 Advice for college drop-out?
Realizing now that I am not interested in shelling out $100 a month on speed just so I can keep up with the world, I have finally decided to drop out of school, this time without definite plans to return. I am not interested in what I am studying, I never was interested to begin with, and since I cannot juggle academics with a social life, I should probably wait to return until I am content with shutting myself away with my textbooks for four years.
Now, of course I enjoy having a decent apartment in the city, being exposed to new people and ideas, and having access to a lot of things I never had before. But...that is not what college is about. College is academics. And right now, I am not interested in their academics.
I have several options:
1. Move back in with my parents. They live about fifteen minutes from the nearest gas station, in a house that is probably not even sanitary and does not have room for me. I can't drive, so I probably could not get a job. I would
basically just be a leach and that be a burden on everyone.
2. Move in with my sister. This is a step above, but it's still crowded, and probably not a good idea long term.
3. Get an apartment on my own, either in Chattanooga or in the neighboring city of Cleveland, TN. This would be the easiest solution. And, finally,
4. Make a run for it. I could move somewhere entirely different, try to make a life, and risk crashing and burning.
Any advice from people who have been in this situation? Is it even reasonable for me to leave home right now? Getting a job is hard, I don't have a car, but I'm sure people have done it before, and if I don't plan on going back to college anytime soon, moving back in with family seems like a bad idea.  |