A point in my life.... (tl/dr)

[eejit101]

Figured this may start some actual discussion and not just posts of thanks or random crap.

Anyhow...

Im 24. Im male. Im intelligent. Im not being modest or anything im just stating simple facts without wanting to appear like a vain egotist. Im called Phil! Hi.

My problem is i have no idea what i want to do in life. I mean, yeah, we al have dreams about perfect lives and perfect jobs, playing poker for a living, winning the lottery, basically having everything handed to us on a plate.

Fact of life - This is stupid. It NEVER happens. Well it does, but the odds of it being me? 1 in 14 million. Probably more.

I wasnt born into a rich family. Yeah i had a good education, one that was paid for by m parents but that was not my choice. MY mum and dad divorced when i was 5 and both remarried. My Dad's wife (they are still together) and me didnt really get on, this was due to psychological reasons on both sides, mine because i was young, hers because she couldnt have kids she thought. Since then they have had 2 kids and we get on better now ive moved away and see them alot less. My mum remarried and had a son, who i see alot, and then they divorced. So i guess ive been thru more than most family wise, deaths, divorces, the kinds of things you see people on TV and in life going for therapy about. I never have, because i dont want to appear weak, and im too damn lazy to even think if its affected me.

I started working at 16 after doing my GCSE's (For you americans, these are UK exams that all 16 year olds must take, like your finals at high school i guess, but we take on average 11 of them in different subjects, then we continue on to A levels for 2 years doing 3 or 4 subjects at a further level). I got great GCSE results. I didnt revise or take anythign in, i got through by being lazy and having a quick brain that remembers alot of things. The fact i can say this is good i think.

I worked from 16-18 as a waiter. I was good at it, i also worked in the kitchen as a chef, i was ok at this but i hated the fact im not interacting with different people. I left at 18 to work in a bar. I liked this, i was good at this. I can flare a bit, not like you see on TV ut enough to make it look decent. I am amazing with customers. Thats the reason why im i was good at the job. I left here for a different bar (more busy), and fro there i went tow ork in a taxi office (more hours better pay).

I started as a controller. Basically a guy who answers the phones and sends the cabs to pick them up. The guy you hear on the radio. I was there for 6 months, starting off on the quiet shifts as im new. Problem with this job is noone has any idea how hard it is. You have 20 cabs working. You answer all the phones, give out all the jobs, and write everything down. There is no computer to do it for you. You need t learnt he entire area, where all the roads are, you do have a map but it takes too long, so as long as you know the maor areas and where abouts the other places are, your fine. After about a year and a half i knew pretty much everywhere, and if not an exact road, i knew where abouts this road would be. Then on one of my shifts it got REALLY busy. The manager was on driving, and noticed that i was more efficient, because i was being tested. It was hard to keep up, but i was doing it, and doing it well. The trick is with this job is to do the office stuff without thinking, and the actual job allocation with all your brains. This is to save on dead mileage (cars crossing to get to different jobs when they are nearer to others. With 2-5 cars -easy! with 10+ cars at once, bloody hard). So then they gave me busier shifts. After 2 months i was doing every single busy shift, friday and saturday nights e.t.c. I got a pay rise. I got promoted to marketing and acounts manager.

The great thing about this ob was you saw and spoke to so many people. My best attribute at any job is my ability to converse with anyone, and make it chatty and friendly e.t.c. Customer service you might call it. Our office was in the middle of town, so there were always people coming to ask for taxis, so i got to know EVERYONE. IT helped if you were ever getting abuse, as the local "hard guys" you chatted to, so they would back you up. The police also backed you up as you helped them out with witness statements for any trouble. And, this is gonna sound so callous, it was the best job ever for picking up girls. And more often than not, sober ones!!! You could flirt and whatever as its what your meant to do, and i loved it.

After 3 years i got fired. For gross miscondct. I was off sick and phoned up saying i was off sick. When i got back, they said i hadnt phoned. I phoned u phone company, got all the records, they were screwed. They offered me my job back, i said no as i didnt trust them any more (im still unsure as to why they did this). I settled out of court for a cash payoff type thing. Not much, but enough to keep me going for a bit.

