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RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 6 days ago
I hope you find the peace and balance you are looking for. Please know that I think most people here really appreciated hearing about your whacky antics; they often brought a bit of sunshine to an otherwise dull day.
Godspeed.
did_you_find_violets@lemmy.world 6 days ago
RecursiveParadox@piefed.social 6 days ago
Don’t beat yourself up too much over it. It’s easier to see with hindsight, and at the time you had other priorities which were just as valid to you at the moment.
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Never too late for that. Pretty much everyone I know has skipped years or restarted in life. It happens.
papalonian@lemmy.world 5 days ago
For what it’s worth, I went to college before I was ready and it didn’t do anyone any favors. I think college only helps form structure for those that already have a good foundation for it; there’s so much freedom that if you decide to just fuck off and do nothing, there’s generally no repercussions until you’re failing the class you presumably paid to attend.
If you go into it planning to use it as a tool to help build structure and find a purpose on your own, it can be good. But it’s not like the military or something where they’re going to force you to comply. I spent most of my freshman year in college sitting in my car in the parking lot because I had other stuff going on and I was too stressed out / anxious to go to class. Then took nearly 5 years to rebuild the courage to go back. If I just waited a year to sort my shit out before trying to go to college fresh out of high school, I probably would’ve had a degree by the time I started the second time.
ano@lemmy.world 5 days ago
why did you decide not to go this year?
what were your plans instead?
and why do you feel those plans aren’t working out for you after all?
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
I never got to go so if you do get in sometime please consider mentally doing it for both of us, thanks.