Growing up

[Mifresita]

Writing the title alone makes me feel bittersweet about becoming an adult. I’m 18 now and in college. Don’t know how that’s going because I haven’t been doing well on keeping up with going to class or homework. In fact I don’t really feel motivated at all and am contemplating dropping out and going to beauty school to become an esthetician but I asked a professor if I should consider doing that and around his bullshit and not very straight forward answer his obvious message was to stay in community college. My mind has been wondering about why we’re forced to grow up so fast anyway. Since middle school they’ve been telling us that we better have an idea of what we want to be when we grow up but who really has the answers to all that? I think everyone’s lying about having it all figured out. I surely don’t and I don’t see why it’s a big deal to feel that way or why I get side eyes in conversation after I’ve brought up that I don’t really know what I want to do yet so I’m just taking general ED. Im still sleeping with a stuffed animal and people are treating me like I’m 40 already? Why do I need to be held to the same standards as my parents when I feel like I’m still just a kid :/ I’m not ready to let go of my childhood just yet

[Mumma_h]

Don’t worry, you are only 18 , it might give you rights like getting you r license or being able to vote ( fun!! , only joking 😆) but you are still really young , your still your parents child !!😍. Don’t expect yourself to have it all figured out , try not to overthink , choose subjects you enjoy and have an interest in . I would stay in school if you can , there is so much more support there and less decisions to make at the moment ( I think , it’s been a looong time 😆). As for not knowing what to do I would just take one day at a time , do the best you can for that day , you dont need to make any big decisions just yet . I really hope you just get to enjoy each day 😁and all that being young offers 😁💕

[kvolm2016]

Sorry that you are feeling the weight of all of this at the moment. It's definitely frustrating to feel like you are being pushed in a direction that you don't want to go!Unless you really have a desire to work in a field that requires very specific training, all of the general ed courses apply to a lot of fields of study. So getting those classes completed is probably still useful. And of course a professor is going to tell you to stay in school because that is their life work.

But if you are not interested in school at this point, why not try and work instead. There are plenty of different kinds of work to explore and to see what you find interesting. Trying different things is a great way to cross things off the list that you discover that you don't like and to hone in on what you do like.

Since you mention that you already have an interest in being an esthetician, what is keeping you from pursuing that?