So what now?

So many of you are off to university this September I can imagine, and if you got into your preferred university on your desired course I think you owe yourself a pat on the back. 

University has always been a massive toss up for me, I don't have the best attention span/confidence so instead of trying and giving it ago, I just put it off. 

I think you need to find your neesh in life before you go getting yourself into thousands of pounds worth of dept, am I right? 

Its massive, especially over in the UK and other parts of the world to complete your A Levels and venture on into higher education. I think it's expected in most families now a days, and especially when you meet somebody new for the first time, more than likely one of their questions is going to be 'so what're you studying?'. 

There's a lot of pressure on the teens in our society these days unfortunately and I feel like university is something forced and pressured upon most rather than desired and wanted. 

Let's be honest with each other for a moment, we all have a reasonable opinion on why most teens go to university these days! The social life, duhhh!  

How many students across the UK leaving university with a degree of some sort go on to achieve their 'dream job' or something which ties in with their degree? 

Hmm.. Tough one! 

I'm 20 years old, I've studied a lot in my short 20 years and I've had more 'dreams' than you've had hot dinners. Each year since about 2005 the thought of my desired career has changed. My subject choices changed, my college courses were completed but I'd go back the following year and pick something else completely different. I started to think my family are thinking I'm just taking the p*** and I'm faffing around, and not achieving very much. 

- I'll hand it to them, that's partly true. At 20 it's only just dawned on me in the past few months what I want to do for the rest of my life, where I want to go and which career is the one I want to work my socks off to achieve. 

If you're not going to university this September don't beat yourself up, some people take a while longer to figure out their future, university isn't the be all and end all - just remember that. 

I don't believe in rushing into anything purely because it's expected. 

I believe if you aren't sure, don't jump. Take that time to figure out what you're really looking for, some of you may not want to go to university at all and shock horror - that's okay too. 

Your friends, family, cats or dogs, even the goldfish in the tank at the corner of your room should support you (hopefully) no matter what you decide to do with your life. 

You can't live your life to please others, otherwise you're never going to please yourself. 

Thank you for reading my short post, I promise more content will be coming - I've just had writers block over the past week (don't shoot me!). 

Take care my loves! 

TTFN 

xxx 

Going with the flow

So, what do you want to do with your life? 

Don't you hate that question? I sure as hell do and the reason I do is because I haven't got the first clue. I envy those people who know where they want their life to go, what university they want to go to and their 'dream job'.

I wanted to study law, I've always had an interest in it; I wanted to be a human rights lawyer, so I started the path I needed to take to get me to where I needed to be and all of a sudden I lost interest - I still have an interest in being a lawyer but the thought of 4 years of university plus being sponsored by a firm afterwards, then actually getting a job out of it all just seemed.. Tiring to me. Some would probably say lazy, but I think if you start losing interest before you've even properly began then it's probably not for you. Don't get me wrong I'm all for determination and pushing yourself but if it just seems like a ball ache and you're having doubts about it, I'd rethink. 

- See that's the problem with today's society, everyone should go to university or you won't make anything of yourself! My secondary school drummed that in to our heads, you need this and you must have this and if you do want to make something of yourself you must go to university.. Hmm pile of bollox. 

So there I was back at square one, I'm qualified in media, SGI and photography at A level entry, and yet none of them 'subjects' even begin to entice me into a career. 

I started working full time at a bar, the pay wasn't terrible; wasn't brilliant either but it got me from A-B with some Pitt stops in between, no problem. 

However do I want to be pouring pints for the rest of my life? No thanks. Not that I think there is a 'problem' with that job or that it's beneath me, I just have no passion for being there and I'd like to think I could challenge myself into something more intellectual.

I decided the beginning of this year that I don't know where my life is going to go, I have no real set career goal in mind. There are things I do want to dabble in and I'm pretty sure I want to do journalism but for now that seems a long shot! 

Travel - that is all I have in mind at the moment, I want to see the world. I want to help the less fortunate and ride an elephant. Dip my toes in the pasific ocean and visit the Hollywood sign; climb to the top of the Empire State and go on a boat trip through Tai land! 

Big dream huh, to see the world? I think if you want something enough you'll make sure it happens, I might be stuck in a minimum wage job right now but if I work hard enough and put the hours in I will make enough money to get to where I want to be. 

I'm bored of the UK, any one else feeling that? It's time to explore, pick up a ruck sack and set off - so hopefully 2015 will be my year. I maybe lost right now but I'm hoping I'll go and find myself; far far away ;) 

So what's your dream? Are you under pressure to go to university? Are you one of those lucky ones who knows what they want and won't stop until they get it? Well if you are I'm majorly jealous! 

Until next time 

TTFN :)