At 22, did you feel like a lost cause?

[VegasDave]

I do.

I live with my parents. I work part time 18 hours a week at KIIS FM for $10 an hour. $160 a week after taxes, thrilling.

I run my website and work at a radio station in hopes of eventually getting into sports broadcasting someday... but I know the odds of this happening are very slim.

I have no backup plan after this. I don't have any interests really, other then sports, horses, gambling, nothing I could make a career out of. I feel like I'm never going to make real money doing anything... I can't see myself doing anything.

Sorry... just needed to vent. Is this some sort of a phase most young adults go through, or am I really destined to be useless?

[gordon gekko]

Hang in there usc you will find your calling.

[pat venditto]

usucking you're destined to be what you want to be pal. the world is yours. unlimited possibilities. follow your dreams and do whatever you want in life. live it up because no1 will be here forever.

[pat venditto]

personally i feel you dude and i'm kinda in the same situation as you. thinking about my options etc.

[freeVICK]

personally i feel you dude and i'm kinda in the same situation as you. thinking about my options etc.

lol me too. im 22 as well.

[pat venditto]

Was thinking about joining the navy actually.

[pat venditto]

im ****in bored as shit and im hiluscinating. im getting to 4k posts by tonight **** it.

[VegasDave]

personally i feel you dude and i'm kinda in the same situation as you. thinking about my options etc.

For sure... what sucks is that unlike most problems which can be solved with critical thinking, it seems the more I think about my future, the foggier it becomes.

[pat venditto]

don't sweat it dude. you'll figure it out

[gordon gekko]

lol I am 20 and also in this same situation just exploring my options.

[robzilla]

you just need the right kind of motivation.
Just like JJ. Nobody in thier right mind would do half the shit he;s done lately, but the thought of him getting poontang gives him the courage to do anything.

[VegasDave]

MONEY... is there any greater motivation in this country?

[pat venditto]

[RogueJuror]

MONEY... is there any greater motivation in this country?

Not just the US but all the countries. It's what liberates you from the system. There is not such thing as clean money, once you dedicate your life to it you lose your childhood purity.

[VegasDave]

Not just the US but all the countries. It's what liberates you from the system. There is not such thing as clean money, once you dedicate your life to it you lose your childhood purity.

That is perfectly stated. I had a job that I was working 40 hrs a week, $13 an hour, due for regular pay bumps, they loved me there and I was a shoo-in to become manager in a few months... but I absolutely hated it. It was easy money, it was my ticket out, but I hated it and I hated what it did to me, so I quit, because I didn't want to lose my "purity".

Now here I am, still "pure", still following my pipedream and spending hours upon hours of my free time on a website that gets like 4 hits a day... completely broke and discouraged.

I don't want to sell out, but I wonder how long I can hold out?

[pat venditto]

shit i'll sell out for money.

[VegasDave]

Rogue, I swear I just had an epiphany thanks to your comment... I had my out! I was the one that quit it of my own free will. To give me this freedom to pursue something better.

Thanks man!

[RogueJuror]

I do.

I live with my parents. I work part time 18 hours a week at KIIS FM for $10 an hour. $160 a week after taxes, thrilling.

I run my website and work at a radio station in hopes of eventually getting into sports broadcasting someday... but I know the odds of this happening are very slim.

I have no backup plan after this. I don't have any interests really, other then sports, horses, gambling, nothing I could make a career out of. I feel like I'm never going to make real money doing anything... I can't see myself doing anything.

Sorry... just needed to vent. Is this some sort of a phase most young adults go through, or am I really destined to be useless?

You need to stand on your own two feet, luckily you have family to support you. You need to lose those clutches though, you need to hustle your way out man. Don't be afraid to tackle anything, you got to get this in your mind set. Don't just take it, remember is a war you're a soldier, either you take the orders or you give them. Life is a game you gamble and the points earned is money.

I don't come from a great background, I didn't had higher education, but I had to do what I had to do and at 20 I was in Liberia with around $20 dollars to my name, in a strange land with no one around. I've done bad things and I've try to do good things, but the thing is I did them. I wasn't static, sometimes you just got to put the pen down and make it action time.

I know this might be to broad and might not be something specific to help you, but the important thing is take action, Cuban poet Jose Marti said 'words without action means nothing'. Don't be afraid to be turn down, take every opportunity you can get in whatever that is, don't shy off into not doing something. I have literally been spit on my face, but I have gotten again and try again.

You are bright man, you got talent and talents breeds opportunity, you just got to have your eyes open.

[gordon gekko]

Usc I think you will be happy with your choice of quitting even if they were good to you and the pay was decent. If you love your job you never work a day in your life.

[gordon gekko]

You need to stand on your own two feet, luckily you have family to support you. You need to lose those clutches though, you need to hustle your way out man. Don't be afraid to tackle anything, you got to get this in your mind set. Don't just take it, remember is a war you're a soldier, either you take the orders or you give them. Life is a game you gamble and the points earned is money.

I don't come from a great background, I didn't had higher education, but I had to do what I had to do and at 20 I was in Liberia with around $20 dollars to my name, in a strange land with no one around. I've done bad things and I've try to do good things, but the thing is I did them. I wasn't static, sometimes you just got to put the pen down and make it action time.

