after spending years working my way through an associate degree in nursing, lived with a bf who thought I should pay his way through school (dirt hit the coffin on that, he wasn't quadraplegic )....my toleration became less and less with bf's. NEXT! lived with a bf who had the intellect to do anything, and family $$, but got high all the X.....there's a waste, then there's a waste of time. Somewhere with it all, rationale prevails..

i got the hell out.
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I'm 27 now. 24-26 was a very difficult time for me. The transition is a bit difficult, but I had a lot of awful things happen in those years to make it particularly hard. That said, I'm come out of it a lot better.

alphastreet said:

Shagging!!! same as usual!

JDInteractive said:

Ive got a bitch at home and let me tell u mate. i still "keep myself busy" when i need to scratch that itch. Do u realise that most porn is free on the WorldWideWeb? megarotic . com

alphastreet said:

Well, the first thing is make sure whatever career you working on, you're interning and working at the basic level of your field. It'll help in your studies but it'll also help in starting your career. The real word and the academic world are 2 different places and a lot of people think like you. You really have to be aggressive in the work place and make yourself invaluable. Once you've topped out where you are, leave and work somewhere else to build your experience and responsibility levels. It's hard work but you have this goal of being self-supportive so this is what you have to do. Experience in the industry your in is what it's all about, so finish your masters but be working in the field (like your doing for low money) and get as much real-world experience as you can. This dictates your salary, not the degree.

Slave2daGroove said:

yeah I'm sort of working in my field, but actually it's a little below my field, more like a college level position. The pay is alright, but the hours are varied cause it's casual-relief, I definitely am learning but have to find a balance between being too soft or too aggressive, then I'll be ready to build my way up from that. I feel like it's a lazy job too and it's not challenging me enough, so I want something better, cause I feel like I'm growing impatient already
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Whoa, that was a MAJOR transition time for me. I had to release a bunch of old friends who were dragging me down. I was struggling to free myself from needy parents who were in the middle of a divorce so checked myself into therapy. I was dealing with floodgates of emotion. I was finally getting the swing of my corporate job, which I hated...but beginning to sort of like it...

Then I found religion, moved into a communal home, quite the corporate job, travelled to India for a month. Came back from India and started film school in the fall. Therapy continued.

All I can say is: GLAD THAT PERIOD OF LIFE IS O-V-E-R! It wasn't exactly fun.

alphastreet said:

I was a store manager for Hills' Department Store! Bought my first car...Saab 900! And was BALLIN!!

AnckSuNamun said:

Anytime!

I was a mother and the manager at a store.

I found a new job and though it's not in my field, it's at a company related to my field so i could easily apply there if they like me. Wish me luck everyone. I thank you all for your positive encouragement

heartbeatocean said:

I'm glad it's over, too. It was the best time for me physically, but not emotionally or situation-wise.

NDRU said:

I think those couple of years were some of the most difficult, unpleasant years of my life. It's painful looking back at it now, but I needed to go through it and grow.

alphastreet said:

Good luck!

It's interesting to think about......if I knew what I know now, what I would have done differently? (kind of a pointless question, because I had to experience things to learn what I know now, but still...)

I would have followed my dream and gone to a different film school in Los Angeles and brought my other interests with me, rather than let them locate me. That is, I would have had more confidence in my ability to create a life in Los Angeles...

I would have taken my social life more seriously, because I needed good friends at the time who were good for me. I would have taken a much more active approach toward relationships, rather than being passive and falling into social groups where I didn't exactly fit in or who didn't inspire me. I would have dated more just to get the experience.

I would have been much more prudent about my future -- setting realistic goals, and not depending on student loans so much. It would have helped if I looked at things more long term, had a vision for my life a few years ahead at least, a timeline.

And at some point in my life, I wish I had spent at least a few months working at a National Park or nature reserve or something. My entire life has been spent in cities.


Easy to say now. I was immature at age 24-26, and had to shed tons of emotional gook from childhood. It's only now at 40 that I feel a decent measure of balance, efficiency, and wisdom. But at my age, there continues to be room for growth too.

At 24, I just graduated college and began to go out dancing and drinking with my friends more. I ended up getting a decent job and still would go and have wild weekends. Actually, wilder and crazier than when I was 21. lol I'm nearly 30 and am still having a blast, only not as wild as the 24-28 years. hehe

Enjoy and live life to it's fullest!

i had just gotten divorced...

went to europe for a few months, decided to move there.

came back to the states & packed up my things.

came to france, got married, learned french & got my first teaching job.

that about sums it up for me.

Best time of my life!

I finished up my PhD, met my wife to be, and moved to the US.

Shagging fashion photographers and pop musicians

double post
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^ that's hot

alphastreet said:

...not when you're in the middle of a legal separation and trying to run a company it's not

Ottensen said:

I get to shag a pop star wannabe now and then, and I like photography

uncanny life parallels!

ACCEPTABLE!!! AND I'M FUCKIN GONNNNEEEEE!!! DUSTTTT.

KEEPING IT ACCEPTABLE FOR THE GOT DAMM '80sss!!!

This clip sums it up ---> http://youtube.com/watch?v=714FzcoKVmk

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thanks for sharing

working my ass off ... I still am

me too, will be doing so even more for the next 2 weeks, cause I'm doing a temp job and could end up getting hired full time if I play my cards right

24-26 was actually a slow but steady decline into depression for me, so I hope you won't follow that pattern. By 27 it took a sharp turn upwards though.

what are you/were you doing b/t age 24-26?

Finishing my masters
Marriage
Raising 2 step children
Building our home - ourselves
Pregnant
Coaching soccer
Working full time outside the home
Newborn and I was recovering from loosing enough blood to flat line 3 times in 10 minutes post birth
100 other mundane things