I’m in college and I feel better now that I drank a bunch of alcohol earlier to cure my headaches from all the stress but I honestly just don’t like being in college much at all.
I’m not really even a part of the community here either. I just feel like a cultural outsider.
I have a few friends, but that’s it though. Vast majority of kids are immature and annoy me everyday. I question all the time why I make myself deal with them.
It’d be nice to just go somewhere for a change where I feel like I’m a part of the community.
I feel like I’m wasting my time and I’d much rather just have an actual career at this point then deal with the aggravation. When I was working over the summer, life felt so much better.
But I know my summer work obviously wasn’t sustainable long-term.
Anyway, I just want whatever it is I’m doing in life to give me actual satisfaction and college just doesn’t provide that.
I could graduate and theoretically end up making a ton of money, but at what cost?
I’d have money, but there’s still other things I’d be foregoing and other gaps I’d have to fulfill.
Like finding a life partner to start a family with.
I feel like at this rate I just want to live life simpler and appreciate the finer things in life.
Not worry and stress out about things outside my control.
Instead of blindly chasing after money and hoping it brings me this ideal version of life, I almost feel as though my priorities have shifted.
I’ve never been a person with expensive tastes to begin with.
My concern was simply just with trying to raise a family in the future. I’d need a good income for that.
But I guess I should just focus more on my mental health for the time being.
The simple things that make a difference.
The friendships I form. The people I interact with. The experiences I have.
I just want to experience the world.
I feel as though life has just gotten too stressful trying to chase after all these arbitrary targets.
I just want life to be simple. An escape from it all.
I’m studying to be an Engineer, and I liked working in the actual Profession, but the college experience itself is just way too stressful for my liking.
I feel like there are perhaps other career pathways I could pursue to bring me satisfaction.
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I think you are just having a bad time at your college. Maybe you need a different college? Meet different people. Not everyone in college is immature. Maybe its the classes you are in or the major. I dont think you should do some hella long career like with a grad degree after if you want to just experience the world etc. Unfortunately its hard to make it in this world without a college degree. :( . Finish the degree up. Find something you like. You seem to not like what ur doing now.
Transferring isn’t an option unfortunately. Haha. The programs in other colleges are designed completely different, so I’d have to start all over AND pay out-of-state tuition.
But no, its super frustrating though because I like working in my field of study, I just ABSOLUTELY despise the college program
Its not so much my career choice that’s pissing me off as much as it is having to deal with trying to get a degree for it in college
does it require a degree
Not necessarily but they always recommend getting a degree for it
Basically all of them say its beneficial to have a degree
then do it. you dont want to be compared to someone without a degree. you will have more options opportunities look better to employers
stay where you are