Lazy kids

[PDH]

Agreed.  Working on a sod farm gave me all the motivation I needed to figure out a better way to survive.

For me it was hauling 2x12 joists all day by hand on a house site halfway up a steep hill...

[Monoriu]

Agreed.  Working on a sod farm gave me all the motivation I needed to figure out a better way to survive.

For me it was hauling 2x12 joists all day by hand on a house site halfway up a steep hill...

It was my lousy relationship with my parents, and my general lack of friends.  I was on my own, entirely.  There was nothing to fall back on if I failed. 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Agreed.  Working on a sod farm gave me all the motivation I needed to figure out a better way to survive.

For me it was hauling 2x12 joists all day by hand on a house site halfway up a steep hill...

I mopped floors in a nursing home.  The sights and smells were a strong motivator. 

[MadImmortalMan]

Some people don't really get in gear until that light bulb goes off and they decide they actually want to decide their own fate rather than just drifting along on whatever tracks life lays down for them. Generally, I think it's a mistake to do anything like college or whatever before that happens. The more you prepare for an aimless life, the farther you have to backtrack once you finally get started.

[Monoriu]

It is a huge mistake to start university any time after 19.  University degree is like a game card that increases your experience gained for each subsequent level.  It is the bonus in life that you pick as soon as you can.  Because chances are the degree increases your earning power.  Someone who starts university at 18, finishes at 21, then immediately start working full time will tend to earn more money over his entire life than anyone who fail to adhere to this schedule. 

[Caliga]

Someone who starts university at 18, finishes at 21, then immediately start working full time will tend to earn more money over his entire life than anyone who fail to adhere to this schedule.

[Razgovory]

A friend of mine lost his father that way a couple of weeks ago.

He retired, came to help them renovate their apartment and 4 days after his retirement he suffered massive cardiac arrest and that was that.

How convienent!  Some people have the decency to just turn off when their work is done.  It is the best possible solution from an economic standpoint.

[Malthus]

...surviving is a wonderful way to motivate.

Agreed.  Working on a sod farm gave me all the motivation I needed to figure out a better way to survive.

You sodded off? 

[jimmy olsen]

It is a huge mistake to start university any time after 19.  University degree is like a game card that increases your experience gained for each subsequent level.  It is the bonus in life that you pick as soon as you can.  Because chances are the degree increases your earning power.  Someone who starts university at 18, finishes at 21, then immediately start working full time will tend to earn more money over his entire life than anyone who fail to adhere to this schedule.

It's only a mistake if the only thing one is concerned with in life is how much money they make.

[Valmy]

It's only a mistake if the only thing one is concerned with in life is how much money they make.

You can also work full time while going to school in the US and not miss any of that precious precious money Mono speaks of.

[alfred russel]

I mopped floors in a nursing home.  The sights and smells were a strong motivator.

But in the end, you are still on track to end up back there.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I mopped floors in a nursing home.  The sights and smells were a strong motivator.

But in the end, you are still on track to end up back there.

I plan to stop eating healthy in about 15 years.  I'll go down the way many a man before has: eating a double cheese bacon burger.

[Zanza]

It is a huge mistake to start university any time after 19.  University degree is like a game card that increases your experience gained for each subsequent level.  It is the bonus in life that you pick as soon as you can.  Because chances are the degree increases your earning power.  Someone who starts university at 18, finishes at 21, then immediately start working full time will tend to earn more money over his entire life than anyone who fail to adhere to this schedule.

I don't think your generalization is correct - at least not for Germany.

[Caliga]

I plan to stop eating healthy in about 15 years.  I'll go down the way many a man before has: eating a double cheese bacon burger.

Just like my Grandpa.  A pack of cigarettes daily + cigars + steak + no exercise = death at 60 = WIN.

[saskganesh]

for most North Americans, the gap year is usually called "freshman year."

education is wasted on the young. exhibit A: see any typical undergrad.

it's not about education and marks per se, it's about skills and credentials, character and knowing people.

the only constant is change. goals obviously change too.

money is really not that important, but it sure is useful. as I have often said, being poor
is very affordable and well within most people's budgets.

... one life, one love, may as well enjoy your time here.

I am the anti-mono. more thoughts to come.