TOPIC: Some mistakes I've made and want to work with

When I turned 18 I went to community college.
I majored in art and in the first year I flunked out due to bad attendance and not turning shit in. So I no longer went to college.

A little more than a year later, in a scramble to figure out something with my life, I signed up for ITT Tech in drafting and design. But in my second year, the school got shut down by the government. I no longer went to ITT.

After that I got 2 DUIs within 4 months of each other at the age of 20. Me and alcohol don't mix very well. I'm 21 going on 22 now, birthday in November.

So now I have a car, but can't drive it. I have no license, and until September I sport an alcohol detecting ankle bracelet. I don't even know when I'll get my license back, with 2 DUIs. (My guess is next year at some point, depending on when my fucking court sentencing is.)

I work at Counts Kustoms in tourism/security. Counts is a custom auto/bike shop that has a show on history channel. My boss is a reality TV star.

I'm trying to move up in the company to start doing auto buffing and auto paint. I go in on my days off to learn as a kind of internship. I want to make more money in general (if I can make more outside the company that'd be killer).

I currently have $2,200 in court fines for the first offense, able to be paid off in a year's time. The other one I have three months to pay of the whole fine, which will probably be a similar amount.

All in all I'm getting rides from my dad, working and coming home, hanging out with my one group of friends here and there.

I want to meet girls and fuck them, I'm a player and entertainer by nature, I'll probably never settle down, at least not soon.

I want to go back to college, I feel like it's not too late. I just want to make the best of the stupid decisions I've made and take control of my life instead of sitting around anxiously wondering how I can be happier and where my life is gonna go.

I'm fucking 21, I know I'm not gonna know everything yet. But I just want to know where to start to salvage. Cause being all depressed and shit is bullshit.

Help me out. I'd appreciate it.

Pick a goal and work towards it in small incremental steps.

Goal #1 - pay off court fines

If you still have time where you aren't working or sleeping, then start the AA program.

Goal #1b - aa program

there you go, that is the next 3 months of your life minimum.

Your threads are getting annoying.

For starters, 1) do the AA Program like I said in another one of your threads. Start a log

2) start training, start a log.

3) Pay off your debt ASAP

Post-secondary is gay, dont bother unless you're learning STEM or a skill of some kind.

It sounds like you have a lot of energy and are really enthusiastic about accomplishing things, that's great, but you are dividing all that energy and enthusiasm into way too many goals.
Think about this logically, if you have, let's say, 10 goals and each one takes 10 months to accomplish by themselves, how long will it take you to accomplish all 10 at the same time? 10x10=100 months= 8,3 years, by then you will probably have already given up.
That's why I suggested in your other thread to chill out by doing some form of alternative therapy, you need to get a hold of your unruly mind.

Jake da Dawg wrote: It sounds like you have a lot of energy and are really enthusiastic about accomplishing things, that's great, but you are dividing all that energy and enthusiasm into way too many goals.
Think about this logically, if you have, let's say, 10 goals and each one takes 10 months to accomplish by themselves, how long will it take you to accomplish all 10 at the same time? 10x10=100 months= 8,3 years, by then you will probably have already given up.
That's why I suggested in your other thread to chill out by doing some form of alternative therapy, you need to get a hold of your unruly mind.

So pretty much just get a therapist ASAP?

Do you want advice or sympathy / empathy? I think you already know what to do and how to do it.

SCexton:

Closing your thread, you've been given some good advice. Time to get to work and stop making more of these posts.