Though if you to be wealthy, then you might be better off: 1) finishing college in a field with high paying careers (i.e., STEM), 2) starting a business, or 3) marrying rich.
You can also come back to college later once you figure out what you want to do. I did this and another poster above did as well. My life didn't immediately end when I dropped out. Some things got easier - i.e., less stress, easier to focus on earning a wage. It gave me time to think.
Lots of people don't have a driving passion or force behind their lives. I still really don't have one, and I've been out of college for about three years. I studied physics and math, got a job delivering sandwiches while trying to save some money and take a few more classes in preparation for grad school, and went on to decide I didn't want a career in physics. My life has never been about a drive to do something great. It's about finding ways to make myself happy, or pass the time until I'm in a situation that I can change things about my life enough to try something different. I was raised to believe (as I'm sure many were) that doing well in school, going to college and getting a degree were the keys to success. Well, I got my degree, and nothing changed. Now, that's not because a degree is useless. It's because a degree wasn't a magic sheet of paper that would get me a good job and a future like I had been promised. It counts for something. If nothing else, it's a demonstration to future employers that you're capable of devoting yourself to a long-term goal and working for it.
Here's the advice part of this post: First, at this point it's worth finishing college. I've been told it's a pain to start over again or to try to continue after years. While you're working on that, or when you get done... do something. If you don't feel a calling, then just pick something that you think might be interesting or fun. If you can't find anything interesting or fun... flip a coin, or roll a die, or something. Choosing randomly is a great way at least to see how strong you feel and whether you are inclined to move along your randomly chosen path. Deliver sandwiches, or drive a truck, or volunteer somewhere feeding the homeless, or travel across a foreign country, or, Jesus, take up ballroom dancing. Do whatever you feel like doing. You don't have to feel strongly about it. Do things because you have a life to do things with, and it's far better to waste it on your own whims than to try to use it to try to fulfill delusions of grandeur someone else has put in your head. I delivered sandwiches for two and a half years after college. But those years did more for me than a college education could have. I learned how to live and make decisions for myself, and that it's fine to try something you end up hating or sucking at. I've recently started my first salaried job, I've just relocated from DC to Memphis, and sometime in the next few weeks I'm gonna be driving from there to Arizona to try starting a new life there. I have no idea if I'm gonna like this job, or Arizona. I don't know how any of this crap is gonna turn out. But I feel really good about my life. Better than I did in college for sure. And if I screw this up and wind up stranded jobless in a city with a climate I hate, in the middle of the desert, thousands of miles from almost everyone I know, it will have turned out better than spending all this time working towards a career that I don't really want anymore, because someone expected me to stick with the path I chose when I was 16.
Do stuff for the sake of doing stuff. It's good for your soul. If you don't like what you're doing, do something else. If you don't like where you are, do what you have to to move.
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I might recommend talking to a counselor or therapist. One should be available through your school's health center. "Feeling nothing" is actually a sign of depression.
Except that my school does not offer such services, and by that I mean that those who run it are terrible. It just some random psychology student who doesn't know what they're doing. The last time I went there I ended up feeling worse than when I went in. Waste of time, and I can't afford to go to an actual counselor, not like I need one.
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I might recommend talking to a counselor or therapist. One should be available through your school's health center. "Feeling nothing" is actually a sign of depression.
Except that my school does not offer such services, and by that I mean that those who run it are terrible. It just some random psychology student who doesn't know what they're doing. The last time I went there I ended up feeling worse than when I went in. Waste of time, and I can't afford to go to an actual counselor, not like I need one.
Based on everything you've posted in RLA, especially recently, you need more than random avatars on the internet.
Without knowing your actual location, my advice is to call 211, and ask for help finding mental health counseling. I work in public health, and I know there are services out there you can access. If you want to PM me where you live and what college you go to, I can try and point you toward places you can go.
Here are a few possibilities that only require a high school degree. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kathryndill/2014/08/14/the-best-paying-jobs-for-workers-with-high-school-degrees/
Though if you to be wealthy, then you might be better off: 1) finishing college in a field with high paying careers (i.e., STEM), 2) starting a business, or 3) marrying rich.
You can also come back to college later once you figure out what you want to do. I did this and another poster above did as well. My life didn't immediately end when I dropped out. Some things got easier - i.e., less stress, easier to focus on earning a wage. It gave me time to think.
Here's the advice part of this post: First, at this point it's worth finishing college. I've been told it's a pain to start over again or to try to continue after years. While you're working on that, or when you get done... do something. If you don't feel a calling, then just pick something that you think might be interesting or fun. If you can't find anything interesting or fun... flip a coin, or roll a die, or something. Choosing randomly is a great way at least to see how strong you feel and whether you are inclined to move along your randomly chosen path. Deliver sandwiches, or drive a truck, or volunteer somewhere feeding the homeless, or travel across a foreign country, or, Jesus, take up ballroom dancing. Do whatever you feel like doing. You don't have to feel strongly about it. Do things because you have a life to do things with, and it's far better to waste it on your own whims than to try to use it to try to fulfill delusions of grandeur someone else has put in your head. I delivered sandwiches for two and a half years after college. But those years did more for me than a college education could have. I learned how to live and make decisions for myself, and that it's fine to try something you end up hating or sucking at. I've recently started my first salaried job, I've just relocated from DC to Memphis, and sometime in the next few weeks I'm gonna be driving from there to Arizona to try starting a new life there. I have no idea if I'm gonna like this job, or Arizona. I don't know how any of this crap is gonna turn out. But I feel really good about my life. Better than I did in college for sure. And if I screw this up and wind up stranded jobless in a city with a climate I hate, in the middle of the desert, thousands of miles from almost everyone I know, it will have turned out better than spending all this time working towards a career that I don't really want anymore, because someone expected me to stick with the path I chose when I was 16.
Do stuff for the sake of doing stuff. It's good for your soul. If you don't like what you're doing, do something else. If you don't like where you are, do what you have to to move.
Currently running:
BRG Xira Arien BRG
UR Melek, Izzet Paragon UR
WUG Jenara, Asura of War WUG
WRG Mayael the Anima WRG
WB Triad of Fates WB
BG Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest BG
BR Rakdos, Lord of Riots BR
WR Aurelia the Warleader WR
WBG Ghave, Guru of Spores WBG
WUBRG Horde of Notions WUBRG
Except that my school does not offer such services, and by that I mean that those who run it are terrible. It just some random psychology student who doesn't know what they're doing. The last time I went there I ended up feeling worse than when I went in. Waste of time, and I can't afford to go to an actual counselor, not like I need one.
Based on everything you've posted in RLA, especially recently, you need more than random avatars on the internet.
Without knowing your actual location, my advice is to call 211, and ask for help finding mental health counseling. I work in public health, and I know there are services out there you can access. If you want to PM me where you live and what college you go to, I can try and point you toward places you can go.
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