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Is life what you expected?

LegacyUser

Hey, I was sitting at home with the folks the other night, watching some random "expert helps family become normal" type show, and I realised I was completely, utterly bored.
Not just bored with the show, but bored with EVERYTHING!
As a child, I imagined that by the time I hit my 20's I would have my own house, nice car, a high flying media career and a non stop party lifestyle.
I was totally 'anti 9-5', and 'anti office' and swore that I would never indulge in the mundane.

Now, of course, I realise how unrealistic I was.

I work 9-5, in an office, media seems to be but a distant memory, I don't have my own house, I live with my parents, I have a 95 suzuki swift, and as for a non stop party life style, ha, if once a week trip into Q bar, or the likes, counts as a non stop party lifestyle, then woohoo, my life is party central.

Now with all that said, I still have a fun existence, I have plenty of friends, and I happen to really like the people who I work with.

I am also aware that only I have the power to change my lifestyle, but my point is, how far removed the reality is from the childhood fantasies.

So what about you guys? Did you dream of being a space man, only to wind up a sales man?

Did you girls dream of being pampered in the finest beauty salons, only to end up working in them?

If you are in a similar position to myself, would you have the balls to pack it all in and chase that dream?

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um7y1h83ge06nx

sillysausage wrote:

Ah I don't have itchy feet, not really, its probably just because this is my first job since graduating college, and the move from college life, to 'normal' life has been a bit of a bumpy ride

That sounds like me! 22 and I finished college last May. The transition is a bit strange indeed, especially considering I enjoyed college to the max. Saying that I still kinda do. I go out most student nights and have a laugh with friends still in college

Eventually though i'll have to grow up and be a bit more sensible!

Demetrius

Things havent turned out the way I expected at all. Im in a course I hate and yet cant think of anything I would like to do. I used to have such high expectations of what life would be like when I was "grown up". Life hasnt become any better or any worse. But I suppose it comes down to what sort of person you are.

daiixi

Life isn't what I expected at all. I thought by 25 I'd be earning heaps of money, own my own house, probably married etc etc. I thought I'd be way more together than I am!!!

However I left school and spent a year at uni doing a course I hated so I quit and spent two years bumming around and partying way too much. (had a lot of fun though!)

I then packed in the party 24/7 life and I've spent the past (almost) four years travelling and living in foreign countries and I've never had to ask my family to help me out of a sticky situation along the way. **touch wood**

I have picked myself up a decent "career" along the way and by the time I get home I hope that I'll have enough money for a house deposit and will have travelled over most of the world.

So while life isn't what I expected, I'm pretty happy with where I am and where life is going.

jaggeh

if life was what you expected what would be the point in living other than fulfilling prophecy.

blahblah06

Tony Danza wrote:

The parents are loaded, yeah?

i wish mate. did it all myself.

Kojak

ronoc wrote:

I am a pessimist. I am never disappointed

Me too.

slightlycrazy

Nah i never get my hopes up about nething always leads to disappointment and trouble...

Seems to be the trend so far neway..

ST*

I'm actually more of an optimist. I believe you can make things happen if you are determined enough- within reason.

I'm getting to do something now, that I wanted to do years ago - but life threw a couple of obstacles in the way.

It makes you a stronger person if you can fight off anything that gets in your way IMO.

toffeapple

sillysausage wrote:

Hey, I was sitting at home with the folks the other night, watching some random "expert helps family become normal" type show, and I realised I was completely, utterly bored.
Not just bored with the show, but bored with EVERYTHING!
As a child, I imagined that by the time I hit my 20's I would have my own house, nice car, a high flying media career and a non stop party lifestyle.
I was totally 'anti 9-5', and 'anti office' and swore that I would never indulge in the mundane.

Now, of course, I realise how unrealistic I was.

I work 9-5, in an office, media seems to be but a distant memory, I don't have my own house, I live with my parents, I have a 95 suzuki swift, and as for a non stop party life style, ha, if once a week trip into Q bar, or the likes, counts as a non stop party lifestyle, then woohoo, my life is party central.

Now with all that said, I still have a fun existence, I have plenty of friends, and I happen to really like the people who I work with.

I am also aware that only I have the power to change my lifestyle, but my point is, how far removed the reality is from the childhood fantasies.

So what about you guys? Did you dream of being a space man, only to wind up a sales man?

Did you girls dream of being pampered in the finest beauty salons, only to end up working in them?

If you are in a similar position to myself, would you have the balls to pack it all in and chase that dream?

f**k that you can do what ever you want at any age you just need something to go after....you should head off to OZ or south america get in adventures n sh*t...will open your eyes and give you goals

toffeapple

blahblah06 wrote:

personally im happy the way mine has turned out bar a few mistake that will haunt me. im 20 have my own house and my own 06 car and a decent enough job. overall id say im happy

so f*king what!! these things can be got anytime...your youth is for adventure and discovery not be wasted counting material goods...i cant believe your 20 years old and "happy with how your life turned out" what life you havent even started living yet your probably only 1/4 way through

sobriquet

sillysausage wrote:

If you are in a similar position to myself, would you have the balls to pack it all in and chase that dream?

Yep, in the process of doing so. Handed in my notice last week. I'm a programmer by trade, and I love coding, but I can't stand working behind a desk for all the poxy day. My favourite parts of the day are the morning and evening commute on my bike, and the gym at lunch.

No idea what I'm going to do though. Only plan is to travel for a few months from about march. After that, haven't a notion. Open question then: I have no ties to location and no debt, and I've saved a bit. What would ye do in this position?

