This may be true, but you do get to enjoy those days. You also get to enjoy your evenings.
So your week days go like this:
You wake up at 7, get ready for work. This is very similar to getting ready for school.
You then go to work for 8.
You do your job until about noon, at which point you get 45-60 minutes for lunch.
You resume working until around 4:30, at which point you go home.
You get home at around 5. You have the rest of your day to do whatever. You should go to sleep some time before midnight.
That's a good 6-7 hours of time each day that you get to relax and whatnot. The best part is this:
So you work 37.5 hours a week. Every other week you take home $1200. So here's your expenses per paycheck:
$60 for gas
$275 for rent (Say $1100 split between you and your roommate. This goes up if you want your own apartment, though sharing an apartment, preferably with a friend, is a common tactic to lower individual cost)
$50 for utilities
$100 for groceries and other miscellaneous home needs
$40 for car insurance (I pay around $550 every 6 months, so this reflects that)
What's that? You're spending a little under half of your paycheck on mandatory spending? You can spend money to get stuff you want and do things you want to do while still putting away a decent amount as savings? Delicious.
The precise amount of money that it takes to buy happiness is exactly the amount you need in order to not worry about it.
No, it all actually goes downhill the moment you have kids.
It wasn't as bad as I made it sound. I just wanted to be negative about the whole thing.
It wasn't as bad as I made it sound. I just wanted to be negative about the whole thing.
The going to college and working bit before that does kinda suck. That is when you have no free time and no economic freedom. You have to get through a long tunnel of suck in order to reach the light at the end, but it's worth it.
You get a lousy job, work in cubicle all your life, get married, get divorced, then you finally die of stress/heart attack at the age of 50.
Or you find a job you really love, get married, have a fulfilling and tolerant love life, stay active well into your 70s, and finally die peacefully in your sleep at age 90. It's all in how smart you operate and your willingness to work hard for yourself.
Recipe for success:
Study hard, get into a good college.
Fill out FAFSA, apply for as many scholarships as possible.
Pay for school with grants and cash, get part-time job on-campus.
Apply for internships.
Graduate and go straight to work for company you interned with.
You now have a great job and no student loans to pay back!
Hope you remembered to meet people and party while you were in school, because now it's much harder.
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This enlightening post brought to you courtesy of a serious overabundance of free time.
The nice thing about being adult is every choice you make is yours. You want to stay up all night but have work in the morning. You have that right. You also earn the suffering from the next day, but hey, YOU made the choice, no one else.
You figure out how you want to live, and what you are willing to sacrifice. Want a lot of money? You will probably work a lot longer hours. Want more free time? You'll end up not having as much money as you might want. But is that okay? Probably--as long as you have as much as you need. You might need to eat beans and rice a lot.
You don't have to be the same kind of adult your parents are. You can play minecraft all day if you want. You can be unemployed if you want. You can be married if you want(and find the right person who also wants it!)
As soon as marriage comes along it turns more into what 'we' want. You can't make all the decisions anymore, but if you want to marry the gal/guy, you probably have similar ideas as to what you want out of life anyway! :smile.gif:
So..Adulthood is what you make of it. Taxes yes, job yes. There are things that are generally unavoidable. But if your parents were cheap on internet--By golly, you have the right to spend as much as you are able to spend on the internet. They might have spent a lot on movies, you can just watch stuff on youtube and have that money to spare on what you want.
My parents chose to give up video games when they grew up because it wasn't a big deal to them. My boyfriend's parents are still hardcore gamers. Both have about the same amount of money from their jobs, they just live different lifestyles. My parents spend their entertainment money on going to movies and activities. His parents spend their entertainment money on ps3 games! My parents hire maids occasionally, because time is important to them. His parents care more about the money and do the cleaning themselves.
Don't feel you have to behave a certain way. Sure there are limits(don't be a psycho) and YES there are consequences. But they're yours. It's like eating a whole bag of halloween candy. Is it worth the one AWESOME night of pigging out and playtime if you know you will feel totally sick the next day? Or how about a whole night of drinking at a great party with friends that will cause a hang over? Worth it? Many people will say yes. Many will say no. Same goes for everything else. If you are okay with a day of sleepiness after an all night movie/party, go ahead. If you want to feel awake, go to bed early. Responsibility and moderation in everything.
Im a teen right now and i wonder how adult life is gonna be
I get good grades , im going to college, and i would love to be a programmer
..
But hows adult life gonna be?
Working...
How much free time..
Money?..