With this i got REALLY lazy. This was just before i won the $65k tournament. After that, and when the money had been paid off/spent, i went to work for another firm for a bit, but it was too quiet and i got bored. I also had a telesales job, but the place closed down after 4 months.

After splitting u with my GF of 3 years, i went to work in KAvos, Corfu, Greece for a summer. I met a girl there after a shot while and moved back to bristol, UK with her. Where i got a job, in a bar. After 5 months, we moved back to where i am from, and i got a job, in a bar and in a taxi firm (see a pattern?).

From here we deciede to go to Blackpool, wher ei am now. I got a job in a Casino, but she hated the hours (working till 7am sucks) so i left for a bar job. Where i still am. Since then we have split up, and i am single and here alone.



My problem is simple. Ive missed the prime time in my life to obtain a career. I know i still have alot of options, but in my life ive become lazy, and while i am getting by right now, im in debt a bit (as is everyone i guess), i dont earn a whole lot, and am constantly bored. I like being tested, i feel thats hwy in poker i play better when i play good people, as im constantly thinking, thats why in bigger tourneys and higher stakes i do better, as its mroe on the line, more pressure. Im the first to admit i make some DUMBASS moves when im bored or have no interest. I actually lost all in once on purpose in a $5 buyin id regged for by accident, because i couldnt be bothered to play a whole lot of time against idiots for like $20. Stupid huh???


So yeah, im 24, and i have no idea what i want to do in life.

I always wanted to work for a poker site, i had an interview once but they filled the job in house as the guy who was off sick came back and said he would take the job. Sucks to be me. Noone else is really hiring right now (i have a CV in with the right people)

I also wanted to be a sports commentator, but your need journalism qualifications for that, and im waaay to old ot start that, and way too poor.

I would lvoe to be a teacher, but 4 years of college seems alot, you get a grant to help, but in 4 years time... im 28. Thats half my life (if i keep smoking lol).

So yeah, i wouldnt mind running a pub, its a challenge and its not a badly paid job, and i think id enjoy it, but with the job situation in the UK as it is, noone is looking for that kind of people as they are keeping their already loyal staff (as noone leaves jobs right now), and just hirng part time muppets to do the dirty work for them (i.e weekend shifts)

Aside from this i have no money to start my own business, though i do have a good idea for one, i have no contacts due to the whole moving around thing.



The way i look at it is, i either stay where i am, get promoted soon and mvoe up. Or, go abroad in summer, earn a decent wage working in Majorca(Spain) in a resort doing whatever i can, save up, and either invest ther ein a bar (Easily done), or bring that home and move somrewhere like London/Manchester, and find a real 9-5 job, or i go to university.



Anyone got any thoughts/advice/comments??

Not just 1 line answers for 15 chips please, proper thought out answers without overuse of the acronys "LOL" and "WTF".

Thanks guys.



EDIT - P.S - Noticed i got ony 25 chips for this post, thought it was longer = more chips??? And this took me ages!!! Dont respond to this bit, itll take the whole thread off topic, please.

[sand]

wow what a post
well by the sound of it you enjoy working in a bar,if going away to make some cash for ivestment into one is easy,i would have to say by reading this that woild be your best choice,and being 24 and sounding like your life is half over is just ummm a bad call,,if you buy a bar in future lets all meet there for a poker tourny,I for 1 will make it,whatever you decide just make sure your happy in it,take your time and relax you have lots of time to get where you want
good luck in life

[bkniefel]

