong momentum for success, being behind is nothing but misery. Not everyone knows what they want to do, and this is normal, but not something you want to sit back and ignore either, the more you do now to figure these things out, the easier it will be later.

It's fair to say that a college education provides no guarantee, especially today, however by doing the best you can in school now, will help provide more options at the collegiate level, if you figure out a career or something you want to pursue, you already have that solid foundation, ( hence working to keep those grades acceptable now, vs. having to do make up work later to meet the requirements of a college you may want to attend later ), a lot of people attend community colleges ( and there are some great ones ) to better their grades, cause they did not get it done in high school.

Once you have that education, no one can take it from you, it's work just like any job, but it's short in duration in comparison to the big picture. It provides a solid foundation to work off of, pursue a career you would like, and strategically plan to get the valuable job experience you need to build a solid resume, that along with a good work ethic, and postive attitude, will carry you a long way in life, it all starts right where you are now. You'll have all kinds of distractions, don't mean you can't enjoy some of them either, but when it's time to work, you work, stay focused and get the tasks at hand done everytime, the other things in life will always be there, but not nearly as important as the work you do in your own behalf, only you can do this work and you have to make the conscious decision to do it. Squeaking by, riding coat tails so to speak, may get you through, but that is all it will do.

Why do I write this, well maybe it will help you avoid ending up at a dead end job, which you may hate 100x worse than school, it took a few crummy jobs for me to realize it was high time to get that college education, and work at something that will build a solid resume, it paid off, by the time I was 28 I was making over $50,000 and a few years later, I was over six figures, prior to that move I made, the outlook was dismal, dead end low pay jobs. About the only jobs that paid were construction, unionized vocational, factory or trade jobs, driving truck, some decent jobs out there, but hard to get one, unless you knew someone, like many fathers did for their sons, got them in the construction trades, teamsters, or similar. Even UPS paid a lot better than most jobs, that and state jobs were about it. Nothing wrong with any of these situations if it makes you happy, but if you want more and don't have the credentials, it sets the stage for misery, add a wife and kids to that, oofla, just not good if you know what I mean, there are a lot of people ahead of you by just a few years, that are starting to find these things out on their own, good to have that inside information now !

One other thing, never screw up your finances and or credit, and regardless of whatever you do, and keep a clean record across the board, it keeps doors open, vs closing them, one misguided step, one wrong move, so many times fueled by haste, your peers and many other things, good to remember to always think first, it could save or make a huge difference in your life.

Well you've probably heard all this crap before anyway, and I'm really not one to lecture, just reflecting back a little to help out, there is a lot of truth to it, the older you get the more you realize it, now heck, with school back in a few weeks, best get back to enjoying summer now, have a good one !

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