i only care about running..im a boring college student, feel like im wasting my parents money and my time. need advice

Read some of this website:

http://calnewport.com/blog/

quit accepting your parent's money and do what you want. You are very fortunate that your parents are even helping you at all. You could drop out but would it really solve anything? Maybe you should look into testing to determine where your strengths and weaknesses are and what careers you may end up enjoying.

Quit running. You'll find something else to fill the void with.

Happens a lot. Don't make any lifetime decisions right now, and stop feeling sorry for yourself. Drop out of school for a while with the idea that you are open to going back, don't burn bridges by getting all F's on your way out. Get a real job, see what it's like. Do some charity work as well, serve dinners at a men's shelter--see that others have it a lot worse than you, and realize you can help them. Keep running if you enjoy it, be discipline and have a goal. Don't smoke a lot of pot, makes you content to sit around and watch cartoons on TV all day. Or ignore this advice, your call.

Sorry about your dilemna. There are things that you can do to make a living off running. If I were you I would pursue a degree in Physical Therapy or become a certified trainer. Combine that with a Road Runners Club of America coaching certificate and become a coach. Do it for free in college to gain experience.

You can also transfer to another school and run and try to become a graduate assistant somewhere when you finish school.

Lastly you could time road races. Some basic equipment and a timing program like Runscore on a laptop and you can time races for a few bucks anywhere you live.

Good luck,

ex-coach wrote:

Sorry about your dilemna. There are things that you can do to make a living off running. If I were you I would pursue a degree in Physical Therapy or become a certified trainer. Combine that with a Road Runners Club of America coaching certificate and become a coach. Do it for free in college to gain experience.

You can also transfer to another school and run and try to become a graduate assistant somewhere when you finish school.

Lastly you could time road races. Some basic equipment and a timing program like Runscore on a laptop and you can time races for a few bucks anywhere you live.

Good luck,

Listen to this post! This person is a wise man! Become a coach or trainer (or something related) that is the way to go. Becoming a trainer or coach is really about starting your own business! Think up a BRAND name and get some business cards made up and talk to people and they will often help you get going. The good thing about college is people will help you far more than the "real" world. The purpose of finance is to run a business not learn boring information so your classes can be put to use!

Think carefully about your next move. I lost motivation in college 10 years ago, was caught up in runnning and now I wish I could have stuck it out and focused on my studies.

Quit college and join the army, air force, navy, etc..

That will snap you out of your funk. You'll learn a lot, you'll get shipped off to somewhere new. And you can come back and go to college any time.

Go for it.

If you don't like college then quit. Get a full time job save up some money then move out and buy a house. Start a family and run 100+ mpw and dominate the local road racing scene with 1-2 marathons a year like Boston and NYC or something.

Also, if you're smart about it you can find a good house for under 100k, just depends on the area(some have good housing markets and some don't).

Seems like I posted this. What year are you in. What state. No reason not to join your team even if they aren't good. You could get a job at a local running store. Build connections that way. There might be a local high school you could coach at. You need to find someone who inspires you which means going places and finding that person. Not easy certainly but maybe transferring would work out and you could join the team there.

second year. not going to join the team. will look for running stores as a part time job. im trying to look short term and long term but i dont see typical things that are expected of young professionals making me happy. i dont want to be in the business world but i dont have any particular strengths.

in an ideal world i could just train, hopefully meet a girl one day, and just have a good time.

if im coming off spoiled i apologize. im middle class and i feel like im not really "worthy" of how good i have things right now. im not the best looking guy or whatever, but my parents provide for me as best as they can, i am in college. i really dont feel i deserve what i have right now, its like i feel it should go to someone else who is a harder worker..obviously its up to me to change this, and i made this thread for advice so thanks so far. i just dont know when and how i will make decisions, find happiness, figure out what to do etc.

im just not happy and cant focus on what i should be. i really wish i had a passion or interest to turn into a career but its just running and i may look into coaching but idk...

you comin' off sounding like a looza!

i know...lol i guess i am. im not nerdy or anything, im just so unsure about everything. meh

I feel the same way

lost in college sigh wrote:

i know...lol i guess i am. im not nerdy or anything, im just so unsure about everything. meh

If you can't DO, teach. If you can't teach, teach gym. If you can't teach gym, join the military. If you can't join the military, wash dishes. If you can't wash dishes, START YOUR OWN BUSINESS!

Learn how to capitalize and use apostrophes. Your writing style makes you sound like a 12 year old girl.

Ever thought about switching majors to something you're more interested in?

what are your PRs and what kind of training are you doing now?

the good news is that you are so young.

The bad news is that you do need to work on this.

One way to deal with not feeling enthusiastic about things is to look back to childhood and reconnect with the things that you loved back then.

For example, I always wanted to learn to play guitar but never did...until this year. It has been great - I look forward to practicing every night.

Maybe you liked a particular writer at 14, or you like orcas.Maybe you always wanted to learn to solder. Or build plastic models. There's probably something that you thought at one time is the coolest thing ever - find that thing and life will become more interesting.

And keep your hands off your johnson - seriously. Look up a website called 'your brain on porn'