No. Not even close.
As a child I wanted to be an actor or a writer.

mr b3th knew from about the age of seven that he wanted to be an engineer, grew up to become an engineer, and did that for forty years.
He doesn't understand anyone without exactly the same single-minded focus.

Alt: I won't, thanks.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:15, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

I have a similar sort of thing
some of my friends are nearly 30 and still have no idea what they want to do, yet went to university regardless and got themselves in to debt doing completely useless degrees. That kind of behaviour/mindset/indecisiveness boggles me.
(berk, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:20, Reply)

Hello!
I didn't even find out what I was good at until past 25. It turns out, it had nothing to do with an English Lit with Philosophy degree.
( Kroney, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:22, Reply)

Shame 'whinging on the internet' isn't more lucrative, eh?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:23, Reply)

Luckily for me, my skills can make me money
unlike consuming heroic amounts of drugs, which does rather the opposite.
( Kroney, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:24, Reply)

Yes, but...'heroic', eh?
Sounds pretty cool, doesn't it? Kind of like a Viking or some shit.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:33, Reply)

That's precisely what I did/am still doing.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:23, Reply)

I studeied languages because that was my best academic subject.
I let people tell me that 'acting' wasn't a serious answer for 'what you want to do', so I never pursued it, which is a shame, because apparently I was pretty good.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:27, Reply)

"You need to have something to fall back on, if it doesn't work out"

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:35, Reply)

I was very much looked down on for being the only person I know who didn't bother with a-levels, let alone uni.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:35, Reply)

I sometimes wish I had left school after GCSEs and gone straight into work.
I was pretty feckless as a student, but it is far easier to rise through the ranks in the world of work.
That said, I did enjoy sitting on my arse getting stoned for a few years before having to face up to real life.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:39, Reply)

I realised about halfway through my A Levels that I simply didn't give a shit
It's why I stopped considering Uni
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 5 Apr 2012, 10:45, Reply)