I left after college and have been all over the world with my job ever since. Still come home frequently for holidays.
What industry are you working in?
If you are in any sort of oil & gas / engineering / construction then you should look for some kind of camp based work e.g northern Canada.
That will get you out of the house and ease you into the “real world” as you’ll still get all your food / washing / rent taken care of, & not to mention, make an absolute pile of coin.
[quote]Eielson wrote:
[quote]24Animal7 wrote:
My mother is pretty passive aggressive woman, constantly criticizing others for doing things like dieting, exercising, and setting personal goals. She’s a pretty miserable person who’ll try to bring anyone down that she can lol.[/quote]
It’s bad karma to talk about your parents like that.[/quote]
It’s worse than bad karma. It virtually guarantees he’ll marry a woman just like her.
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Do I detect a certain wistfulness :-)? Somehow I think Varq would be worth it, and I’m not even gay…
[quote]TQB wrote:
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Do I detect a certain wistfulness :-)? Somehow I think Varq would be worth it, and I’m not even gay…[/quote]
That’s just how I imagine him. A swashbuckling lone ranger. John Wayne…James Bond…
[quote]Turkus Maximus wrote:
[quote]Edgy wrote:
at 13 i climbed on a Longboat headed for the shores of Northumbria and never looked back. learned a lot about life in the taverns in south Angleand and in the longhouses in the father land. Spent most of my young adulthood learning swordcraft and making my fortune.
i was not a plunderer like the rest of my bretheren - i took an oath to the king that i would protect him during s few of his campaigns, and then was hooked. it was never my intent, but such is life.
I am now in my waning years, and all i want is to be released from my oath so i can return to bebbanburg and reclaim what is rightfully mine.[/quote]
Love me some Uhtred[/quote]
x2
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]TQB wrote:
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Do I detect a certain wistfulness :-)? Somehow I think Varq would be worth it, and I’m not even gay…[/quote]
That’s just how I imagine him. A swashbuckling lone ranger. John Wayne…James Bond…[/quote]
You dont bring a cutlass to a gun fight.
[quote]orion wrote:
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]TQB wrote:
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Do I detect a certain wistfulness :-)? Somehow I think Varq would be worth it, and I’m not even gay…[/quote]
That’s just how I imagine him. A swashbuckling lone ranger. John Wayne…James Bond…[/quote]
You dont bring a cutlass to a gun fight. [/quote]
One can buckle more than cutlasses to one’s swash.
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Like peaches, dear. Peaches. And when I’ve wiped the juice from my chin, I put the stones in my pocket and carry them with me like memories.
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
[quote]theBeth wrote:
[quote]doublelung84 wrote:
[quote]Varqanir wrote:
When I was seventeen, I packed my bags, wrote a letter to my mother, went to school as usual, then at lunch I had a friend drive me to the airport, and I left. I stayed with a friend for a while, then with my grandparents until my grandfather passed away, then lived on my own while I was going to college. After that I got on another plane and lived in Japan for about a decade and a half, then made my way back, ironically enough, to the very place I had happily escaped from twenty years earlier.
Spent some time with my family, then moved on again, back to my grandmother’s house, now vacated by her death. And now I’m in the process of planning my next escape. Never really been one for nesting, it seems. [/quote]
Regarding nesting; I assume unmarried and no offspring?
So would you say you found happiness returning to the place you felt the need to flee from?
[/quote]
He’ll never find happiness in one place…he is doomed to wander the earth as the dusty footed philosopher, seducing jeune filles at every turn, eating their hearts like apples and tossing the cores out the window.[/quote]
Like peaches, dear. Peaches. And when I’ve wiped the juice from my chin, I put the stones in my pocket and carry them with me like memories.
[/quote]
Damn.
You are good…
Just what kind of a job pays 60K a year to someone too dumb to figure out they could be out of their 22K debt and have a decent nest-egg in a year if they save half their income?
