life help: I am having a mid-life crisis aged 20. - Help.com

I feel the same…but I am going to be in debt for an education I am no longer sure I want, and will be obligated to pay it back. :(

You could come to Australia and take university here, so you can do your course AND have beach bars to go to on weekends, days off, etc.

Whether or not you are in university, the next three years will come and go. The question is, where will YOU be at the end of those three years? You can waste them now, and not have a degree, or you can buckle down for the next three years and have a real advantage in landing a career or starting your own business.

Degrees open doors. I think it’s definitely worth a few years of your time. You can pay back the money when you get a job.

P.S. Very few jobs are all that rewarding, but you DO need to put a roof over your head and food on your table!

I am finding some parts of the degree ridiculously hard and I am only in the first year though. Also I could spend these 3 years and still end up without a degree and in mountains of debt. Although I know where you’re coming from.

Studying in Australia I would love to do.. Although it would probably be pretty similar to the degree I’m doing now and although the lifestyle would be great I’d still not be loving the course….

What course are you doing?

BA Economics

What point are you at in your degree? How many years left?
You might have the option to change course, depending on your uni.
But I would seriously advise sticking in there one way or another. These days it’s quite difficult getting place without a degree (or even with one, as I’m finding) so you could really regret it later if you give up now. And it doesn’t matter a whole lot what your degree is in either.

I know exactly how you feel, that was me not long ago, seriously thinking about quitting because I thought I couldn’t do it. But I stuck it out and found that the final year of my course was by far the best. Usually you get to specialise more as you go on, so do more of the things you like.

stay in school if you had any enginering certificat ,the Mining Industie is booming in Australia .my nephew is in this Buisness and he makes almost 4 Grand a week plus accomodation .But its shiftwork 4 weeks on and one week of anything in MINING…

daveonthebal wrote:
BA Economics

Ohhhhh wow. I know you might not appreciate that degree now, but it is a VERY good degree to have. In many cases, you can have a degree in basket weaving and impress some managers - especially now a days. BUT what your degree is teaching you is the language of money. Do you know how many people do not know that language? They work all their lives at a job and they retire to basically nothing. You are learning how to work with money and mostly how to make money WORK for you! You can do ANYTHING you heart and soul wants… and this education will help you accomplish that!
Bright blessings ~ Richard

PS… it’s impossible to have a mid life crisis at age 20

Point taken. Its a hard language to learn though and also other things are niggling at me which doesn’t make it any easier.

richard wrote:
PS… it’s impossible to have a mid life crisis at age 20

doesn’t that depend on how long you live?

LOL… mid-life… I guess so :)

those other things that “niggle” at us. They are generally out of reach because we have no way to afford them (or if we do it is at the sacrifice of something else). I understand that language can be hard, but if you can master it… the chances of you grabbing those niggling things later will be much greater, much easier. If you’ve not read it… or listened to the book on tape of Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad - I recommend it. I bet if you listen to the book on tape, you’ll be re-inspired to study the language of money.