I know this might be to broad and might not be something specific to help you, but the important thing is take action, Cuban poet Jose Marti said 'words without action means nothing'. Don't be afraid to be turn down, take every opportunity you can get in whatever that is, don't shy off into not doing something. I have literally been spit on my face, but I have gotten again and try again.

You are bright man, you got talent and talents breeds opportunity, you just got to have your eyes open.

Damn Rouge that's a very inspirational story how did you make it over here? What do you do?

[VegasDave]

Rouge you are the man...

I agree with you. I hate leaning on my parents... I'm hoping this is VERY temporary.

[BrUno0]

Well gambling is just dumb, unless you devote your life and soul to it, you're not going to be a winner, well possibly a winner, but you're not going to make enough to live off of.

I see 3 phases.

1. You either make your own living because you're really smart, this includes gamblers, small business owners, and other self employed people.

2. Then you have other smart people, who all go to college and attempt to get degrees and high paying jobs.

3. Now here is your people who have no college and are not self employed, perhaps this phase of people work decent jobs, shitty jobs, or really good jobs that got handed down to them (lucky)

[HAPPY BOY]

No. I was married expecting my first son and owned a townhouse. on the flip side my 23 year old son is unemployed, lives with mommy and daddy and is about to have his car repo'ed. Loser.

[pat venditto]

[RogueJuror]

Damn Rouge that's a very inspirational story how did you make it over here? What do you do?

I'm not in the US, wagering biz.

[pat venditto]

rogue u gotta make jj keep his pants on pal. what an embarrasement. if he thought he had no chance of scoring with any chick he definately just lowered his chances greatly after showin his toddler prick.

[RogueJuror]

I promise Pat no more male nudy videos

[pat venditto]

good pal.

[Doc JS]

If you love your job you never work a day in your life.

GG,
I've heard that saying and I'm not so sure...

I love my job but there are days when it IS work. Seeing 100 flu patients in a day. Having to tell a patient that they have terminal cancer. Seeing the abuse of the system by Medicaid patients. I could go on...

I DO love my job. I love the people I work with, but there are days when it IS WORK.

Doc

[BrentCrude]

At least you aren't an intern.

I do.

I live with my parents. I work part time 18 hours a week at KIIS FM for $10 an hour. $160 a week after taxes, thrilling.

I run my website and work at a radio station in hopes of eventually getting into sports broadcasting someday... but I know the odds of this happening are very slim.

I have no backup plan after this. I don't have any interests really, other then sports, horses, gambling, nothing I could make a career out of. I feel like I'm never going to make real money doing anything... I can't see myself doing anything.

Sorry... just needed to vent. Is this some sort of a phase most young adults go through, or am I really destined to be useless?

On all the Minneapolis-St.Paul radio and tv stations they advertise for kids to work for free as interns,at least you are getting paid.Look at how it works in Washington where women are interns and have to buy their own knee pads.Well,their parents are rich and it's a status symbol for the kids to work for free for politicians.But then on the flip side,you have a woman who's working 18 hours a week for Edwards on his website and she's making hundred's of grand a year with a big payday in sight.


Most people in radio make squat.Some are really talented but they never seem to make it to the top for some reason.We have a couple guys up here in the middle of nowhere that are funnier than the big market guys.

Listen to the Bill Anderson song called Country DJ and one by Stonewall Jackson called BJ the DJ and it will sound a little like what you are up against.

It should be easy for a guy like you to make it in the USA.Just find a radio station that's owned by a good looking rich woman and go into her office and show some plumbers crack,she will have your baby and in a couple years you will be married to her,than divorced,and then you get alimony and half her assets.It works that way for women who say they have it so much rougher than men.hehe!

[jjgold]

I do.

I live with my parents. I work part time 18 hours a week at KIIS FM for $10 an hour. $160 a week after taxes, thrilling.

I run my website and work at a radio station in hopes of eventually getting into sports broadcasting someday... but I know the odds of this happening are very slim.

I have no backup plan after this. I don't have any interests really, other then sports, horses, gambling, nothing I could make a career out of. I feel like I'm never going to make real money doing anything... I can't see myself doing anything.

Sorry... just needed to vent. Is this some sort of a phase most young adults go through, or am I really destined to be useless?

Become a cop or fireman Son and be happy, easy jobs and solid money, way better long term vs college or get yourself a ittle truck and paint (indoor)

[pat venditto]

I was thinkin about bein a cop too. 50k a year livin single is pretty solid. I can whack jj in the head with my knight stick.

[Doc JS]

I can whack jj in the head with my knight stick.

If you do that, does he become Sir JJ ???

[JBC77]

Hang in there man, your a good guy, you will find your way eventually.

Lots of people are in your same situation and it can be frustrating when you can't find your calling right away. I know exactly how you feel and went through almost the same thing when I was your age.

If your into the web, why not go down to your local community and get some info on Bachelors Degree's in web design or something in that field.

Keep your head up and don't EVER give up. Hope to see you in Vegas guy....

[VegasDave]

Honestly fellas when I signed up here a year and change back I just expected to visit occasionally to talk about a football pick or two.

But I really love it here, you are a bunch of good guys.

You have no idea how cool it is to be able to pour your heart out on something to a bunch of complete strangers and get overwhelming support, great advice, and great insight.

Sure there is a douchebag or two scattered around the forum, but for the most part, you are a really cool bunch. Looking forward to SBR Bash '09, I won't miss it.