I basically fell into my life choices and they’ve worked out remarkably well for me. I intended, upon leaving high school, to get a music education degree and become a high school band teacher. Then due to budget reasons (and an unwillingness to take out $50-80k in loans) and having to work full time to support myself, I ended up taking a break from school (after taking 5 years to get my Associates Degree). I moved to the opposite side of the country on a whim, and after a year and a half at a truly miserable call center job, my friend suggested the Coast Guard. So I talked to a recruiter and got a report date.
Around the same time, I met a woman in my area (back before online dating was the tragic mess it currently is) while just looking for people to do things with, since I moved across the country knowing nobody. We got along, but nothing kicked off until I told her I was joining the military (leaving), we both expressed how interested we were in each other, and became a couple.
I’ll spare you the longer story, but ended up proposing during “off-base liberty” in boot camp (generally speaking DO NOT RECOMMEND) because I was moving halfway across the country, and, per my proposal, “neither of us have anything, you just lost your job, and the way we both are, even if it’s bad we’ll stick it out for a year. And if you ever want to go back, we’ll buy you a plane ticket, split what we have, and you’re no worse off than you are now.” We ended up getting along amazingly.
And I was worried about joining the military (which I was doing for the GI Bill so I could finish school then become a band teacher), but the job I’ve been doing is WAY better than being a band teacher, and I’m currently buying a house (for the second time) and getting set to retire somewhere amazing. At 46.
My life is considerably better than anything I might have planned, because I went along with the opportunities that came up. I think OP failed task successfully.
I basically fell into my life choices and they’ve worked out remarkably well for me. I intended, upon leaving high school, to get a music education degree and become a high school band teacher. Then due to budget reasons (and an unwillingness to take out $50-80k in loans) and having to work full time to support myself, I ended up taking a break from school (after taking 5 years to get my Associates Degree). I moved to the opposite side of the country on a whim, and after a year and a half at a truly miserable call center job, my friend suggested the Coast Guard. So I talked to a recruiter and got a report date.
Around the same time, I met a woman in my area (back before online dating was the tragic mess it currently is) while just looking for people to do things with, since I moved across the country knowing nobody. We got along, but nothing kicked off until I told her I was joining the military (leaving), we both expressed how interested we were in each other, and became a couple.
I’ll spare you the longer story, but ended up proposing during “off-base liberty” in boot camp (generally speaking DO NOT RECOMMEND) because I was moving halfway across the country, and, per my proposal, “neither of us have anything, you just lost your job, and the way we both are, even if it’s bad we’ll stick it out for a year. And if you ever want to go back, we’ll buy you a plane ticket, split what we have, and you’re no worse off than you are now.” We ended up getting along amazingly.
And I was worried about joining the military (which I was doing for the GI Bill so I could finish school then become a band teacher), but the job I’ve been doing is WAY better than being a band teacher, and I’m currently buying a house (for the second time) and getting set to retire somewhere amazing. At 46.
My life is considerably better than anything I might have planned, because I went along with the opportunities that came up. I think OP failed task successfully.