Mind you, I'm amazed at the number of people around my age (23, 24, 25) who've gotten mortgages and cars. Only thing I would want either for is a car to go travelling - a van might be handy to carry my bikes. Each to their own I suppose.

toffeapple

A good programmer will get work anywhere in the world..the world is your oyster...australia is a good place to start as its not to different apart from the weather which is savage needless to say speak same language and there is work there...i was in a postion to buy a house when i was 24...but i said f**k it and i legged to austraila had a blast( i had spent 2 years travvelling around germany and holland when i was younger so i knew how to look after myself) there is so much to see in the world ireland is only a dot

jrey1981

toffeapple wrote:

your youth is for adventure and discovery not be wasted counting material goods...i cant believe your 20 years old and "happy with how your life turned out" what life you havent even started living yet your probably only 1/4 way through

I think you have a point.

And it does take balls to go travelling or whatever, but then again some people would say it takes a certain amount of courage to commit to a mortgage and to have to be at work every day to pay it all off...

toffeapple

yeah it takes a certain amount of discipline but the OP was bored with life ...hardly think a mortage is gonna set her knickers on fire

BoozyBabe

Yea, but maybe her own place which the mortgage would allow her to have will give her bf the chance to set her knickers on fire!!!!

LegacyUser

BoozyBabe wrote:

Yea, but maybe her own place which the mortgage would allow her to have will give her bf the chance to set her knickers on fire!!!!

Are you trying to get me sacked? I just spat my water out all over my desk! Ha ha ha, actually laughed out loud!:D

sobriquet

toffeapple wrote:

A good programmer will get work anywhere [...]

Sounds promising, Oz and all that, but I'm taking the 'pack it in' gig a little further - I'm giving up computers too. Try a few different things, see what sticks. No idea what I'll end up doing tbh.

Dunno how practical this idea is, but that's the plan. Fúck it, can't hurt to try.

BoozyBabe

sillysausage wrote:

Are you trying to get me sacked? I just spat my water out all over my desk! Ha ha ha, actually laughed out loud!:D

Cool!

I couldn't resist, it was itching to be said!!

toffeapple

BoozyBabe wrote:

Yea, but maybe her own place which the mortgage would allow her to have will give her bf the chance to set her knickers on fire!!!! [/QUOTE

Her boyfriend could travell with her and set her knickers on fire in a different location evry week...exotic waterfalls...sunsets on empty beachs...the list goes on

toffeapple

sobriquet wrote:

Sounds promising, Oz and all that, but I'm taking the 'pack it in' gig a little further - I'm giving up computers too. Try a few different things, see what sticks. No idea what I'll end up doing tbh.

Dunno how practical this idea is, but that's the plan. Fúck it, can't hurt to try.

thats the spirit!!! life is for living..people didnt have the oppertunities we have years ago we should be taking them...Irish people are welcomed all over the world (apart from bondi where they seem to make pigs of themselfs)

joejoem

Retire by 40 - 45 is the plan. Move to a sunny place and live the rich hippy lifestyle. Ohhhh yeah

Jimi-Spandex

Most depressing thread ever tbh.

Tar.Aldarion

Well my eyesight stopped me from being an astronaut, big disappointment.
Apart from that, life is as crap as I had imagined with sprinkles of great times, as I imagined.
Oh and girls suck, I was right!

Gilgamesh

never excpected anything from life tbh.
but I do have to say I am still enjoying where it is going

rainbow kirby

Well when I was younger, I imagined that at 21 I'd have moved out, I'd have my own car, I'd be *almost* finished college... I'd be either going on to a PhD after finishing my degree or getting a high-paying job... and I'd have a fantastic boyfriend.
Well none of that is happening right now... College has taken a slightly tangled path to this point, I still live at home

and I can't drive

... and I'm horribly single. Not fair.
But still... everything's going relatively well at the moment, but it's not how I thought things would turn out.

BoozyBabe

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Oh and girls suck, I was right!

& some even swallow!!

toffeapple

BoozyBabe wrote:

& some even swallow!!

like your stlye...I never heard so much wHingeing from the others...what plie of steaming tramps vomit.. ..."my life didnt turn out they way i thought booo hoooooo blah blah.....no ones does thats the fun of it.....Im probably 5 years older or more( i turned 30 last week) but i feel like im from a completely different generation..." i dont have a car or a boyfriend" SO FU*KING WHAT LIFE IS A PIECE OF SH*T SOMETIMES GET ON WITH IT AND GET WHAT YOU CAN

Tar.Aldarion

BoozyBabe wrote:

& some even swallow!!

So I hear.

azezil

toffeapple wrote:

( i turned 30 last week)

huh, figured you for an angry teen.

But as someone else mentioned already, I'm really surprised how many people in their early to mid 20's have mortages! While I do think rent is a major drain and dead money, I wouldn't like to get tied down to a mortgage just yet, maybe its the result of my unpredicatble personality, my moods and attitudes change more often than the tides, never know what i'm going to be doing next... but I really don't like to be tied down.

joejoem

toffeapple wrote:

like your stlye...I never heard so much wHingeing from the others...what plie of steaming tramps vomit.. ..."my life didnt turn out they way i thought booo hoooooo blah blah.....no ones does thats the fun of it.....Im probably 5 years older or more( i turned 30 last week) but i feel like im from a completely different generation..." i dont have a car or a boyfriend" SO FU*KING WHAT LIFE IS A PIECE OF SH*T SOMETIMES GET ON WITH IT AND GET WHAT YOU CAN

:mad:

here here. Life is what you make it. I love life. I complain alot but I love life. If you want something then just focus on it and you will get it. Whatever you want in life is achievable, you just have to focus, and set realistic goals. One step at a time (as cliched as it is) is the only way.