Did you know what to do with your life? (26 soon)

whatsamsn · 12-01-2011 06:03PM #1

Just curious to see what most peoples thoughts are. Did you know what to do with your life by a certain age (say mid 20s in this case)? or do you still have no clue?

Im 26 in two weeks. Don't know what to do with my life. In fact, never did anything with my life. Feel like I have no life experiences. Feel like im in one big rut. Social life has taken a hit big time. Not working... bah. Stupid rut :P

Wouldnt mind hearing from other people

enlighten me boards!

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 12-01-2011 06:05PM

I've a fair idea of what I want to do, I'm 16.

Sanjuro · 12-01-2011 06:05PM

There's only one answer to your problems- killing spree.

Call Me Jimmy · 12-01-2011 06:05PM

24. No idea... drugs?

Kiera · 12-01-2011 06:06PM

I'm 31 and still dont know what i'm doing. I must be doing something right tho as i'm very happy with my life right now.

mikom · 12-01-2011 06:07PM

Don't over-think it too much.
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

galah · 12-01-2011 06:08PM

hate to say it, but I knew since I was 13 what I wanted to do career-wise and have been following that ever since. Almost 20 years later - still love my job, still in the same career, still happy out.

Didn't know I was going to end up in this country (although my school yearbook already mentioned 'emigrating to Ireland' but that was more some sort of hippie response to all the guys who wanted to be bankers), but hey that's life.

RedXIV · 12-01-2011 06:08PM

23, got a kid, it all made sense after that...
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I need to build a fully functioning house of lego.....

It will be .......colorful

kfallon · 12-01-2011 06:09PM

**** planning!

I'm happy as I am right now tbh

endurodave · 12-01-2011 06:09PM

pick something and stick at it its not that difficult

chin_grin · 12-01-2011 06:10PM

Why are you spending most of your waking time thinking about what you want to do instead of actually doing them?

Just come to the realisation that everything is new. Knowledge and experiences. You can do a nightcourse, have a fitness regime, read more. Get involved in local events\charities etc.

scientific1982 · 12-01-2011 06:11PM

baz2009 wrote: »

I've a fair idea of what I want to do, I'm 16.

I had a fair idea when I was 16 too. Funnily enough it worked out nothing like I planned.

Up-n-atom! · 12-01-2011 06:12PM

I'm 26 right now, 27 this year (yikes!) and still no concrete idea...am jobless too at the moment, am sure that isn't helping my confidence! Tbh I don't think this is that uncommon, but I do feel that all my friends seem to be going places and know what they want and I'm just drifting along...eek!

NothingMan · 12-01-2011 06:12PM

Wandered through school pretty half arsed and got into a very general engineering media course for college. Went for a basic tech support job after my exams and got the job, been doing IT ever since and slowly gathering more experience. I'm pretty happy with my chosen path now.

I've travelled extensively around Europe and I want to do the world before I settle and have some kids with a hot would be milf. Generally just be happy, continue to travel, eat drink and be happy.

I'm 25 and that's enough of a plan for me.

candy-gal1 · 12-01-2011 06:14PM

Il be 25 this year and Theres a few things i want before i get there :

Get a good job.
Get my passport.
Get a good lot of savings, not loads but a comfortable sum for a rainy day.
Checkup, as my VHI runs out then.
get to my "perfect" weight as deigned by ww, only have a few pounds to go but their the hardest.
See what that laser treatment is like, not the eye surgery though :eek:
Go to a festival, yes iv never been.
Go on hols with the bf.:)

alwaysadub · 12-01-2011 06:15PM

I'm 31 and still haven't got a notion. I had a better life plan when i was 16 than i do now!

AnonoBoy · 12-01-2011 06:17PM

baz2009 wrote: »

I've a fair idea of what I want to do, I'm 16.

Getting the ride isn't a life plan.

candy-gal1 wrote: »

Get my passport.

That's not exactly a life goal now is it or even something that belongs on a New Year's resolutions list? That's more like an item off a to-do list. It's just a case of filling out a few forms.

