tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:38 PM |
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What exactly is the meaning of life?
Yes... this is a car forum, but we have some very clever people here from all walks of life...
Can someone help me!!?!??
Im nearly 22... did A-Levels and then started working, have worked for Rolls Royce, managed a catering companies stores and now work in a school
writing web applications and training staff/students...The pay is reasonable.. the job keeps me amused, but Im not sure if thats what I want to do for
the rest of my life
But im stuck and confused... what is the point..... You go to work, come home, eat, sleep... and then repeat.... I get 21 days a year to see the
world... but dont get paid enough to go far...
I am the kind of person who can never stop... I always have to have a few projects on the go to give me some focus... when the focus goes, I start to
loose the plot a bit..
I look at my parents who have both had very succesfull careers, nice house, nice cars etc... but it just seems pointless... you cant take it with you
when you die...
I have so many interests I cant just focus on one as a career.... It would drive me nuts...
I have applied to uni this year, but most of the unis have said NO because I dont have a Maths A-Level.... two of them have said they would take me if
I do a foundation degree first... which does not appeal atall.... might be ok if THAT was what I wanted to do... but as I dont actually know what I
want to do... its a bit tricky..
I am starting to realise that I wont get far in any career with out some formal training and qualifications... hence why I thought about uni... but no
idea where to specialise...
Its sort of tempting to throw in my job and dissapear around the world for a year to try and find the meaning of life, but I dont think I would find
it...
So.... the floor is yours... what IS the point?
[Edited on 3/3/10 by tegwin]
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AdrianH
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:43 PM |
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To procreate!
Train to get the skills to start your own business, try it if you fail you gave it a shot. Wait till you are 50 and you have the same view
UGHHHHHHHHHHHH.
Start making a list of what you would like to achieve by what age. Try to make it realistic, then you have goals to achieve and perhaps meaning.
Adrian
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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NigeEss
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:43 PM |
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42
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scootz
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:49 PM |
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There is only one point to life... and that is to sustain life and give life. Survival and breeding... that's it!
The question of what you as an intelligent being do with your life is something entirely different!
We are all unique... we all have different hopes, dreams, interests and goals. I'm afraid it's for you, Tegwin the individual, to decide
what would bring you the most satisfaction during your brief time here!
It's Evolution Baby!
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RK
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:49 PM |
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Travel tends to focus the mind, at least it does/did for me. It gets more and more expensive, and difficult to travel nowadays, so you need a decent
job to pay for it.
I found university was the best thing. Go in trying to get whatever you can stand, as fast as possible - don't work during the terms - and it
will give you lots of ideas. No course is ever a waste of time. I always thought they made a mistake letting me into university as a
"mature" student many years ago, and again for my masters programme, so worked pretty hard to make it all happen in my favour. Treat it
like a job and it goes by fast, and you get that nice piece of paper at the end that nobody can ever take from you.
Make a plan, and stick to it. Don't worry, just DO.
ps. the piece of paper isn't worth much the first year or two, but is eventually, believe me.
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AdrianH
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:50 PM |
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Damm I forgot 42, Hitch hikers guide to the Galaxy.
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:52 PM |
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I am in a similar position but 6 years ahead of you, I did uni and sacrificed a lot for a job which i at best tolerate and at worst makes me ill with
contempt. I have way too much responsibility for my pay grade and experience and would happily jack it in for a lower paid job i enjoy or
alternatively would love to work for my self. My father and I are seriously exploring property development full time. It already takes up all our
spare time.
I have been through cancer and come out the other side and have learned that if you are not happy, you aren't anything.
[Edited on 3/3/10 by liam.mccaffrey]
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Steve G
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:54 PM |
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The point is to make the most of it...... and that'll mean different things to different people!!!
Rather than asking others - look at what YOU want.... then you'll have your answer.!!
To some it'll be making a million, others to help other people, still more will want to be nothing more than a lying, cheating, scumbag so
they'll become a politician.
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AdrianH
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:54 PM |
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Some true words at the end there Liam.
Why do I have to make the tools to finish the job? More time then money.
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austin man
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 10:59 PM |
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The meaning of life
Life is what you make of it, I have worked in some shitty roles but always made the most of what I did, at 22 you have seen nothing really. University
is not the be all and end all of life nore is it always the start ofe something better. In my life I have met some of the most educated idiots who
have mastered the skill of learning and passing qualifications but struggle with the application of their learning to real life situations. I would
advise you take every opportunity in life and live it to the full make sure you give it 100% nobody can ask any more than that. Done right you will
find progression and something youe enjoy.
At 22 I would be chasing the money to enjoy life, I was working 80 plus hours per week at your age and getting £1.75 an hour like many on here would
have been.
to me the meanin of life is the way you live it and what you are able to put back into it
Life is like a bowl of fruit, funny how all the weird looking ones are left alone
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liam.mccaffrey
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:00 PM |
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Lol, its a case of do as i say and not as i do. At the end of the day i'm still working a job i despise 
quote:
Originally posted by AdrianH
Some true words at the end there Liam.
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craig1410
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:01 PM |
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I know exactly how you feel...
Here is some bedtime reading which might inspire you. This book is worth a read if you are thinking of starting your own business which it sounds like
you might be.
Think And Grow Rich
Follow your heart or forever live with regret!