[From experience :3]
hmm lets see
work , home , Toilet , bed. and you repeat thease steps every day
It's not going to be anything like you think it is, at least it wasn't for me. My 16 year old self would have told you that I'd NEVER get married or have a kid. Well I got married, and had a kid. Then got divorced, got custody of my daughter, then got married again, then filed for bankruptcy, moved and well here I am now typing this post, I didn't see that coming either.
You get the freedom to do whatever you want within the bounds of the laws of your jurisdiction, but you'll find that you no longer want to do most of the things you thought you would. If you pursue college and a career in programming (similar to my path, though I do more network admin, my programming is only a hobby), you'll probably make decent money. You'll be surprised at how much money you lay your hands on and how very little of it is left after the bills are all paid.
You should just tell your parents to **** off now, go find some alcohol or drugs, start using them on a regular basis. Start skipping school, even if its illegal. Go break into someone's house, get caught, end up in juvenile detention off and on for the next 2 years. Continue down a self destructive path until you end up looking out a window debating whether or not to jump or change everything.....
Oh wait, that was my life. Nevermind, don't do any of that.
It wasn't as bad as I made it sound. I just wanted to be negative about the whole thing.
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This, though I hear it feels damn good to have mini copies of yourself running around.
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Retired StaffThe going to college and working bit before that does kinda suck. That is when you have no free time and no economic freedom. You have to get through a long tunnel of suck in order to reach the light at the end, but it's worth it.
You get a lousy job, work in cubicle all your life, get married, get divorced, then you finally die of stress/heart attack at the age of 50.
Or you find a job you really love, get married, have a fulfilling and tolerant love life, stay active well into your 70s, and finally die peacefully in your sleep at age 90. It's all in how smart you operate and your willingness to work hard for yourself.
Like anime? Try Visual Novels.
Study hard, get into a good college.
Fill out FAFSA, apply for as many scholarships as possible.
Pay for school with grants and cash, get part-time job on-campus.
Apply for internships.
Graduate and go straight to work for company you interned with.
You now have a great job and no student loans to pay back!
Hope you remembered to meet people and party while you were in school, because now it's much harder.
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Retired StaffBecause unlike school, jobs don't typically expect you to take your work home with you every day.
like dat.
You figure out how you want to live, and what you are willing to sacrifice. Want a lot of money? You will probably work a lot longer hours. Want more free time? You'll end up not having as much money as you might want. But is that okay? Probably--as long as you have as much as you need. You might need to eat beans and rice a lot.
You don't have to be the same kind of adult your parents are. You can play minecraft all day if you want. You can be unemployed if you want. You can be married if you want(and find the right person who also wants it!)
As soon as marriage comes along it turns more into what 'we' want. You can't make all the decisions anymore, but if you want to marry the gal/guy, you probably have similar ideas as to what you want out of life anyway! :smile.gif:
So..Adulthood is what you make of it. Taxes yes, job yes. There are things that are generally unavoidable. But if your parents were cheap on internet--By golly, you have the right to spend as much as you are able to spend on the internet. They might have spent a lot on movies, you can just watch stuff on youtube and have that money to spare on what you want.
My parents chose to give up video games when they grew up because it wasn't a big deal to them. My boyfriend's parents are still hardcore gamers. Both have about the same amount of money from their jobs, they just live different lifestyles. My parents spend their entertainment money on going to movies and activities. His parents spend their entertainment money on ps3 games! My parents hire maids occasionally, because time is important to them. His parents care more about the money and do the cleaning themselves.
Don't feel you have to behave a certain way. Sure there are limits(don't be a psycho) and YES there are consequences. But they're yours. It's like eating a whole bag of halloween candy. Is it worth the one AWESOME night of pigging out and playtime if you know you will feel totally sick the next day? Or how about a whole night of drinking at a great party with friends that will cause a hang over? Worth it? Many people will say yes. Many will say no. Same goes for everything else. If you are okay with a day of sleepiness after an all night movie/party, go ahead. If you want to feel awake, go to bed early. Responsibility and moderation in everything.
hmm lets see
work , home , Toilet , bed. and you repeat thease steps every day
You get the freedom to do whatever you want within the bounds of the laws of your jurisdiction, but you'll find that you no longer want to do most of the things you thought you would. If you pursue college and a career in programming (similar to my path, though I do more network admin, my programming is only a hobby), you'll probably make decent money. You'll be surprised at how much money you lay your hands on and how very little of it is left after the bills are all paid.
It's a wild ride anyway, so enjoy it.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/1763406-absolom-a-maze-in-works/ - My current project, help wanted!
Oh wait, that was my life. Nevermind, don't do any of that.