LOL dropoutaments?

if there is something that you are really, genuinely interested in, school is really worthwhile and will probably be enjoyable.
if not, then fuck it

change majors , take part time classes (dunno if u can in sweden), but doing so will alow you time for poker and school .... take like a 3 course semester

i know how u feel with regards to not doing anything with ur life cuz u dont know what to do, trust me, lots of other kids go thru the same

just sit down and think / research!

read psycholgy and statistics and get your own "pok-mag"

i need to make a blog post

standard life beats here

too many things you want to do, not enough time, then you die

I think there is more people who play poker that are in a similar situation like u. It is not easy to find balance between poker and "normal life". I think it is quite important for everyone to have some visions, plans, things they want to do. Without those one can feel somewhat lost.

Basically do whatever fullfils u, but know what that is! If u are unsure about what it is, actively try to find out by thinking of it and trying lots of different things.

find a career you like like math, an ing, etc

save some money and learn to play the stock market...

I would definitely say try to keep in school. Even if journalism isn't what you want to do, you'll probably figure something out that interests you, and having an education is so important as its not guaranteed that poker will always be a viable source of income. If poker stays viable you'll always have your education to fall back on in case you end up getting burnt out or w/e.

imo you should always do what you want as long as it isn't totally ridiculous. And I don't think dropping out of school, which you're not enjoying anymore, is ridiculous. There's also no need to fear being 30 when you go back to school and have classmates ten years younger. That just sounds like some sort of worst-case scenario which isn't gonna happen anyway. That's also 8 years from now, and a lot happens in just 1 year. Play poker as a means of sole income for 1 year and I guarantee you your perspective will have changed by the end of that year. You'll be 23 and still with the world at your feet.

Education is also not for everyone. I'd like to think I've had a somewhat good life and I was just hopelessly terrible in school, all 12 years of it. I'm 31 now, with no education but still imo living a pretty good life. You're much younger, and with that comes the privilege of having much greater freedom to piss off for a while and do what you want.

Whatever you choose, gl to you though I'm sure you won't need luck.

get into the carpet industry

Reading stygg's post makes me feel peaceful
edit: i aint gay

I'm not in the same situation education-wise.. but I'm 23 and I have no idea what I want to do either.

But I will have a bachelor's degree in about 6 months from now. I just have no idea if I want to work in the field that I'm studying in (civil engineering). It's kind of interesting but I don't have some sort of empathy for it. I don't like spending free time interesting myself in the subject, I prefer to play pc games/do social stuff/play poker waay more. I guess I'm not mature enough to handle a job though. I have no idea what I'm gonna do in 6 months but I guess it doesn't matter that much. I can take a year off and work then, I have an education anyway.

Kinda ranty post, but pretty much the conclusion is, get an education. It doesn't matter where you end up, having a good degree always helps, even if it's totally not for the work you're doing later on. You also gain a lot of personal assets when you educate yourself in a(ny) subject.

move to thailand where life costs peanuts, play poker, save moneys, eat lemongrass soup, club hard, live like a pimp & why not run a whorehouse ?
thats my plan

im trying to sign up for my uni classes and have no idea wtf im supposed to choose

why does it have to be so fucking complicated.

this is my 2nd run at uni (first year didnt go so well)

If you don't mind bad pay (lol, ur rich anyway and journalism hardly is worth it for the money considering how hard it'll be to get decent work) you could try to be a teacher. My are studying that and it's slow and lazy as hell, but apparently kinda funny from time to time.

On January 07 2008 10:50 DustySwedeDude wrote: If you don't mind bad pay (lol, ur rich anyway and journalism hardly is worth it for the money considering how hard it'll be to get decent work) you could try to be a teacher. My are studying that and it's slow and lazy as hell, but apparently kinda funny from time to time.

I think going into teaching takes more effort and time then any other profession. Working more than just the regular school hours with planning and marking and of course having to deal with those snot nose little buggers. Don't get me started on undergraduate degree in TWO subjects (One major and one minor) + going to teachers college.

Having an education is important and I would vote for you not to drop out but just change majors to something that you find interesting. Go take a look at an economics program or a finance program, you can graduate and play the stock market game just like the poker game.

yea, but like, as a teacher you can be a good teacher or a lazy as teacher that can't be fired anyway and doesn't work very much at all, at least in Sweden (I've studied worker's rights and stuff, lolz). Guess it's not that inspiring though.

and as a teacher you get summers and all poublic holidays OFF, that is fucking sweet