I'm curious as to which constellation you follow, Gemini here. I hear you with the girlfriend and moving around. I have moved every 2-3 years in my life. Obviously with my parents at the beginning and at 18 on my own. Never resist the unfamiliar as it is of greater value. Your thoughts of Espana are temporary. I feel like your seeking something of long term although, it could be a stepping stone. Ever think about coming to the states? If I'm still here by summer, I can get you set up in San Diego with a job and a deal with a loft downtown. I don't know you at all but you seem genuine and I dig it. Education is always helpful. I take classes online because I love to be free and never have anything holding me down. Do what you want brother, you're young, if there is anything you are wanting to do, do it. Screw the age barriers that society creates. Live, and if you're lonely because of your girl, do what you need for that. Move to a larger city, or get lost in a country to find what you really desire. There are a lot of options for you if you look for them as far as work, volunteer programs, and education. Rad **** out there, take advantage of it. : )

[USCTrojans]

My advice, let things happen and stop trying to push them as much

Dont think so much on "what am I gonna do" and just DO IT!

[Lilred36]

Well I am not an elegant writer, have had to make some hard choices in my life and have seen alot.I am 40 by the way EEjit, my advise and sounds like you would like it is to go to spain.First you like bar tending, second you have a plan sounds like if you go abroad.I say go to SPAIN buy you a bar and invite me over.Look bro you know in your heart what your capable of, push yourself as hard as you can and what will be will be.

[USCTrojans]

Well I am not an elegant writer, have had to make some hard choices in my life and have seen alot.I am 40 by the way EEjit, my advise and sounds like you would like it is to go to spain.First you like bar tending, second you have a plan sounds like if you go abroad.I say go to SPAIN buy you a bar and invite me over.Look bro you know in your heart what your capable of, push yourself as hard as you can and what will be will be.

and dont think so much about it getting stressed over nothing, change will come

[nodepositneeded]

My only advice is to do what makes you happy and if you figure out the answer to your mystery please share it with us.

I often find myself wondering "what's next" and I haven't found the answer yet. I think it's one of those things where you just wait and see what happens. Well, in your case, you have a little more flexibilty and nothing holding you back so you don't really need to wait!

[Lilred36]

Oh and whatever you choose to do Sir I wish you the best of luck.You seem like a good guy at least from what I have seen on the forum,and from what I have learned good things happen to good people.

[USCTrojans]

Oh and whatever you choose to do Sir I wish you the best of luck.You seem like a good guy at least from what I have seen on the forum,and from what I have learned good things happen to good people.

Not that often! LOL

[eejit101]

Lol true, thanks guys!!!!

Midlife crisis FTW!

Im loving bkniefel right now....

Need a visa for that!

[NeverWinHere]

I would love to give you some great advice here eejit, but I really don't know. I don't think I am in the right mindset right now, sorry!

[twenty47]

well the 1st thing I can tell you is "YOU'RE NOT TOOO OLD TO DO ANYTHING" I'm 35/36 (can't remember sometimes) and would go back to school AGAIN if I felt like it. But I hate reading now, i get instantly tired when I open a book and start reading but I can read all day long on the internet...

I graduated highschool @ the age of 16, thought I knew the world, went off to college for criminology, had a dream of being a lawyer...... didn't finish school moved back home.... worked in the fishing industry for 15 years, went back to college twice during those 15 years. One time for Business Admin (had dreams of opening up a biz) and the 2nd time for Accounting. MOved away to the city to start new (with a little guy around 4 yrs old), got different jobs then decided to go back to school AGAIN.... this time took up early childhood education to be a preschool teacher.... moved to another province, worked as a medical receptionist promoted to payroll/accounts R/P clerk..... moved away from there and came back to home town where I work with taxes.... I prepare income tax for peeps

I TOTALLY love my job now, I never figured I ever would. After years and years of trying new things and thinking "i'm too old, i'll never find what i want" it just fell upon me. I never actually looked for my specific job, it's almost like it came to me, it found me and I'm sure glad it did. Being a tax consultant I work long long hours for about 5 months and then have the other 7 months to be home with my son whose now gonna be 9. We get the summer's together, go camping, go fishing and it's awesome. Before I would never have time off during the summers and never get to spend time with my family. We now have the time together and the opportunity to do whatever we want whenever we want (well during my 7 months off) the other half works his own hours sorta thing (i guess) but the summers are usually awesome as we spend the majority of it in the wilderness out fishing etc.....

