I want to get my hands dirty

i enjoy classical music. i enjoy country music. i'm intelligent; i have a lot of things going for me; i love my friends and family more than ANYTHING i have.. but.. i want to drop out of this university and get in my truck. i want to drive this truck around the united states with the windows down for a month or two months, or just until it breaks down, before finally ending up in the midwest. i want to work on a farm all day; i want to work my muscles until they ache and my joints creek. i want to plow fields, harvest crops, corral livestock. i want to be outside all day.

i know a hard days work but i don't know the value of it. i don't get a sense of satisfaction from a 9 to 5, and maintaing four acres of property gives me no value. i want my hands to feel like the hands of my grandfather when i shook them for the first time -- hands that have known love and hard work within the same day. i want to spend my evenings on a porch that wraps around the entire house, sitting in a swinging bench while watching the sun set with a cold glass of lemonade or iced tea in one hand and my arm around a wife. i want to find the woman whom i can love for the rest of my life. i'm not selfish... am i?

i'm almost 22 years old. i'm at a university that is a 5-year program. it costs $44, 000 a year and i have 2 years left. i love to snowboard, the red sox, and the water, but i'm in love with what i want. my parents will hate me for a solid decade.

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You're just a little burned out on school, it sounds like. Hang in there. You can get all of those things you listed, just make sure you have a solid foundation first. Finish school.

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Sounds like you want to be a farmer or rancher. Nothing wrong with that, they're the backbone of this country.

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3
oh, go for it

live what you want to do

although... everybody changes, and you never can tell - maybe finish university, so that you can go for it, and still have your degree to fall back on if it turns out it isnt for you.

and enjoy! its rare to find someone who is truly passionate about what they want, and its so important you make the most of it

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4
All I can say is that when you are on your death bed you won't be saying "I wish I would have spent more time in class while my desires were elsewhere." The happiest people I have ever met have been the ones to follow their heart - even on a whim. I often get the urge to travel, but I have no means to do so. But since you are single, I'd say go for it! You don't have anyone to take care of but yourself yet. Hit the road!

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5
this reminds me of the book On the Road a little minus the hitch hicking

but i'd love to come with you if you want some company!

my asperations are very similare

i need new faces, new conversations, new adventures, new stories, new towns

go for it

you can always go back and finish out college

the time to live is now

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I agree with #3. Finish school so you have something to fall back on, then follow your dream! If your parents really love you, they will eventually understand that it's YOUR life, not theirs.

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7
on the road, jack kerouac, beat poets...

my thing... I would love to just go on the road with Neal Cassidy, but sadly, the world has changed since then... Not to mention they all died pretty young.

but no, you dont need school... It just helps. a smart person once told me, you can lose everything but your college education. your house can burn down, your family can die, but you will still have that education, and your life, but that can be taken while you are on the road.

i am planning to wait awhile, learn about my surroundings a bit more before I look for more to discover... Then i am off.

join the peace corps or something :D

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8
Finish school first. Maybe you could get a job on a farm in the summer, if you still want it after that, you could do it after you graduate.

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9
you my friend have just spoken my dream. now if you had included a part about developing a mechanized war suit and storing it in a grain silo you would be spot on. hey talk to your folks about it, explain to them why its important to you. Don't drop out of university though, wait it out and the first chance you get go for that midwest slice of heaven.

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10
you sound like the kind of man i want to marry. i'm so sick of metro guys that don't know how to go fishing or even firmly shake someone's hand.

finish school, then go pursue what you actually want.

i'm in the same boat- i'm in an awesome university music program, have a lot of things going for me with my voice... but i just want to drop everything, move to switzerland and be a ski instructor, or to Australia to be a dolphin trainer.

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11
that is so beautiful.

i have the same dilemma, we grow up now learning that you have to go school and get an education and be happy and sucessful, but there's more unhappiness and heartbreak in the world than there ever was before, live your dream. it will be something to tell your grandson about when he shakes your hand for the first time.

also, you're an adult, and your parents will get over it eventually.

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12
do it. youre already half way there in admitting this. in recognizing it. i want something similiar but dont even have the courage to tell someone. maybe ventibate doesnt count, but it does account for something.

i hate to say this, but one day your parents wont be around. when that time comes, youre going to be left with what you did or didnt do. dont make a mistake by sacrificing your what makes you happy to avoid temporary dissapointment.

psht... im in the same situation only im a girl and dont have a truck

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13
Do what YOU want with YOUR life! If you spend every single day living for someone else, you WILL wake up lost and more than likely dependant on someone you don't want to be dependant on! I have always known I wanted to work in mortuary science. This disgusted my Dad. Guess what. I recently changed my major! My Dad didn't quit talking to me, he is encouraging me! He just doesn't want to hear about things I dissect! You have to live for you! Don't wake up every day with regrets!

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hey, thanks admin for changing the title.. it is apparently a good name - made 'top rated' and 'popular' rant.

thanks everyone for your posts. it's really nice to get some feedback and advice, as well as some kind words, now and again.

#5 - you're welcome to come along with me. i'll pick you up, buddy. just stick out your thumb. i've also started to read kerouac - guy is mad, but it's very interesting. #12 you can come, too, it's a big truck.

#10 - thank you. but sounds like you and me are pretty similar. i've dreamt about skiing the alps since high school. if what you want is more than an idea, switzerland is a great country to transition in to.. very cool culture there. also... can i tag along? haha

so, i've read a lot of rants on here and i've noticed there aren't always so many positive comments. so thank you again everyone.. this really does mean something to me. i'll let you know how well this idea goes over with my parents.

-D. K.

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I want to get my hands dirty

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