More importantly, are they hiring right now?
[quote]Hertzyscowicz wrote:
Just what kind of a job pays 60K a year to someone too dumb to figure out they could be out of their 22K debt and have a decent nest-egg in a year if they save half their income?
More importantly, are they hiring right now?[/quote]
lol
[quote]Hertzyscowicz wrote:
Just what kind of a job pays 60K a year to someone too dumb to figure out they could be out of their 22K debt and have a decent nest-egg in a year if they save half their income?
More importantly, are they hiring right now?[/quote]
Just for realizing this you could probably be the manager for 80k a year.
Word to the wise: don’t go from living at home straight to living with your gf. You need at least 3 years on your own first. Your girl might even argue that “it doesn’t make sense” financially, and she’ll be absolutely right. But, it will be worth it in the long run.
I’m in a similar situation to the OP. I’m 23 and started a job last November making just under 50K a year, still living with my parents. After I took care of my remaining student loan debts and purchased a car I was planning on moving out in late September to early October.
While I was searching for potential apartments I was informed I was being laid off. My final day is now coming up and I will be out of work. I’m planning on going to contract work and working as a contractor. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with contracting, particularly if it was for years at a time and involved multiple jobs and having to move.
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
I’m in a similar situation to the OP. I’m 23 and started a job last November making just under 50K a year, still living with my parents. After I took care of my remaining student loan debts and purchased a car I was planning on moving out in late September to early October. While I was searching for potential apartments I was informed I was being laid off. My final day is now coming up and I will be out of work. I’m planning on going to contract work and working as a contractor. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with contracting, particularly if it was for years at a time and involved multiple jobs and having to move.[/quote]
Out of state job?
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
I’m in a similar situation to the OP. I’m 23 and started a job last November making just under 50K a year, still living with my parents. After I took care of my remaining student loan debts and purchased a car I was planning on moving out in late September to early October. While I was searching for potential apartments I was informed I was being laid off. My final day is now coming up and I will be out of work. I’m planning on going to contract work and working as a contractor. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with contracting, particularly if it was for years at a time and involved multiple jobs and having to move.[/quote]
Out of state job?[/quote]
What do you mean?
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
I’m in a similar situation to the OP. I’m 23 and started a job last November making just under 50K a year, still living with my parents. After I took care of my remaining student loan debts and purchased a car I was planning on moving out in late September to early October. While I was searching for potential apartments I was informed I was being laid off. My final day is now coming up and I will be out of work. I’m planning on going to contract work and working as a contractor. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with contracting, particularly if it was for years at a time and involved multiple jobs and having to move.[/quote]
Out of state job?[/quote]
What do you mean?[/quote]
Get a job out of state.
Your young go explore
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
[quote]Derek542 wrote:
[quote]Rebel Shuttle wrote:
I’m in a similar situation to the OP. I’m 23 and started a job last November making just under 50K a year, still living with my parents. After I took care of my remaining student loan debts and purchased a car I was planning on moving out in late September to early October. While I was searching for potential apartments I was informed I was being laid off. My final day is now coming up and I will be out of work. I’m planning on going to contract work and working as a contractor. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with contracting, particularly if it was for years at a time and involved multiple jobs and having to move.[/quote]
Out of state job?[/quote]
What do you mean?[/quote]
Get a job out of state.
Your young go explore[/quote]
That’s something I’m willing to do, if only for the experience. I find myself wanting to move around a few times and practice my trade in multiple industries.
[quote]Steel Nation wrote:
Word to the wise: don’t go from living at home straight to living with your gf. You need at least 3 years on your own first. Your girl might even argue that “it doesn’t make sense” financially, and she’ll be absolutely right. But, it will be worth it in the long run.[/quote]
you know that’s actually awesome advice. I didn’t do that, though. I moved out when I was 24 with my now wife after only dating her for a few months. I really needed to get out on my own and she was and still is a perfect roomate!