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*eccamega
writes:I always did well at school and had good grades. But I lack direction. I've been working at a warehouse for years and I absolutely hate it. I see other people my age in careers and I feel reallu jealous. I'm smart and I know I can do alot better.I'm 25 next year and I'm sick and tired of wasting time. I didn't want to be 24 and still living at home.What should I do?
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reader, maverick494  +, writes (11 April 2011):
Everything you did is worth something. You did not waste your life; you didn't sit at home doing nothing, now did you? Some people got their careers fired up at 21. Others take some more time. Everyone has their own pace in life and you should aways keep in mind that it's NEVER too late to stop and start over if you feel unhappy where you are right now. I'm in my 3rd year of Uni and my eldest classmate is 27. He got stuck at a deskjob for a while and decided to do something he really liked instead of waiting for something to happen.
So go and orient yourself. Take your time figuring out what you really want to do and then just do it!
Oh, and about living at home, a fellow classmate of mine is 25 and still living at home. He's no slouch (used to be a marine) but with the current economical situation he simply can't afford his own place on top of paying for the tuition. There's no shame in that. He has no debts and I know plenty of 20 year old students living on their own that are up to their neck in them.
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reader, Philips  +, writes (10 April 2011):
 I'm 23 and work in an accounting firm. My salary is average now but when i started it was almost nothing.(One and a half year earlier). My promotion prospects are really high (1 promotion every 6 months).My friend of the same age had better grades than me. He choose to work at a factory as a supervisor as it proposed the best salary available for our experience level. One and a half year later he was at the same factory, at the same post, getting the same salary, which is now lower than mine.I took a career which would open up lots of opportunities, without taking into account the salary level.My friend took a dead-end job, offering no valuable experience, by taking into account only the salary offered at that time.People make choices. Some are good, some are bad. But you can't just erase you bad decisions and pretend it never happened. If you don't have certain practical experience, you should earn it. Don't worry about the salary now. Consider it like a training school where you don't have to pay, but get paid. In short, do what i did when i was 21, even if you wasted 3 years of your life.P.S: Don't take debts!!!
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reader, addz +, writes (10 April 2011):
Well no one else can do it for you have to get yourself into gear and just do it. Find something that you have a interest in and go with it. Maybe go to take and check out courses that you maybe interested in and what job prospects they bring who wants to work in a warehouse there whole life? Hey nothing wrong with living at home if you get along with the olds its smartest thing to do while you save for your own home. Renting sucks.Good luck.
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