Now if we could only get the internet in the woods, life would be PERFECT.... but don't think it's over..... my life just fell together last year..... and when I least expected it too, and i'm more than 10 years older than you. I'm still wanting to start a biz still and I know if i want to, we will. It's never tooo late to do anything. (opening a bar/night club is an option here tooo, it's crossed my mind a couple times)

[eejit101]

Hehe, if u need someone to manage it..... i have a phone number!

[twenty47]

i would call you should that fall through...... Would you like living in Canada?

[eejit101]

Lol, your asking the guy who wants to live in the usa!!!! just for the baseball lol.

I like snow, and french bread!

[67christine]

I am thinking that going to Spain to make some good money and opening up your own pub seems the way to go. You seem to be happy when dealing with the public and that seems to be you calling in life. Go with what pleases you.

As for the age thing, I hate it when there is so much pressure to have firm plans at a young age. Here in Ontario, Canada when I was graduating grade 8 I had to decide on my high school courses and what I wanted to be in life. The courses were career focused. we had the technical side, the shop classes, the sciences and of course the office type courses. Well for the first three years i took the typing, shorthand, accounting and other office type things. Well in the last year I decided I did not work in a office so three years of that crap was wasted, well maybe not the typing or accounting but I do not use the shorthand. So basically I was screwed. I graduated high school and now work in a factory. My dream job would be either a lawyer (or something in the legal proffession) or a vet.

[bkniefel]

Why would a government insist on the youth choosing their future at such a young age. That makes me depressed. Not only that but it would almost increase unemployment if the youth's perspective changed in a decade, I don't know, I think that's a horrible call on their behalf.

[Lilred36]

Snow? French Bread? I just wanna be able to play poker wherever I want to!!!

[67christine]

Why would a government insist on the youth choosing their future at such a young age. That makes me depressed. Not only that but it would almost increase unemployment if the youth's perspective changed in a decade, I don't know, I think that's a horrible call on their behalf.

I totally agree with you on that. You had three different levels that you could take depending on your academic skill. The occupational was a two year course to get you ready for everyday life like balancing a check book etc. The general was for the middle group and the advanced was for the smarter people. So you had to decide what you wanted to be to make sure you got into the right level.

In grade 8 I was more worried about getting older so I could get my licence etc. I had no clue at what I wanted to be and never really settled on a career path. I graduated grade 12 and that was as far as I went. Later I decided that I should have become I vet but I only took two years of science so I was screwed unless I went back.

[freeringo]

Figured this may start some actual discussion and not just posts of thanks or random crap.

Anyhow...

Im 24. Im male. Im intelligent. Im not being modest or anything im just stating simple facts without wanting to appear like a vain egotist. Im called Phil! Hi.

My problem is i have no idea what i want to do in life. I mean, yeah, we al have dreams about perfect lives and perfect jobs, playing poker for a living, winning the lottery, basically having everything handed to us on a plate.

Fact of life - This is stupid. It NEVER happens. Well it does, but the odds of it being me? 1 in 14 million. Probably more.

I wasnt born into a rich family. Yeah i had a good education, one that was paid for by m parents but that was not my choice. MY mum and dad divorced when i was 5 and both remarried. My Dad's wife (they are still together) and me didnt really get on, this was due to psychological reasons on both sides, mine because i was young, hers because she couldnt have kids she thought. Since then they have had 2 kids and we get on better now ive moved away and see them alot less. My mum remarried and had a son, who i see alot, and then they divorced. So i guess ive been thru more than most family wise, deaths, divorces, the kinds of things you see people on TV and in life going for therapy about. I never have, because i dont want to appear weak, and im too damn lazy to even think if its affected me.

I started working at 16 after doing my GCSE's (For you americans, these are UK exams that all 16 year olds must take, like your finals at high school i guess, but we take on average 11 of them in different subjects, then we continue on to A levels for 2 years doing 3 or 4 subjects at a further level). I got great GCSE results. I didnt revise or take anythign in, i got through by being lazy and having a quick brain that remembers alot of things. The fact i can say this is good i think.

