So I haven't been on here in a while. I guess I'm on here now because I am kind of freaking out about my life. So I am going to take my time to rant for a while. Its not going to be funny. It will be some serious stuff about my life. Feel free to stop reading whenever.....Well I guess I should say that I decided on a career path. I want to be a lawyer. I know ironically the self obsessed guy who goes on rants wants to be a lawyer. So I want to be a lawyer and I got into the spring semester of the University of Georgia. That is great news I guess but there are a lot of issues. For instance, I took seventeen hours of college classes in high school. That sounds great but it means I need to take another fifteen in the fall semester here at home before I leave in the spring. That is so I can start in the spring as a sophomore. Here is where that all become a problem. Its going to cost a ton of money to get me through college and law school but I don't have that kind of money. My parents make decent money but its all tied up in bills so I applied for a summer job that pays well. The timing messes with a play I signed up for with our local theater company. I can't bail on it because they are counting on me and cant do the show without me but I'm just starting the job I need and cant ask for any time off.
I like to think I'm a problem solver so here are the options I am faced with for college expenses. (a) I can work my but off and take on massive student loans. That has its obvious disadvantages. (b) I go to a cheaper school and I become just some jo blow lawyer that is barely a legal aid. (c) This is probably the most iffy. The military has this program called ROTC that lets you study at college for four years then work in the field you studied for as an officer in the military for four years. Sounds great but here are all of its pitfalls. If I start in the spring as a sophomore then am I eligible for ROTC? Would I just catch up on my freshman ROTC classes? Then there is the problem of time. I want to settle down and have a family someday. So lets say I go to college four years and get a political science degree. Then I would work for the military as a para legal or something for another four years. By the time I get out and can go to law school I will be twenty six. Say I'm smart and can get through law school in three years. I'm a twenty nine year old associate. If you don't know how law firms work associates work like ninety hour work weeks. It takes about five years before you could become a junior partner. At what point am I suppose to find this girl of my dreams, settle down, and have a family when I'm thirty four years old. Frick this is a long rant! I'm not sure why I am saying all of this but if you managed to read it all please tell me what you think or if I am being completely nuts.
Dude, for once, just go with the short term. First of all, you never find anything by looking for it (true story). You find it when you stop looking for it and just enjoy what you have in front of you. This includes girls, money, car keys, wallets, purses, the bathroom, colleges, and answers to life's toughest questions. Second off, if you enjoy the career you wanna go in, you shouldn't have to worry about love because you'll be married to your career.
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