Well maybe if you went to college you would stop feeling all infatuated with boys all the time.
Uh.
do you ever feel bad about yourself that you are behind in life such as getting a college degree? For example, all your friends are almost done with college and you haven’t started yet.
Hm.
First off, I have essentially answered both of these questions/comments here and here, respectively.
Secondly I would like to address this issue once and, hopefully, for all:
I don’t know why people have such a huge issue with me taking time off from school. It’s not like I’m kidnapping children or dumping oil in oceans in my free time. Last year I volunteered in Vietnam and in the Dominican Republic and then worked for World Vision for around 7 months the year, then spent my summer working at a Christian camp for kids. Not that I’m trying to boast about what I’ve done, I’m not, but I think that people get the idea that I am “wasting” my time or something and as far as I’m concerned I’m not.
On top of that I STILL am unsure of what I want to go into for school and I am glad I didn’t just rush into something right away that I probably would have switched anyway. I have learned so much about myself this past year and I am extremely grateful that I took the time off to be able to do that.
And furthermore, I am not that far behind my friends. A huge portion of the people I know took a year off as well, so I’m just one year behind a lot of them. That is nothing to gape at.
Essentially, I just am sick of people being condescending about my choices. It’s my life, you guys, I can choose to live it any way I want. And if that way doesn’t fit into your preconceived notions towards how people ought to live (ie. “finish high school, go to university, get a career… die”) then I am not going to apologize. I’m proud of the choices I’ve made in my life and I am immeasurably happy. I can’t imagine why you would think that means I’m living my life wrong.