SONIC2008 · 12-01-2011 06:18PM

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 16. Ten years on, i'm wasting the years away! Luckily I got my degree and masters, but cannot get work anywhere. Would love to go travelling but can't afford to. Social life has also suffered. I'll survive :cool:

Jaxxy · 12-01-2011 06:19PM

I'm 27 next month and I don't have a clue either. I never did and I've long accepted I probably never will because I have the attention span of a gnat and to be completely honest I'm not at all bothered. As long as I'm happy, content and enjoying myself, that other stuff doesn't really matter to me.

mikom · 12-01-2011 06:20PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

That's not exactly a life goal now is it? That's more like an item off a to-do list. It's just a case of filling out a few forms.

She's Isreali.

Novella · 12-01-2011 06:20PM

I always thought it was really important to have plans for the future and to know what you wanna do career-wise forever and ever etc., but tbh now I think it means fuck all. You can make as many plans as you want, but life is that thing that is going on when you're too busy trying to get somewhere else. I'm 21, and yeah, I know what career I want 'cause I've wanted it since I can remember but I know it isn't the be all and end all either. Maybe some day I'll get there, maybe I'll wake up next week and change my mind. Knowing, not knowing, it doesn't matter. Just take each day as it comes.

candy-gal1 · 12-01-2011 06:22PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Getting the ride isn't a life plan.

That's not exactly a life goal now is it? That's more like an item off a to-do list. It's just a case of filling out a few forms.

I know but its been on my list for so long it seems like a plan.:)

cc-offe · 12-01-2011 06:28PM

RedXIV wrote: »

23, got a kid, it all made sense after that...

Where did you get it?

NoDice · 12-01-2011 06:31PM

Kiera wrote: »

I'm 31 and still dont know what i'm doing. I must be doing something right tho as i'm very happy with my life right now.

Off topic but I never imagined you to be over 30. I really imagined you to be early to mid twenties. I felt the need to share that with you...... You also have on a Rolling Stones tshirt... (I really hope I'm not the only one who has an image in place for boardsies....)

On topic: I love the idea of this thread. I had a fair idea of what I was going to do at 16 too. I'm not 16 anymore and I'm definitely not on par with my 16 year old plan. Haven't travelled, left college early, not in the job I ever imagined myself to be in - people I knew from school actually don't believe me when I tell them. I found relationships changed my plans a lot.

TheresaT · 12-01-2011 06:32PM

I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life until I woke up one morning (aged 24)and just knew.
It was like divine inspiration

I'm on my way to achieving it but who knows.......
I could wake up tomorrow and decide on something different

kowloon · 12-01-2011 06:37PM

I was once sat in a doctors office getting some bad news, nice place with a green behind it.
A squirrel started running around in some leaves just outside the window of the office.
I think what really destroyed the solemnity of the moment was when I stood up, pointed out the window and excitedly shouted 'LOOK!! A Squirrel!' and started giggling.
It was on the way home it dawned on me that there was no point in planning my life when a bushy tailed rodent took my attention away from someone telling me my pancreas was fucked.
The only thing that I planned for before then was the Zombie apocalypse. Insulin dependence rules that out, but I'm working on it.

NoDice · 12-01-2011 06:41PM

^^^^^^^^

I'm sorry but that was possibly the funniest(kind of, sorry about your pancreas)(Never thought I'd ever have to type that...) post I've read all day! I'm in stitches at my computer in work! I also read it as "So I was sitting in a squirrel's office" so that may have helped too!

@TheresaT: I really hope I have a moment like that. It's starting to get to me that my life may be the same now as it is in 40 years time.

3hn2givr7mx1sc · 12-01-2011 06:42PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Getting the ride isn't a life plan.

Ah well there's my plans gone.:(
:P

Quandary · 12-01-2011 06:42PM

baz2009 wrote: »

I've a fair idea of what I want to do, I'm 16.

Funny, I had a very good idea of what I wanted too when I was 16. Cut to 14 years later, and man how wrong I was!

Only figured out what I really wanted to do 2 years ago.

I would imagine that a huge percentage of people end up settling for some career but thats all it is really, settling. Hell, I very nearly settled for my old job working in IT. I was earning great money but really didn't like the job.

Now Im gonna find myself literally working for half of my old salary but I couldnt be happier!

AnonoBoy · 12-01-2011 06:48PM

mikom wrote: »

She's Isreali.

Should be dead easy in that case.

starlit · 12-01-2011 06:51PM

Yes and no! I know what I'd like to do with my life but can't do it unless other factors come into it that can help me achieve it though. What I might have wanted to do with my life as a teenager to what I want now is totally different and I'd say in 10 years time that might change again!

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