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Living college life has always been a dream of mine and entering the mid 20's I can feel it slipping away. I just finished a degree in education in Australia but only really did so for the sake of finishing a degree. I knew half way through the degree that teaching children isn't what I saw myself doing long-term (Not enough interaction with the real world and especially women) but it's still nice to hold that qualification, especially if I can use it as a means to travel the world. Anyway, I feel as if I wasted my university years being unsociable and disregarding clear signs of interest from girls. I don't think I slept with one girl from uni in my 4 years there, although I was still going out on weekends with a couple of high school mates and doing some damage there. Living off-campus at home with my parents in a small city didn't help the situation. I feel like I still want that lifestyle and want to do the whole experience again now that I'm older and wiser but maybe moving to another city and living on campus this time around, getting a part-time job in a bar or something and travelling during non-teaching periods. I have a few fears:
1) Not fitting in with the majority 18-20 year old population and the same thing happening again
2) Building a debt beyond control, still not knowing 100% what I want to do with my life.
3) Potentially wasting my mid 20's studying when I could be making/saving some cash (even if I'm doing something I dislike)
Keep in mind, this is Australian university I am talking about. We don't have the college experience here, especially in smaller cities/towns, as most students go to their classes then head home. If you live on campus, there's obviously still a social aspect to it but nothing like the frats, clubs, sporting events of US college culture.
Ideally, I would want to move to the US and go to a huge party school to get it out of my system but that would cost a substantial amount of money which I couldn't even dream of having at my disposal in the near future. Unless any Aussies know a sure-fire way to go down the exchange student route?
I feel as if I'm stuck in both my career and my life. While most people my age are developing careers, or at least have a solid job, and beginning to partner up, planning to buy a house etc all I can think about is partying, travelling and living my youth while it's still there. Call me immature but I just don't see the point in spending your whole 20's/30's working your ass off to conform to the expectations of society. I'm happy with minimal as long as I have the freedom to enjoy myself.
Any similar experiences or advice?
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Living college life has always been a dream of mine and entering the mid 20's I can feel it slipping away. I just finished a degree in education in Australia but only really did so for the sake of finishing a degree. I knew half way through the degree that teaching children isn't what I saw myself doing long-term (Not enough interaction with the real world and especially women) but it's still nice to hold that qualification, especially if I can use it as a means to travel the world. Anyway, I feel as if I wasted my university years being unsociable and disregarding clear signs of interest from girls. I don't think I slept with one girl from uni in my 4 years there, although I was still going out on weekends with a couple of high school mates and doing some damage there. Living off-campus at home with my parents in a small city didn't help the situation. I feel like I still want that lifestyle and want to do the whole experience again now that I'm older and wiser but maybe moving to another city and living on campus this time around, getting a part-time job in a bar or something and travelling during non-teaching periods. I have a few fears:
1) Not fitting in with the majority 18-20 year old population and the same thing happening again
2) Building a debt beyond control, still not knowing 100% what I want to do with my life.
3) Potentially wasting my mid 20's studying when I could be making/saving some cash (even if I'm doing something I dislike)
Keep in mind, this is Australian university I am talking about. We don't have the college experience here, especially in smaller cities/towns, as most students go to their classes then head home. If you live on campus, there's obviously still a social aspect to it but nothing like the frats, clubs, sporting events of US college culture.
Ideally, I would want to move to the US and go to a huge party school to get it out of my system but that would cost a substantial amount of money which I couldn't even dream of having at my disposal in the near future. Unless any Aussies know a sure-fire way to go down the exchange student route?
I feel as if I'm stuck in both my career and my life. While most people my age are developing careers, or at least have a solid job, and beginning to partner up, planning to buy a house etc all I can think about is partying, travelling and living my youth while it's still there. Call me immature but I just don't see the point in spending your whole 20's/30's working your ass off to conform to the expectations of society. I'm happy with minimal as long as I have the freedom to enjoy myself.
Any similar experiences or advice?