I think the first mistake is trying to make a life choice at 14-18. You dont know shit at that age. Drop out of college and bum around until you reach 30 then get a shit job and go to Uni.

Do drugs, but nothing hardcore. Coke/heroin/meth/LSD/ecstasy - all wrong. Stick with the herb, the ganja Goddess does you no harm.

Remember - during your time out from education, live life. Enjoy it, become spiritual, good, moral and wholesome. Develop some of your own ideas, develop your mind soul and body. Go in to the woods for a few weeks until you go insane. Have fun, enjoy. But remember, when you get older you will know your path in life. Then pick the time to start on the right path with qualifications, networking for employment etc

You'll never regret doing this, I promise!

your parents give better advice than your friends (for the most part). i wish i would have realized this a long time ago-- it would've made my life a lot easier if i just listened to them.

oh jesus fuck my shrink gave me a book by this guy.

That is such bullshit.

When you're 15 years old, isolated in the middle of nowhere texas, homeschooled with no friends, all you have time for is resentment with an array of other emotions because THERES NOTHING TO DO OR MOVE ON OR UP TO.


OK IM RANTING NOW.

sorry.

Listen to yourself. Don't let other people influence you when you know you're right. My college didn't "feel right" when I visited -- I hated the vibe I got here -- but it was perfect on paper and my mom managed to convince me I just hadn't gotten an accurate picture of the campus, which made sense, because it was just an honors program day. But guess who was right? And guess who is looking at graduating $50k in debt when she could have gone to almost any school on scholarship because she picked the wrong one first? I find my own intuition to be much more reliable than other people's logic. Listen to it.

Don't play the "As soon as...I'll be happy" game with yourself. Everyone does it. As soon as I get a boyfriend, get out of this town, graduate, lose weight, etc. Because that individual thing happening is not going to make you happy if you're not already, and you're just going to fuck up something that could enhance your life because your expectations for it were too high, and wasting time when you could have been happy because you were waiting on something to happen that may never come to pass.

Not mine. In the past year I've had to learn to stop listening to them. They mean well and they love me but they just don't know what's best for me. I think we just have personality clashes and they can't get inside my head enough to comprehend why I need to do certain things.