What did you do with your life between the ages 22 and 30?

a female POV wrote:

22 - graduated top tier college. worked at a bookstore.

23 - worked at a bookstore, did a lot of drugs, put on shows at my house, traveled asia and africa

24 - wrote a book and half of a novel, started working at a music venue. started dating a musician. drank heavily.

25 - promoted shows, learned the "art" of being a talent buyer and booking agent. kept dating musician - emotionally tumultuous. started record label.

26 - heart broken by musician. quit working at rock club. started waitressing. did some more drugs. quit waitressing. traveled america alone in my car. had a lot of casual sex.

i turn 27 in a couple months. might settle down in awhile. only feel a minor urge to, though, most days. grass is always greener.

Holy crap, you are the exactly the same as me except you have a vag. I was raised by my father, in a band, of course with drugs and casual sex, and floating in south america at the moment. I'll be 27 next month.

My only difference is that I felt the urge to be with someone and am now divorced.

The grass is greener, but I have yet to hit the winter.

whoa, crazy. let's hang out. ha

a female POV wrote:

ps. the people busting your balls about the "church" thing have thus far seemed far more closed-minded than you. i was not offended by that comment at all, and have often wished i had been raised religious. blind faith seems like a personal blessing.

It's funny how everyone came screaming to your defense with their own scorn and judgment when this dialogue was meant to be solely between you and me, and you have shown more humility than anyone. Contrary to popular belief, I am not a devout proselytizer, but have had many epiphanies in my life and have always found church to be very grounding during difficult times, if for no other reason than it fills that "void" and gets one thinking outside of oneself. There are, of course, many other ways to do this.

I'm not trying to demonize, but I think drugs and meaningless, casual sex have proven to be high-risk behavior and only a short-term fix for a lack of something... whatever that is, loving and accepting oneself just as one is, etc.

I don't want to detract from this thread any further, but I do think the breakdown of the family and secular, moral depravity sewn into our culture is at the root of so many of our problems... drug addiction, alcohol, listless lives barely lived, the constant need to search for something better, the prideful, ego-driven greed and violence, etc. Life and the opportunity to better oneself and serve others is a precious gift and can be taken in a heartbeat.

Thank you for your forthrightness and humbleness.

Come on down past the equator. Its 79F where I am right now. I'll see you when I come back to the states to start building a venue.

23- Graduated College-First Job as a Accountant

24-Switch Jobs, worked as an Auditor

25-same as 24

26-same as 24

27. Laid off

28 -moved to California-lived it up.

29-Same as 28

30-Moved back to New Jersey worked as a Property Accountant.

33 Years old now living in NYC and running my own transcontinental trade business-Averaging

$ 45,000/Month Profit while Working only 10 hrs per week. I travel to a new destination every month.

RunningAntelope wrote:

Contrary to popular belief, I am not a devout proselytizer...

...I do think the breakdown of the family and secular, moral depravity sewn into our culture is at the root of so many of our problems... drug addiction, alcohol, listless lives barely lived, the constant need to search for something better, the prideful, ego-driven greed and violence, etc. Life and the opportunity to better oneself and serve others is a precious gift and can be taken in a heartbeat.

2/10... Back to your cave troll!

22: Graduated, applied to grad schools, defered enrollment, worked odd-jobs, and moved for an intership. Kept running.

23: Internship got me a year long grant paid job. Went back to school to get my M.A. Ran a few workouts.

24: Moved again for an assistantship and to take classes face-to-face. Ran less.

25: Graduated in Dec. of 2008. Managed to find a full-time job at the depth of the recession. Ran less.

26: Kept working. Injured. Got engaged. Saved money like mad.

27: Still working. Still saving money.

Internet Sargent Slaughter wrote:

2/10... Back to your cave troll!

Actually, trolls live under bridges didn't you know and are generally comprised of the mentally ill or 20-somethings who didn't judiciously spend Mommy and Daddy's money or taxpayer-subsidized loans in college and find themselves chronically underemployed. I am a proponent of helping charitably with the former, not the latter.

RunningAntelope wrote:

I don't want to detract from this thread any further...

Actually, trolls live under bridges didn't you know and are generally comprised of the mentally ill or 20-somethings who didn't judiciously spend Mommy and Daddy's money or taxpayer-subsidized loans in college and find themselves chronically underemployed. I am a proponent of helping charitably with the former, not the latter.

1/10

You aren't even a good troll.

NoFatty wrote:

1/10

You aren't even a good troll.

If that's the case, then how come you keep taking the bait and perpetuating the distraction?

Ok, was typing fast and late at night. I was a waiter, actually was called a Server. Teaching was ok, just way too much stress (high school kids) starting off with no lesson plans to fall back on like many of my colleagues who had been at the school for many years made things so much harder. I wanted to teach and coach at the high school level, which I would go back to in a heart beat if I were to loose my job as a fireman. Firefighting is a very rewarding career and can be boring if you're stuck at a slow station, but I lucked out and work for a busy big department and I get too see a lot of action. These two career options usually atract two different type of personalities but what they do have in common is what drew me to both, I wanted to make an impact /difference in other peoples' life and I feel I get to do that on a regular basis doing what I do. Don't worry about government cuts, the hardest thing obviously is getting in but once you're in you're pretty much protected by the strong unions. Good Luck.

Bump

After the Marines, I got my degree at 24, then went to work at a big company for 2 years. At 26 I joined a startup where I made good money. At 32 I started my own company.

Travelled as much as I could. Picked up all the working holiday visas I qualified for and experienced living in other countries I was interesed in. Always found a beautiful part of the world to spend some time, and ran a lot whilst I was there.

Approaching forty now. Married, mortgage and kids. Happy in this, and also very glad I did that travelling in my twenties when it was easy to do it.

22, studied an year abroad in France (with GF at the time - great mistake!), travelled around Europe

23, bachelor in business, dropped engineering school, lots of running

24, started working w/ consultancy, started master in sports management, PR in 5 and 10k (31.40). Broke up with GF

25, finished an Ironman. Quit job to move to the US, created a start-up, lots of girls before moving, great year

26, start up failed, returned to home country, finished master, found a job in the sports business, started dating another girl

27, great year in Rio de Janeiro, travelled around south America, little running

28, moved to Switzerland, started training hard again, hit 1h13 for the Half and another sub 2h40 Marathon

29 - just started, still in Switzerland, girl coming over to live with me. hoping to enjoy my last year of 20s.

22 (1984, for some perspective): in college, having taken a year off to spend seven months driving around the U.S.

23-25: graduated college, then a series of Joe jobs-- bike shop employee, landscaper, shift work at a bulk mail company...

26-29: decided to get "serious" (whatever the hell that means) and seeing few options with a B.A. in English, went to law school.

29-30: married, bought house, began career as a lawyer.

Four years later I was no longer married, didn't have the house, and was no longer engaged in the actual practice of law.

anyone spent several years at wasting to do nothing and waited at home?

4 cities (boston, nyc, dc, and philly, but really boston-nyc-dc-philly-nyc-boston), 2 degrees (undergrad and law); 4 jobs (paralegal, mgmt consulting, law firm; in-house law), 1 marriage (to college gf), 2 kids (at age 27 and age 29).

I sat at a desk for 8 years and did stupid IT work that was completely meaningless