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Wow, what an opportunity. The world is yours - may I recommend that you travel? Travel cheap, see the world. Find your passion. Don't worry about what you are
by marquis 16y ago
Wow, what an opportunity. The world is yours - may I recommend that you travel? Travel cheap, see the world. Find your passion. Don't worry about what you are going to do in the future, you have so much time to build a life/lives.
Concrete examples?
Volunteer, either near home or internationally (though don't get stuck in a 'paid' volunteer system, just pay for your own travel but don't get charged to work anywhere as a volunteer)
Working Holiday visa
You can live and travel for a year of more, no visa worries. For example, go to Australia, hang out and get some exercise, go surfing, pick apples, then go see Indonesia, Thailand, Laos.. then when you get back to the States you'll be even more unbelievably spoiled, but you'll have an idea of what you want to do with your opportunity.
I'm sure others here could give more examples. When I was 24 I had already packed up and was just traveling, freelancing digitally as I needed, until something came along that was interesting enough to stay put for.
- groaner 16y agoI've thought long and hard about this. I really do want to do this, but I don't know if I can pull it off. I'm afraid that I'll wind up like Antoine Roquentin from Sartre's Nausea -- a long world tour followed by disappointment and existential crisis.
- jey 16y agoIf you try it, you might succeed. If you don't try it, you definitely won't succeed.
- marquis 16y agoI love the reference, and don't forget Candide... something I tell my friends who are a little hesitant to start off: remember that whatever you are leaving behind you can come back to, and regardless of what happens you'll have stories to come back with.
- groaner 16y agoThanks for the Candide recommendation. I've had it on my reading list for a while but I'm picking it up on my next library trip.