What are you doing with your life?

I imagine some of you have an end goal. I... don't.

I have a job, but I don't really need it as money's not an issue and it's dead-end anyway (pizza delivery - fun and great for the lazy, but otherwise doesn't really go anywhere). I'm going to college for electronic engineering because I love it, but once I get my degree I'm not 100% sure what I'll do with it aside from frame it maybe (then again, I couldn't actually tell you where my diploma is, so it'll probably end up in the same place - lost). Like I said, money's not a huge issue, so getting a job is more or less pointless. I've considered starting a business in audio electronics, but again, not sure what the point would be.

I used to have goals - everything from being an architect to building guitars to the aforementioned audio electronics biz - but as I age and mature (and as my investments continue to grow and my bank account more or less stays the same unless I buy a car or house), the more I find that doing those and other things would ultimately be pointless because I have nothing to really contribute to those fields, and even if I get the skills and imagination to do so, it would really only benefit me financially (I'm not much of one to take pride in my work and I oddly hate appreciation) and even then the average max salary for someone in my field is less than $150k/yr - less than I make just from my savings account, let alone my stocks and other investments now. Could I make massive advances in my fields? Of course. Will I? Doubtful.

I'm a 24-year-old woman - well, let's be real, *girl (and if we're being super accurate, transwoman) - and have no idea wtf I should or could be doing with my life aside from what I do now. I mean, what I do works and works rather well, but I mean... this can't be it.

So, I ask: what are you doing with your life? Have a career path planned? Wanna set a crazy world record? Wanna travel and adventure? Just wanna join an esports team or something?

Posted Sep 16, 2015, 7:06 AM UTC

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