I'm going to do the same for my son! And, by the way... thanks KB, for sharing that wisdom (and reminders) with all of us!Rita said:Katie Blue --- I'm sharing your wisdom with my daughter when she gets home from school.
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BSmart--in my line of work (dean at a liberal arts college) I talk to students every day about life choices. Yes, some of your friends will hear the school bell and heed it next Sept--but so what??? Law school will still be there whenever you want to come back--and indeed, you will do BETTER in law school for having waited and followed your passion. Being a grownup is about finding some passion in life that makes you want to get up in the morning and go to work. Like many on this posting, I had other plans at your age--but I love what I do now, and while I don't have the "shack on the beach" at SOWAL, I'm fortunate enough to earn enough to rent one every summer.
Passionate committment is great--follow it, do it, make a difference! I can assure you most students now going to graduate school, med school, or law schools are not just out of college--and the best students have life experiences that make them more complete individuals. The most important thing is to figure out YOUR life path--not some script for "what is expected" but what is true for you. The most successful, brightest, and happiest people I know don't follow someone else's script but instead, they have their own ideas. They are entrepreneurial, happy, brilliant at what they do. So go do environmental work--lobby hard, use your hard-won writing and persuasive skills from --But find the best people to work with and work with them. Learn everything you can, work 18 hour days, and then when you can't do it anymore, then reconsider law school. You'll be fantastic!
Good luck.
New Yorker
Passionate committment is great--follow it, do it, make a difference! I can assure you most students now going to graduate school, med school, or law schools are not just out of college--and the best students have life experiences that make them more complete individuals. The most important thing is to figure out YOUR life path--not some script for "what is expected" but what is true for you. The most successful, brightest, and happiest people I know don't follow someone else's script but instead, they have their own ideas. They are entrepreneurial, happy, brilliant at what they do. So go do environmental work--lobby hard, use your hard-won writing and persuasive skills from --But find the best people to work with and work with them. Learn everything you can, work 18 hour days, and then when you can't do it anymore, then reconsider law school. You'll be fantastic!
Good luck.
New Yorker
Hey, SJ, I'd like to book you for a return trip to this topic one month from today, please!Smiling JOe said:
bsmart, I have a daughter who is 23 and went to UGA, and now is in SoWal working fulltime and going to Gulf Coast. I have another daughter who is 27 and is still a fulltime student and also works fulltime in SoWal. They are both very interested in the environment and I'm sure would love to talk to you. For a guy you are thinking pretty good. Going on to law school or waiting awhile...it's all good. You'll keep learning whatever you do. God Bless!bsmart said:
peapod1980 said:Hey, SJ, I'd like to book you for a return trip to this topic one month from today, please!
I don't keep this stuff in my calendar, but I will gladly revisit the topic if you bring it up.
For what it's worth...contentment comes from within. And that's the good news. The choices we make throughout our lives can be either wise or careless...even wreckless. The trick, I think, is to learn as early as possible to make positive choices. Life goes by quickly. It's a shame to get stuck in a loop at some point in the journey...repeating the same mistake time and again. I remember a lawyer friend telling me that he had a client who married the same women time and time again (they were different women in reality) but nonetheless, looked the same...acted the same. A pretty unhappy client, time and time again. There's is always something new around the corner to explore...to learn. Try to center yourself, grasp the whole picture and, most of all, enjoy the trip! Lucky for us, it comes from within...the ability to enjoy life...from knowing ourselves and from making wise choices, learning from our mistakes, given our abilities, characteristics, loves and likes. Just my two cents' worth. Waxing philosophic tonight...
whitesands said:
...and more importantly, he divorced the same woman time and time again.
bsmart...please clarify. You talk about figuring out your plan for life at 23. Good for you! Where does this engagement ring come into all of this? I don't know your whole story, but in some ways I feel you are trying to do everything at once...like you have a timetable imposed by your peer group. You seem to me to be tying hard to think and GET OUT of that BOX. Keep asking the questions and be flexible.
bsmart said:
Slow down and enjoy where you are. It is great to plan, but enjoy the trip to the end. My daughter receieved a full scholarship to a prestigious east coast grad school school and chose to work a while before completing her next degree. I cannot tell you how much she has grown and learned about people and how the world works. There are many life experiences she would have missed if she had gone straight to grad school. There are no wrong choices, just detours. Unless you have had your lawyer dream for many years and are completely certain that is what you want, wait. Since you asked this question, there are doubts. In my experience most people do not know what they want and try to fulfill a parent's dream, not theirs.