Okay.
Well, I don’t really know what to do with my life. So I would like some ideas. Please keep it reasonable to something that I could do where I wouldn’t need a college degree for it.
I’m pretty sure that steveyo just does his own thing scooping dog poop or something. Am I right?
I also think I have heard that quite a few of you have just lived for six months in one area then moved around and just keep moving and keeping small jobs and never really having a career. I would like to do something like that.
So if any of you have any ideas of what I could do to stay afloat in the modern world please help by giving me ideas. Also, please try to keep it reasonable and doable.
Also if you have any expierence living like this please help too.
Sorry if this is not written well, I was just trying to sleep for the past hour but this is all I could think of so I decided to ask a bunch of strangers on the internet for help with it.
3D artist?
Yeah, I plan to go to school to become one of those, but I’m not sure, cause school is expensive to have to pay it off especially in the highly competitive industry.
move to alberta canada an become a rigger in fort mac. tons of easy money there, training on the job = no college tuition.
What’s that?
Like driving trucks?
This is only partially a joke, but you could look into circus stuff. like Cirque D’sole (sp?) or something cool.
yeah, i know people who are working in the oil sands, and drive around hauling dirt from the mine, or deliver equipment, and they love it.
Well you could become a carer (look after the elderly) I used to do this b4 working with my dad at the fish markets. Knowing that you’ve helped others really has its own rewards. I left because i was on contract for 1yr and there was no chance of re-newing. So yeah, also you don’t need any qualifications to do it. All you need is kindness, determination and patience. 
Hoped that helped in some way habbywall. It’s not much but at least I’m helping you. 
Take care
Hazmat
A career ah? Join The United States Marine Corps! OORAH! I think that’s where Im headed! You wanna do something good that makes a difference in the world, then this is it. You wanna see if you have what it takes? OORAH! If your 17 join, the Marines will flip your life around. You will be apart of the most powerfull fighting force on earth! We can join together. Ok? Ceeya there.
Become the person you are meant to be. Become a U.S. Marine.
I really hope that’s a joke. 
if you want to travel and try out many difrent jobs that are usualy environmental or socal in nature i would say apply for a travel/volinteer/travel program. in in canada we have programs like Katimavic and canada world youth, im sure there are similar programs in the states. its a good cheep way to see the world and get intresting experiences
…that’s got to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard. Why the hell would that be a joke?
UniTyler: the military is a legit option. most people who diss them do not know what they are talking aobut and just instinctively think military = bad. my cousin joined the reserves and has since helped fight forest fires in BC and Alberta, helped with disaster relief in Indonesia, and help the Canadian forces in Afghanistan build the highway to unite the country and create a safe way for Afghanis to travel. sure the military kills people but they also help people and do great things.
I’m not catching why that would be a joke. Personally, I feel an automatic respect for anyone that is serving or has served in the military, particuarly during wartime.
Life is a process of creating memories - first for yourself, then for those around you, then for those you leave behind, and finally, if your life is exceptional, for people whom you never met. Make them all good memories.
The end of life is death. Live in such a way that you can face death with no regrets.
There are 6 000 000 people in the world. Don’t try to control any of them - they’ve got you outnumbered. Try to control only one of them: yourself.
Live each day so that you feel you have improved yourself a little. Live each day so that you have not made the world a worse place than it already is. If you can make it a slightly better place, that’s a bonus.
Only you have to face your doubts in the small hours of the night, not us. We have our own.
With all that to think about, your choice of income source is of only minor importance. There are good cleaners and bad doctors, and vice versa.
I’m with Tyler here.
+1
Americorp, the PeaceCorp, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV)…
How 'bout becoming a computer tech?
A friend and software engineer who owns his own business took Ben into Chicago last night, actually Skokie, IL, to do some computer work at some financial/insurance company. They put in four hours and Bennie came home with $160 in his pocket. Where were the $40/hour jobs when I was sixteen?
Then, our friend is going to set Ben up with remote access to some of his clients and pay Ben $20/hr to do weekly updates. He’s also going to work with Ben on setting up his own company in order to do consulting work, charge equipment to his own company, etc.
That’s all on top of Ben’s regular job here at the ethanol plant. He works part time after school, approximately 15+ hours a week at $10/hr. working on the company’s servers.
I think I’m in the wrong business.
Habbywall, you’re right. I currently own and run a small business (37 clients at the moment) called the Delmar Dog Butler. My weekly take is a bit more than $400 because I charge $10 for one dog/one cleaning per week, and $5 for each additional dog. I do this work in about 10 hours while my kids are in school, so I only really dog butler Weds and Thurs of each week. This is sort of my third career.
My first carrer, prior to 2004, when I started my poop-scooping business (I’m 44 yrs old, remember) I worked for 20 years as a computer programmer (for which I did have a 4-yr college degree). This was much more mainstream, but at the same time, paid me enough money that I never worried about buying something I wanted. I’d have all 3 KH’s if I was still a single computer programmer!
My second career came about 5 yrs into that computer career, though. I asked my company for a leave of absence so I could ski for the whole winter. “No”, said they. “I quit” said I, and headed out to live and work and ski at the Goldminers Daughter Lodge in Alta, Utah. That winter Alta got 48 feet of snow, and I skied 152 days.
I got the comp. job again in the summer, but ended up doing the ski-bum thing for 3 winters. It was one of the best things I’ve ever done. A lot of people with whom I worked in Alta did ski work in the winter and some similar tourist-driven work in the summer, like working in a Nat’l park, or guiding rafting trips, or as MTB or climbing guides. So, while they didn’t have a permanent home or any saved money, they did what they liked to do ALL THE TIME.
I was tempted to embark on that nomad lifestyle, but in between ski seasons I fell in love with a woman and took the life-turn towards marriage and family. Currently, stay-home-dad work mixed with poop scooping seems to be working the best while my wife is pursuing her public health career.
When I grow up, I want to teach HS math, so that’ll be my fourth career, whenever that happens.
I guess, to sum up, I say follow whichever path seems right, and consider all possible outrageous options. You’re never locked in, and you can always change the road you’re on.