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omega0684
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:04 PM |
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keep you chin up son, i felt the same way as you after i was ill for 15 odd months.
been out of work for almost 2 years and was really struggling with career choice and what i wanted to do with myself.
the advise i would suggest is so get as much under your belt as you can, have a good think about what you might want to do, you have plenty of time
and if your willing to work hard the rewards will come later!
get your CV out to as many people as possible, build rapour with work colleague and friends of the family that might be able to help you out in
finding something more interesting that you might like to have a try at!
All the best in your new adventure and let us know where it takes you!
think about the positive not about the negative, open yourself up to others suggestions.........
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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Nash
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:06 PM |
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This sums it up for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ
Dance
........Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:07 PM |
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Thanks for your support guys... This last few weeks I have been tearing myself appart inside... what with the uni application fails, failing to get
into the RAF and generally not knowing what I want to do next...
Yes, I could stay in the job I am for another 2 years and then move on up the ladder and potentially do quite well for myself in the IT/education
industry whilst spending the money on toys etc..... But that route for some reason does not appeal to me... perhaps because its too easy.... I
dont want to commit and settle, but I dont know what I want to move on to either...
If I knew that I was going to be staying in my current job I would go out tomorow and buy a TIG welder +mill+lathe and start building a supercar to
rival you all... but I just dont know what im doing in life...
The ONLY reason I am still living where I am, doing the job I am doing is because I was working on the TVR... now thats finished it frees me up to
think about otehr things... perhaps dangerous...
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:15 PM |
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I guess the thing thats bugging me...
Should I stick with my current job and work at it...
Or quit.... go spend all my money traveling the world... and then come back and do "something"...
Or quit and go to uni... on the pretence that I might learn something..
I know its a decision I need to make myself... but its not an easy one to make...not atall!
Yes, stepping out of my comfort zone and going traveling would be amazing, and would make me more confident... but its almost sacrilage to throw away
a decent job...
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Nash
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:16 PM |
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Tegwin.
Regret the things you do not the things you don't do!
........Neil
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
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miikae
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:20 PM |
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When i was 22 i was a self employed contractor working for Plessey in Towcester, after being there for about 2 months i just mentioned to our rep that
i wanted the hell out of this country and as luck had it he put me forward for a new NATO contract and after that i never looked back as i lived off
my expences ,of which i saved half and never touched my salary for 2 years, but that was then in the boom time. That one job took me all over europe
and north America.
I suppose that i was lucky enough to speak to the right person at the right time as it set me up on a life of travel and of being the man with a
suitecase always on the move.
Mike
If it can be done it i will be done .
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eddie99
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nash
This sums it up for me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ
Dance
........Neil
Excellent Video!
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Nash
Tegwin.
Regret the things you do not the things you don't do!
........Neil
good call.... easier said than done though 
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iscmatt
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:28 PM |
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Interesting reading guys, i'm 22 and i'll be leaving uni in april! The best time of my life so far was in my year out when i worked and
travelled! What with the current job market its difficult to think i'll get a job where i want, so i'm thinking of taking some time out
after uni with a part time job, take a step back and consider my options! Oh, and i'm really thinking of doing rust to rome this year! anyone
else going?!
All the best tegwin, what ever decisions you make they will be the right ones!!!
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RickRick
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:36 PM |
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sounds like a trip to night school for an a level in maths is in order first
i've got a good job, resonable pay, on shifts so only work 3 days a week, good pension, flexi, share scheme. not really that into the job
anymore, but there's such a blanket around me at the company it's very hard to leave can't see another 30+ years not making me
mental though!
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tegwin
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| posted on 3/3/10 at 11:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
Interesting reading guys, i'm 22 and i'll be leaving uni in april! The best time of my life so far was in my year out when i worked and
travelled! What with the current job market its difficult to think i'll get a job where i want, so i'm thinking of taking some time out
after uni with a part time job, take a step back and consider my options! Oh, and i'm really thinking of doing rust to rome this year! anyone
else going?!
All the best tegwin, what ever decisions you make they will be the right ones!!!
Rust to rome... or the mongol rally... quite possibly!!!!!
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Hugh_
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 12:34 AM |
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I've had a similar dilemma, except that I went to uni, it was a fantastic 3 years but it told me that I didnt want to do anything too geology
(my course) related.
I decided it's more who you are around, and what else you can do along side that are more important. I used to be too career focused, I dont
mean that from an effort point of view, because that hasnt changed, but the fact that I hadnt been promoted/had a pay rise etc. used to really bother
me, but no one in the company had and it'll come eventually.
My plan if you like was/is to spend more time doing things that I really enjoy; I took up rowing, which is four evenings a week and the morning at
weekends sorted and there's a cracking group of people at the club. When the markets are right I'll buy a fixer-upper house, and in the
mean time I'll concentrate on trying to get the Locost on the road...
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dave1888
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| posted on 4/3/10 at 12:35 AM |
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I think you need to get as much experiance as you can when your are that age, I had the chance to go work in the far east when i was 24 but stupidly
decided not to i also had the chance to go to New Zealand i even had a job lined up but decided not to go. I regret not going however i wouldn't
be where i am today if i had gone who knows if i would be in a better position that i am now. Life is what you make of it, if you want happiness you
have to go get it as it wont come to you. Most of the guys i went to school with are still on the dole (we left in1988) they never get a holiday can
only dream of doing the things i have done and still doing their life revolves around bookies and pub. Work hard now and you will reap the rewards in
later life.
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