Wrong place wrong time

anniehoo

Its not a PI i swear but dya ever feel like you're just in the wrong place in life?

Im Miss Average (work away with the AH jokes on this);). I have a grand job, home,friends....grand life tbh. I have the everyday money/relationship/work issues that most people i talk to have. I work,i worry about the future, i party, i stress about the big things and the little things but sometimes feel i should be doin something totally different than what im at now.

Is it just me or are you totally content with your lot? What would you change?*

*winning the euromillions and setting up your own country isnt an option

AlmightyCushion

Not totally content but I have a lot of fun and I'm saving a bit of money as well so that has me happy. I'm gonna be looking for a new job soon or heading back to college (haven't decided yet) so there'll be a bit of flux and stress there but it'll work itself out after a while.

minidazzler

I am in totally the wrong place but I am much too afraid to go for what I really want.

Crackerspray

You have it good by the look of it! I had the option three years ago to go to Paris and audition for a modeling career which was already in the bag, I was in college and listened to my parents who told me to stick with the books and I'd do much better in life. Three years, two stone, and countless dole cheques later.... living in my partners parents house and another 5 years of college ahead of me..... I think if only I had gone to France I wouldn't be here!

Sharpshooter

After going through the school of hard knocks I would say now "Bring it on"

I wish it hadn't happened, but in a way, I'm glad it did.

So yes, I'm in a happy place.

fh041205

minidazzler wrote: »

I am in totally the wrong place but I am much too afraid to go for what I really want.

I'm a bit like this too. My advice (not that anyone wants it but however) would be to do alot of the things that make you happy. For me thats Drogheda united and irish music (apart from relationships etc. which can me messy sometimes). Thats the kind of stuff thats always there and that I will always love, even if everything else in my life is crumbling to bits.

minidazzler

Crackerspray wrote: »

You have it good by the look of it! I had the option three years ago to go to Paris and audition for a modeling career which was already in the bag, I was in college and listened to my parents who told me to stick with the books and I'd do much better in life. Three years, two stone, and countless dole cheques later.... living in my partners parents house and another 5 years of college ahead of me..... I think if only I had gone to France I wouldn't be here!

Your parents owe you a ****eload!!! However, it's your fault for listening to them. Not like they are perfect. They can make their own mistakes, don't let them have a hand in yours.

fifth

You know things could always be a lot worse - but I think everyone always looks to improve their situation no matter what it is. I like to say that I want my quality of life to improve each year and it's measured by salary, or health improvements or something like that.

Because this is AH I suppose I should add Atari jaguar, ftw etc..

jester77

Meh, I just take things as they come. Worrying and stressing solves nothing and only makes things worse so I can never understand why people do that. If you mess up, so be it, just get on with it!

Poor Uncle Tom

It's nice to get out of your comfort zone every now and then even if it's just to show how good you really have things.

Take some time out, go to some overseas aid charity for a month.

bronte

I'm in that really weird stage where I've taken some huge risks to make a dream of mine come true, and it's still in the process of paying off. :eek:
There are some days where I think 'Just take the safe route you mad eejit'
That'd be no fun though. :pac:

anti chris-t

fh041205 wrote: »

I'm a bit like this too. My advice (not that anyone wants it but however) would be to do alot of the things that make you happy. For me thats Drogheda united and irish music (apart from relationships etc. which can me messy sometimes). Thats the kind of stuff thats always there and that I will always love, even if everything else in my life is crumbling to bits.

Good advice. Are you going up to oriel tomorrow night to watch the lilly whites beat drogheda?

Im also in a job im not sure how i got involved with however im moving to canada in the new year so that'll gimme a chance to do something different.

stovelid

anniehoo wrote: »

Im Miss Average (work away with the AH jokes on this);). I have a grand job, home,friends....grand life tbh. I have the everyday money/relationship/work issues that most people i talk to have. I work,i worry about the future, i party, i stress about the big things and the little things but sometimes feel i should be doin something totally different than what im at now.

Sounds like the prelude to an article about a serial killer?

Pop's Diner

Dya ever see that movie Taxi Driver? Well I'm pretty much like that guy (except for profession that is). So yes things could probably be better.

wudangclan

Pop's Diner wrote: »

Dya ever see that movie Taxi Driver? Well I'm pretty much like that guy (except for profession that is). So yes things could probably be better.

you talking to me?

An Fear Aniar

Pop's Diner wrote: »

Dya ever see that movie Taxi Driver? Well I'm pretty much like that guy (except for profession that is). So yes things could probably be better.

Waiting for a real rain to come?

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Pop's Diner

wudangclan wrote: »

you talking to me?

No, you're not the only one here.

Pop's Diner

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

Waiting for a real rain to come?

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I am. There's a lot of rain in this city, but unfortunately there's also a lot of scum.

fh041205

anti chris-t wrote: »

Good advice. Are you going up to oriel tomorrow night to watch the lilly whites beat drogheda?

Im also in a job im not sure how i got involved with however im moving to canada in the new year so that'll gimme a chance to do something different.

Thanks. Wouldn't miss it for the world. However, you might want to steer clear if thats the result your expecting:p. One defeat in 7 games, we're on form. And we might have a new centre-back called dmitri.

mandysmithers

minidazzler wrote: »

Your parents owe you a ****eload!!! However, it's your fault for listening to them. Not like they are perfect. They can make their own mistakes, don't let them have a hand in yours.

I wouldn't think her parents owe her anything! If she's still in college and has years ahead of her it's because she must be doing an phD or studying something medicine, and either can lead to a good life (depends what you do with your phD I suppose). Or else she's failed a few times, and had to repeat - which isn't her parent's fault either.

She put the 2 stone on herself, not her parents, and as for the dole cheques....up until a few months ago, there were plenty of jobs for students.

Pop's Diner

mandysmithers wrote: »

I wouldn't think her parents owe her anything! If she's still in college and has years ahead of her it's because she must be doing an phD or studying something medicine, and either can lead to a good life (depends what you do with your phD I suppose). Or else she's failed a few times, and had to repeat - which isn't her parent's fault either.

She put the 2 stone on herself, not her parents, and as for the dole cheques....up until a few months ago, there were plenty of jobs for students.

Yeah but she could study for a Phd anytime. The opportunity of modelling may have been a once in a lifetime opportunity that was also tied to her being a particular age. As such it was something she could never get again.

I know if I had a kid and he/she wanted to do something that involved them dropping everything and going now (eg a sportsplayer/musician/model/artist etc) then I'd certainly encourage them to give it a try (even if it ended in failure , as most do).

Doing exams and such seems like the most important thing in the world at the time but looking back they're really aren't and I think young people should be made more aware of this.