Internet's back on, but a rant and advice about life?

Internet's back on after a week or so.But I dunno what to do in life man.Moved to this apt more in town with my mom and little bro and without feeling like typing my life story,pretty much.....he's always been the favorite child,he's 16 but she makes every excuse in the world for him,about a job,etc.and she won't work either.


she's just one of those people that live off the gov.

well she must be on some pills or antidepressants or SOMETHING cuz she's been hateful as hell lately after I paid almost 800 bucks for this apt and it wasn't even worth it...there's crackheads everywhere.I guess that's what you get with income based apts....

pretty much,I'm the bad guy and my bro can do no wrong...

I was top of my class but couldn't even go to college when I graduated because I'm dirt poor and parents are dirt poor as well.I hate this place so much I was thinkin of joinin the army.I dunno tho,I really don't want to get blown up or die,but,what kind of life is it here in my little town with nothing but walmart and flipping burgers?That's literally all there is.And all the places around here want all this experience but I can't get any cuz no place wants to hire.I know the economy sucks,but you'd figure somebody top of their class could get a job almost 3 years later after graduating.

I think I'd rather die than live here anymore.....the only reason I even live with my mom is because she gets child support from my bro every month,even tho it's only 120 bucks....we pay the light bill with that and make it thru the month on food stamps.My dad's not much better.He never shuts up about wanting to dig ditches with me and I did that 1 day with him and couldn't take it...

don't know where else to spill my guts to.I think this is a real cool place and probably favorite forum I've ever been on since we can just talk about whatever really....

everybody else I know my age and even older and younger are poor as hell too,they just have rich parents or turn to drugs and that's not my thing,I don't even like to drink really.....this town is such a damn black hole...I don't even think I could make it in the army,my cardio has to be the worst ever,and I don't even know if I have a heart problem,mitral valve prolapse but I don't have insurance anymore cuz they cut me off medicaid when I turned 19 =/

Join the Navy or the Air Force, if you're thinking about the military.
Unless you want to gamble with PTSD and prosthetics.

If you don't like it, you can get out after your contract is up. Spend at least four years in, get out, use the GI bill.

Money, college, and escape.

If that's what you're looking for.

i feel for you man.

first thing i would do. look into your heart problem over the internet. mayoclinic etc

if it lets you excercise. run. get that exercise. it will lift your mood and put you in a better place.

second thing, research colleges. if you did top of your class and have enough proof to show you are a dedicated worker, a college will be happy to give you a free ride to make them look good.

third. a job? i guess? money is raw material for success. obtaining it good so long as you stay out of trouble.

fourth. transportation. if you live urbanly, get a good bike. cheap, fast, easy transportation. otherwise a low maintenance car. if money is you issue you dont want a car until you can care for it (gas, oil, breakdowns etc) but being able to get around is a must

every out there has the right to live. you live under a flag of freedom and opportunity. success is there only for those who work for it. dedication is huge. put your whole self in. no distractions and just go

Well Like Cram said there is the navy or air force. You may not like the 4 years on the boat... but the benifits after are awesome!

I was actually going to joint the Army but my dad told me he would pay for my school so I went that route instead.

There are also grants and school loans that you get for college.

Where do you want to go to school? Pm if you want to. I would be happy to try and help find some info for you about what you need for you location.

If you join the military, don't join the National Guard or Coast Guard. I will lose respect for you. The NG are just overgloryfied policemen. And if the CG was doing their job, you would not see all these Cubans and Haitians smuggling stuff into our country.

I might die from the training then,cuz I can't swim.I sink like a rock....

that was my big thing,I didn't wanna get blown up.

about colleges...I really dunno =/.I was going to the art institute online but they scammed me,saying the fasfa and grants/loans would cover everything,then a month in they say I have to pay out of pocket for this 200 dollar book among other things.

Just seems like in this black hole town if you're not born into money,you better like flipping burgers your whole life if you're lucky to get a job.

I live right behind the walmart here in town where I moved,but I don't think we're gonna stay at this apt long,we can't afford the cost of this central air conditioning,and this is the 1st apt we've ever stayed at where you have to pay the water bill.Can't afford that either......

I'm just extremely depressed and tired of life and being poor and abusive parents who don't understand the economy because one dropped out of school and the other was an illegal immigrant from mexico.....

Just finding a job or something to do on a consistant basis that makes you feel like you have worth is a big step.



If you decide to join the military then I tip my hat to you sir and say good luck.



