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TCONJ

[L] [18 in few days M] Not sure what’s next

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I graduate tomorrow, and soon all of my friends are leaving for different colleges while I stay local. I am also a Boy Scout, and I just turned in my Eagle Application, with a few days left before I age out. I don’t know what comes next, and I sometimes feel like I don’t want anything to. Once I’m down with Scouts, I don’t know what I want to do. It meant a lot to me, and with it gone, as well as my friends, it just doesn’t feel too good.

Posted Jun 8, 2018, 5:25 AM UTC

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-Thomas_Jefferson-•

Have you considered joining the military? It has a lot of similarities to the scouts

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mutalias•

Finding yourself can be tough. I had no idea what I was doing when I was your age, and it took me several years to find out what I wanted to do. Don't be fooled into thinking you are in a hurry. You are 18, you have your whole life ahead of you. Even if you don't start down a career path until you're in your late 20's, you'll still have plenty of options to pick from.

One of the most important things you can do until then, is to actually do something. Get yourself a job, even if it's serving burgers or delivering pizza, making coffee, whatever. It doesn't have to be long-term. That'll get you some money, which will give you a lot more options for activities outside of work. It'll also be a valuable experience -- you'll make friends there, you'll have a budget to manage, and even just learning how to work at any job at all is a skill that needs to be learned. If you don't like working there, switch to somewhere else. Maybe you'll stumble into something you really like, maybe not, but even if you don't, knowing what you don't want to do is also useful.

If you want friends who are into stuff that you are into, join a club that does that sort of thing. It's easy to make friends when you are doing something you like with other people who also enjoy it. If you save up a bit for equipment and pocket money, you can even go on one of the long, famous hikes if you want. You'll meet plenty of people there, too.

I see another comment mentioned the military because it resembles the scouts. I'd make sure you think long and hard before doing this -- the point of the military is war, after all, and if you join the military that is what you should be prepared for. You don't need to get paid to go on hikes and do outdoorsy stuff, there's loads of people who just do that kind of thing as a hobby.

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