Titus69Yeah its tough for me, I really dont have much work ethic and I kinda hate it. My first half of high school was just me not really caring and just kinda doing the bare minimum and not asking questions or taking advantage of the help I have. But last year and into this year I kinda started to just say fuck it and ask questions and stopped caring about what people in class thought of me since they already know Im not book smart, Im street smart at least. But Im still doing enough just to get by but Im kinda working towards raising my 2.17 gpa up to about a 2.4-2.5 by the end of the year. I havent taken the SAT or ACT and my parents dont seem to be worried. They know Im gonna work during my gap year and that Im probably going to community college and will eventually work in a trade job, which is fine, I dont want kids or a fancy house, I just want 1 or 2 cool cars and then money for ski shit. So Im taking 3 legit classes, my other 2 are support classes and 2 free periods. Some of my friends are in mostly AP classes and are way to stressed out, I just cant see myself happier than I am now when I have double the work in and out of class. I just need to focus on passing my classes and mostly passing my senior project at the end of the year.
Ive just been living life mostly off what makes me happy than what gets me stressed, but Im gonna adjust it a bit and stress a little more to get my school shit together. I just hope I can prove people who doubted me wrong in the future, not because Ill have hundreds of thousands of dollars but because Im not the shitty person they think I will become.
I had planned to do that after my freshman year, but I talked to a dude over the summer before sophomore year who was hammered before noon, walking up and down this same part of town. He told me that he said "fuck you" to everything he didnt like and how much he regretted doing it because you cant just walk out on the world.
I realized it will keep running despite who you are. You are a nobody and without you, nothing changes. you gotta play the game a little to get what you want, and when you get what you want you will be happier.
The dude was a really cool guy and seemed super intelligent but didn't do the work, partied, did loads of drugs and shit, and had a great time, but now that he isnt a kid anymore hes regretted his decision. He said that it really wasnt that hard to just do the shit AND do the fun stuff.
Just play the game man. Just a bit until you can get what you want, which sounds very manageable to me. Thats my plan atleast. IM gona move out west despite whether or not I get into the colleges there. Get a job in a ski company and do what I love, and be surrounded by people that love the same things I do.