I hope it works out for you man.

JrTapia1991 wrote:
I'm just extremely depressed and tired of life and being poor and abusive parents who don't understand the economy because one dropped out of school and the other was an illegal immigrant from mexico.....

looks to me like you got motivation right there.

what woudl you go to college for

Due go out and dig them ditches to at least get some money in your savings and pocket. Your young man, and you gotta do what you gotta do. Work is work, especially in this economy. Dont feel bad man, im almost 26 and still dont know what Im going to do with it. I spent most of my teenage years drunk or on copious amounts of drugs after I had my spine accident, so I squandered away many opportunists when I was young, so i can relate to feeling hopeless.

I was a highly regarded athlete in Ohio as a baseball and football player, until shattering my lumbar vertebra in a football accident, thus ending any hope of what I was building my whole life on. Ive still no fully recovered, and am going to take this next year to go to school, educate myself in a trade, and find a job that wont be replaced by a computer.

I dont know if it helps, but Ive been there man, and in many ways still am. Just gotta keep fighting, and find out what makes you happy.

Im only 16... but if I were in your position this is probably what I'd do.

Save up as much money as you can doing what you can around town.

Move your ass out of that town your in (doesnt sound like youre going to get very far there.) If its a depressing place to live no reason to stay there.

Find a cheap apartment in a college town (college towns are usually nice places to live too IMO) or move in with a buddy of some sort.

Apply at a college, show them that youre a good student with motivation, and if you have to take out some student loans to pay for it. with any luck you'll get some scholarship money.

Then from there on out things should probably get better. I dont know the logistics of all this... but this is probably what i would do.

You should commute to a community college, either work or take out loans to cover it. But make sure you get something good, like be an electrician or something. Don't get some crappy degree in art or archaeology or something, that won't get you hired anywhere.

yeah I heard artists and stuff aren't very desired in this economy.

I nearly died digging ditches this one day though,it's a good thing it was a nice boss who had a chest full of cold poweraides cuz I drank like 10 that day and like 5 bottles of water all sweating like a pig.

I really don't know what I want to do in life,I like to draw but I'm not good.I like computers and video games,but computer code and the such scares me....

this chinese guy who gave me a ride in this heat the other day said to check into massage school,and when you graduate it's like 30 bucks an hour,or maybe try to be a nurses aid or somethin in a hospital.I heard to be a nurses aid or "RN" it's not very much school and pretty good money like about 25 bucks an hour.To some in rich places that's not much,but it's leagues above flipping burgers here.....Texas seems to have a very low standard of living compared to many places.

I'll be 21 in Jan and still dunno what I want to do in life,I guess part of it was I had such a bad childhood I never had a chance to be a kid and grew up way too fast.

My bro's 16 now and could get a job but never will and my mom or dad would never say a cross word to him since he's "the younger child" .When I was 16 I was trying to work and didn't fail in school cuz "somebody" would stay up all night on xbox then sleep in class >__> ,and I damn sure didn't get treated good when I was 16.

There's supposed to be a gun smith here or in the country somewhere (rural area) I saw a flier for,I wouldn't mind asking the dude for an apprenticeship.I really like guns and I heard gunsmithing make's good money.

I just don't want to be digging ditches or flipping burgers my whole life man,that's a dreadful experience in my opinion.....

My aunt is a massage person or whatever and she lives pretty well, you could definitely look in to that.

You could be an LNA, which is basically taking care of old people and wiping their ass and stuff, but it pays pretty good and all you need to do is take a 2 month course and shell out $1,000 or so for the classes. My sister actually just got her RNA license because she needs 2,000 hours of that kind of work to get in to med school. If you can find a hospital that's hiring, go for it, but I don't know if there will be any because hospitals are really getting slammed the way health care is going.

My brother is trying to support three kids and he has some schooling in computer code, it hasn't really landed him a job anywhere and he's pretty much still flipping burgers, so I don't know if I would recommend that.

You don't need to pay thousands of dollars and go to a big college and get a 4 year degree to get a job better than flipping burgers, there's a lot of intermediate jobs like this out there.

Now that I think of it, my brother is supporting a wife and 2 kids with one on the way working at a pizza place, granted they can't afford cable or phone or anything and barely scrape by on the rent, but if you landed even a minimum wage job ANYWHERE I'd think you could do well enough seeing as you don't have a wife and three kids to take care of.

a good tip would be to find a roomate, so that way youre really only paying for half of any sort of rent.