Good luck with the job situation guys. I mean that. :thumb:
I am in a pretty similar situation but I handle and look at it diffently because I am a different type of person obviously. I've always done really bad in school, whether it be middle school or high school. I even stayed back a few times. One was really really early in like first grade or something and then another in like 9th. School just isn't for everyone in my opinion, but I know some people will disagree. Anyway, I ended up dropping out in like 10th grade. I was almost 18 at the time, i'd say about 17 and 8 months or so. Looking back a while, I never imagined that i'd drop out. But yeah, I did. I didn't know what the hell I was gonna do, but I got a job not long after. It wasn't the best job, but I made a good enough amount of money. It's not like I had to pay bills or anything, so it wasn't a huge problem.
My parents weren't happy I dropped outta high school, but they didn't give me a hard time about it either. They told me to get a job and do what I had to do basically. So that's what I did. Now I won't lie, ever since I lost that job, I have barely worked. It's not really that I haven't wanted to, but it's hard as hell now a days. It's all bout who you know really. If you know someone who can get you a job, great. If you don't, good fucking luck.
So at the moment i'm 20 and I have no job. I don't always get depressed about it and think about it in a negative way, although i'd be lying if I said there weren't times where I DO think about it. I just think about how much better I could be doing. It could be alot worse for me. I could be living on the street, but i'm not. I am just gonna start to try harder to get a job so other things will look up, ya know? One good thing can lead to another. I KNOW once I get a job some others things will change. I won't get into all of that though.
Not to mention, alot of my friends are the same way. Even the few that did graduate high school. Out of the crew I hung around with for years, only a few of them actually graduated. And even they didn't really do anything with their lives. One of them started at a community college, but I don't think he even goes anymore. The other just had a baby and didn't have a job. Not to mention his girlfriend is alot younger than him and she is a bitch. He has it rough, but he got a job not too long ago. I am very happy for him because now he can support his kid and all that. Everyone else I know though is pretty much struggling too. One of my friends has been cutting hair since he was like 14 and he's now 19 and has been working in shops for the past few years. A few others went in the army and marines. Personally, that isn't for me. I could never see myself doing it. So like I said, I just gotta keep trying and hopefully something will happen soon. The same goes for everyone else that is in a similar situation. What else can you really do? Try not to get so down on the situation, it'll only make things worse really. The type of person I am, I don't really get down on things. It may suck, but I try to make the best of it really. You just gotta go with the flow. Have fun and whatever happens, happens. :thumb:
Sorry I made my post so long, haha.
