Right? This comic seems more like they knew exactly what to do.
I have no idea what I’m doing: never got a degree because I don’t know what I want to do that I care to do and that pays above poverty level wages, never got a good job because of the degree. Stuck waking up miserable every day, but with no direction to follow as any move I would need to make is too expensive as it requires a new job in a new location.
Then you’re pretty lucky in that regard… I feel like a problem we have in this (and I’m sure others) country is that we go to school, and we’re told to Be something when we grow up. We don’t know what but we have interests and hobbies. So in high school you work with a guidance councilor that says “well with what you like you could do X, Y, or Z”. So you pick one because society tells you that you have to, and it’s the one that sounds the best, but you’re still not sold on it at all. So you go to college because everyone says that’s just what you do after high school. And you stick with that choice only because you don’t know what else to do/pick instead. You just go through the motions like you did your first 12+ yrs at school and before you know it you graduate with a degree in a thing you’re still not sold on and you now have to start paying bills and a career is again, just what people do after college, so you find one. Now you work everyday doing a thing you’re still not sold on, but what other ideas do you have? So you just keep doing the thing, just because.
And then you wonder why you’re exhausted and depressed and in debt… but you’re stuck.
I think this is a case of “the grass is greener…” as you have options with your degree even if it’s not related to the degree, just having the magic piece of paper is enough to allow you to put a resume in and potentially get just about any typical job. My resume will go directly to the trash bin unless it’s for some worthless underpaid blue collar shit. I’m definitely not in a position to be envious of or to be considered lucky.
Right? This comic seems more like they knew exactly what to do.
I have no idea what I’m doing: never got a degree because I don’t know what I want to do that I care to do and that pays above poverty level wages, never got a good job because of the degree. Stuck waking up miserable every day, but with no direction to follow as any move I would need to make is too expensive as it requires a new job in a new location.
I have no idea what I’m still doing here.
Then you’re pretty lucky in that regard… I feel like a problem we have in this (and I’m sure others) country is that we go to school, and we’re told to Be something when we grow up. We don’t know what but we have interests and hobbies. So in high school you work with a guidance councilor that says “well with what you like you could do X, Y, or Z”. So you pick one because society tells you that you have to, and it’s the one that sounds the best, but you’re still not sold on it at all. So you go to college because everyone says that’s just what you do after high school. And you stick with that choice only because you don’t know what else to do/pick instead. You just go through the motions like you did your first 12+ yrs at school and before you know it you graduate with a degree in a thing you’re still not sold on and you now have to start paying bills and a career is again, just what people do after college, so you find one. Now you work everyday doing a thing you’re still not sold on, but what other ideas do you have? So you just keep doing the thing, just because.
And then you wonder why you’re exhausted and depressed and in debt… but you’re stuck.
I think this is a case of “the grass is greener…” as you have options with your degree even if it’s not related to the degree, just having the magic piece of paper is enough to allow you to put a resume in and potentially get just about any typical job. My resume will go directly to the trash bin unless it’s for some worthless underpaid blue collar shit. I’m definitely not in a position to be envious of or to be considered lucky.