bob_loblaw said:

Honestly Salim, you feel stuck but you're not. It's ironic because I just posted on a thread about occupations and I said that I am an attorney, which essentially means that I created my own prison with student loan debt (meaning that I need to continue being an attorney because it's the only thing that pays the student loans).

In a way, you're completely free. You probably don't have a ton of student loan debt. It doesn't sound like you have any kids. There is nothing holding you back. The best thing about low pay - low skill jobs is that they literally exist EVERYWHERE and they are relatively easy to get. So honestly, save up some money (if you can), figure out where you want to live, and move there after you've saved up a couple months worth of rent.

@bob_outlaw spits some truth. I'm in the same boat of "having my shit together." I posted in that same occupation thread as a consultant and writer. Let me tell you, I feel stuck myself. Metaphysically stuck. There's nowhere to go, nothing to do, except whatever the hell flights your fancy right now - savor this time and see where chance leads you. Hop on a train to a random city, find a quick job, make some friends, see what happens. Maybe someone will tell you about another cool city in another country you've never heard of - and you'll go there and find another job, make some more friends. Roll the dice, spin the top.

@bob_outlaw I took a year off after finishing college and starting grad school. My wife I started in Amsterdam and then bummed around the US for months at a time - hiking, camping, partying, staying with friends. Best time ever. I'm seriously trying to figure out a way to unplug form the day-to-grind of the system while I still have a chance. Thinking of getting a yurt and hitting the road. I dunno.

That probably includes a means to an end. Grind it.

ColinJ said:

Okay... You're 23 and built like a soccer player, right?

So go and plow as many fine young bitches as you can. Those memories will last you your whole life, my man, i guarantee it.

I support this.

CostiganJr said:

If I was you, I'd leave Oklahoma, move to some dynamic city—NYC—LA—SFO—CHI—DC—BOS—enroll in a school there, work during the day and go to school at night.

I don't think your GPA should impede you from enrolling in another school at all. If you want, you can probably enroll in school and never transfer your old record over, but if your old record follows schools will still accept you as an adult student.

If you enroll in school full time, you can get a good deal of living expenses money with your student loans, which can help with your living expenses.

Yep, I agree with this. I don't even think it's a bad idea to move to one of these towns and not enroll in school right away. Learning is amazing, but figure out what you want in life before you rack up those student loans and build your prison of debt.

This might sound like some non-sense advice but read as much as you can, hang out with as many interesting people as you can, and try to formulate what you want out of life. I think a lot of 23 year olds who have spent their entire life in (insert boring place), couldn't REALLY tell you if they'd rather be an accountant or an acrobat.

Also, I third what the others have said, fuck as much as possible. Be safe, but fuck the kind of girls who don't fuck guys with love handles, because when you have love handles you'd wish you did.

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because i'm going to do something beautiful with my life and i wish everybody the same

listen to some terence mckenna . take drugs and create art

SalimTheRasta said:

Whats good family? I'm currently 23 and I haven't finished college because I flunked out of community college. I am not a stupid person was just lost at 18. So now at 23 with my dreams of pro soccer fleeing away from reality, I find myself while working in a mind numbing job(pool cleaner) wishing for something more and desperately not wanting to end up like my co-workers..zombies stuck in Oklahoma

How do I get my shit together?? With a shitty gpa wtf do I do? If I move can I just start over???
Thanks for any help.
Peace and blessings to you all

Step one, follow your passion. Start joining soccer leagues, maybe teach some kids soccer. Keep active with your passion. You never know where a job will open up closer to your passion. Sometimes jobs are just a means of living, but the key is to shift your movement into the direction you want. College isn't the only path. What other hobbies interests you? Even think of things you don't think are possible. When you empower yourself almost anything is possible.

I don't know why this posted twice!

btw i love soccer . its art.

I'd avoid schooling (Debt) unless you have a related plan or passion.

Could be worse OP... You could be 31, recently unemployed, and living in a place with a shit job market

i'm happy you're feeling better

SalimTheRasta said:

How do I get my shit together?? With a shitty gpa wtf do I do? If I move can I just start over???
Thanks for any help.
Peace and blessings to you all

BORN 81. I gradumated college with a 2.359~2.350 (that's a range) in 2004. Then i sat around for a whole year painting houses (not getting high bc i feared drug tests) and then the next summer came i was still painting houses and got dumped and moved out and it was looking bleak ...

BUT THEN i got drunk at a browns game and fell down a hill and smashed by head and needed surgery and a year+ of rehab ...

SO I HAD to take some shitty couple of jobs mostly rehabilitation type/brain training/learning how to think again...

PLUS taking classes, trying to fix what i thought was a shit resume (was going to go into some sort of medical imaging/catscan/radar/bs) until....

A WORK chick turned me on to USAJOBS.GOV (is the gov't a safe place to work in a recession?), and they'll hire anyone.....

ANYONE....trust me, i thought i was quas qualified and egotisitcally smarter than everyone anyway, but when i met some of these people i work with and could think really awful things, but i'm just happy i'm alive and we're all human beings, we're in this together, and everyone probably has a hidden story so you're not special, or at least don't think you are, and....

IF YOU get on there and start surfing, you'll notice there's tons of random cities. Alaska? Fuck it, I'm gone! TX? Fuck it, I'm gone! VA? Fuck it, at least for a few years it's home. They're not all DC related. The one i found was (USPTO.GOV) and they're hiring ALL the time....ALL THE TIME!.....but you can kindof pick and choose what looks like a cool city, but the secret is...

BE BRAVE! Be a man! Explore! Conquer! But don't forget...you're getting a job now, your life is at it's funnest point right now and will just get shittier year by year (PESSIMISTIC!) but you have the world ahead of you, Kill that shit (POSITIVE!)

MY POINT is, dude, i was in dire straits, but you look and three or five years have passed like nothing. Things could always be worse, no matter where you are in life. Time pretty much heals all. Fuck your hometown, those people are not dead to you, you can come back and visit/facebook/NONEOFTHEABOVE, but if you're able to get some time to yourself, you can start exploring the inner depths of your soul... no fear, or lots of fear and strength, or just put your head down and one foot in front of the other and whatever happens trust your instincts, or join a gang. no, don't join a gang.

(note, careful searching gang bangers...you can imagine EDIT:no actually, go ahead)

Find something you enjoy doing that you can constantly progress at or you will live a life without meaning.

your situation isn't bad at all, I'm a fuckin high school dropout but at least I know things could be alot worse considering that I have friends that are stuck in prison right now.