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I'm thinking of dropping out of college and starting an apprenticeship

ifeelabreeze · 2021-04-12 13:27:36

I've known for a long time college isn't for me. But I've seriously tried sticking it out for the sake of the time and money I've spent on it up to now. I can't see myself getting a degree and even if I was to it wouldn't be a very good one. In terms of careers after the fact, I don't fancy a 9-5 desk job. It's taken me…

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#52 22-04-2021 8:02pm

bobmalooka

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It’s very hard to know what path to follow.

I don’t know if I have any advice that will help you with your career choices but I do think you could do with some perspective.

The vast vast vast majority of successful people have had to grind it out through the crap. Things aren’t just easy for them - most of teen they pushed harder though the crap than their peers.

The **** hot lawyers didn’t just walk into court - they spent years up to their eyes in paper work, writing letters, filling forms for 14 hours a day.

The partners in the big accounting firms all did their busy seasons, chasing confirms, ticking and bashing till 2am for 4 months of the year.

The consultants in your local hospital didn’t walk in dishing out sage words to the interns - they’ve done the night shifts, the 60 hour weeks,

All of them would have spent time doing things they didn’t like or weren’t good at - sometimes you just have to get it done.

My point is - it kind of reads like you expect things to always go your way and if they don’t it means that it’s not the right path and ultimately worth pushing through.

Everything worth pursuing will have challenges - so logically being challenged doesn’t mean what you’re doing isn’t worth doing

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