Do you plan on/do you live a conventional life?

Thomas · Aug 25, 2010

It's pretty conventional, except for the parts that aren't.

BigPoppa · Aug 26, 2010

Joined the military as a teen.
Had a kid as a teen.
Raised kid working crap jobs for crap pay.
Now play poker on the internet for more than I've ever made at a real job.

So, no

Superfluous Man · Aug 26, 2010

Are you the BigPoppa from 2+2?

Nouveau Pauvre · Aug 26, 2010

I couldn't even if I tried.

whiteslashasian · Aug 26, 2010

I post on SF...you tell me.

Infrasonic · Aug 26, 2010

Dakota rube · Aug 26, 2010

A word from the old guy:

Just when you think you've got things on some sort of track, something's going to pop up and send you back to the drawing board. Enjoy every day for what it is, and don't get all hung up on ****.

Wodin · Aug 27, 2010

I did 5 years in the military to pay for college, then got out and got a "real" job. I'm hoping to do the get married, have kids, and live happily ever after thing.

acidboy · Aug 27, 2010

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

A word from the old guy:

Just when you think you've got things on some sort of track, something's going to pop up and send you back to the drawing board. Enjoy every day for what it is, and don't get all hung up on ****.

word.

even if she owns a liquor store.

ConcernedParent · Aug 27, 2010

Man I study more than I party. My life is going to be a conventional cliche.

ektaylor · Aug 27, 2010

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

Man I study more than I party. My life is going to be a conventional cliche.

Not really. Most people party more than they study and end up in some terrible position (i.e., married with kids and working some insurance salesman job) by age 30. Ignore females in favor of your GPA. Law schools don't give a **** who you've slept with (the good ones anyway).

globetrotter · Aug 27, 2010

I spent a good chunk of my life trying hard not to lead a conventional life, and I guess I achieved about as unconventional as life as is possible. then, one day, it wasn't a goal any more, or anything that I really cared about. now my life is mostly conventional, aside from parts - I don't spend my money on the things that many people do (crappy car, don't own any real estate) and travel a lot, have a lot of great experiences. but aside from that, my present life is relativly conventional

Brosef · Aug 27, 2010

Originally Posted by Dakota rube

A word from the old guy:

Just when you think you've got things on some sort of track, something's going to pop up and send you back to the drawing board. Enjoy every day for what it is, and don't get all hung up on ****.
Man that **** scares the hell out of me. I'm scared to see all my efforts ruined.

Originally Posted by ConcernedParent

Man I study more than I party. My life is going to be a conventional cliche.
Same here bro. All my friends keep going out all the time and I wake up in the morning to go to class and study alone @ a library or a cafÃ

until midnight.

Originally Posted by globetrotter

I spent a good chunk of my life trying hard not to lead a conventional life, and I guess I achieved about as unconventional as life as is possible. then, one day, it wasn't a goal any more, or anything that I really cared about. now my life is mostly conventional, aside from parts - I don't spend my money on the things that many people do (crappy car, don't own any real estate) and travel a lot, have a lot of great experiences. but aside from that, my present life is relativly conventional

Yeah. But at least you had your moments - I didn't and probably won't. I'm scared I'll regret that later in life.

tagutcow · Aug 27, 2010

Originally Posted by ektaylor

Not really. Most people party more than they study and end up in some terrible position (i.e., married with kids and working some insurance salesman job) by age 30. Ignore females in favor of your GPA. Law schools don't give a **** who you've slept with (the good ones anyway).

An insurance salesman who is married with children isn't a lowly station in life by any reasonable standard.

The fact that you mention "law school" indicates to me that you aren't criticizing it from a bohemian/rebel/artist angle.

So I respond to your comment with puzzlement.

ConcernedParent · Aug 27, 2010

Originally Posted by Brosef

Man that **** scares the hell out of me. I'm scared to see all my efforts ruined.

Same here bro. All my friends keep going out all the time and I wake up in the morning to go to class and study alone @ a library or a cafÃ

until midnight.

Yeah. But at least you had your moments - I didn't and probably won't. I'm scared I'll regret that later in life.

Amen. After a long study session, walking back from the bookstore/cafe/library/whatever alone, in the dark, when the initial euphoria of productivity wears off there is just this sinking, almost depressive feeling that washes over you like "Did I really envision spending my 'best' years like this?" "Is this worth it?" "What am I really doing?" "What is the meaning of what I am doing?"

No wonder why I'm a philosophy major.

Originally Posted by ektaylor

Not really. Most people party more than they study and end up in some terrible position (i.e., married with kids and working some insurance salesman job) by age 30. Ignore females in favor of your GPA. Law schools don't give a **** who you've slept with (the good ones anyway).

Honestly, the occasional female that enters my life is the only thing that's probably keeping me together. I don't enjoy studying so hard and don't really know why I do it- I don't know what will really make me happy in the long run and I just go down this path because I've been told all my life that it will.

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