I worked from 16-18 as a waiter. I was good at it, i also worked in the kitchen as a chef, i was ok at this but i hated the fact im not interacting with different people. I left at 18 to work in a bar. I liked this, i was good at this. I can flare a bit, not like you see on TV ut enough to make it look decent. I am amazing with customers. Thats the reason why im i was good at the job. I left here for a different bar (more busy), and fro there i went tow ork in a taxi office (more hours better pay).

I started as a controller. Basically a guy who answers the phones and sends the cabs to pick them up. The guy you hear on the radio. I was there for 6 months, starting off on the quiet shifts as im new. Problem with this job is noone has any idea how hard it is. You have 20 cabs working. You answer all the phones, give out all the jobs, and write everything down. There is no computer to do it for you. You need t learnt he entire area, where all the roads are, you do have a map but it takes too long, so as long as you know the maor areas and where abouts the other places are, your fine. After about a year and a half i knew pretty much everywhere, and if not an exact road, i knew where abouts this road would be. Then on one of my shifts it got REALLY busy. The manager was on driving, and noticed that i was more efficient, because i was being tested. It was hard to keep up, but i was doing it, and doing it well. The trick is with this job is to do the office stuff without thinking, and the actual job allocation with all your brains. This is to save on dead mileage (cars crossing to get to different jobs when they are nearer to others. With 2-5 cars -easy! with 10+ cars at once, bloody hard). So then they gave me busier shifts. After 2 months i was doing every single busy shift, friday and saturday nights e.t.c. I got a pay rise. I got promoted to marketing and acounts manager.

The great thing about this ob was you saw and spoke to so many people. My best attribute at any job is my ability to converse with anyone, and make it chatty and friendly e.t.c. Customer service you might call it. Our office was in the middle of town, so there were always people coming to ask for taxis, so i got to know EVERYONE. IT helped if you were ever getting abuse, as the local "hard guys" you chatted to, so they would back you up. The police also backed you up as you helped them out with witness statements for any trouble. And, this is gonna sound so callous, it was the best job ever for picking up girls. And more often than not, sober ones!!! You could flirt and whatever as its what your meant to do, and i loved it.

After 3 years i got fired. For gross miscondct. I was off sick and phoned up saying i was off sick. When i got back, they said i hadnt phoned. I phoned u phone company, got all the records, they were screwed. They offered me my job back, i said no as i didnt trust them any more (im still unsure as to why they did this). I settled out of court for a cash payoff type thing. Not much, but enough to keep me going for a bit.

With this i got REALLY lazy. This was just before i won the $65k tournament. After that, and when the money had been paid off/spent, i went to work for another firm for a bit, but it was too quiet and i got bored. I also had a telesales job, but the place closed down after 4 months.

After splitting u with my GF of 3 years, i went to work in KAvos, Corfu, Greece for a summer. I met a girl there after a shot while and moved back to bristol, UK with her. Where i got a job, in a bar. After 5 months, we moved back to where i am from, and i got a job, in a bar and in a taxi firm (see a pattern?).

From here we deciede to go to Blackpool, wher ei am now. I got a job in a Casino, but she hated the hours (working till 7am sucks) so i left for a bar job. Where i still am. Since then we have split up, and i am single and here alone.



My problem is simple. Ive missed the prime time in my life to obtain a career. I know i still have alot of options, but in my life ive become lazy, and while i am getting by right now, im in debt a bit (as is everyone i guess), i dont earn a whole lot, and am constantly bored. I like being tested, i feel thats hwy in poker i play better when i play good people, as im constantly thinking, thats why in bigger tourneys and higher stakes i do better, as its mroe on the line, more pressure. Im the first to admit i make some DUMBASS moves when im bored or have no interest. I actually lost all in once on purpose in a $5 buyin id regged for by accident, because i couldnt be bothered to play a whole lot of time against idiots for like $20. Stupid huh???


So yeah, im 24, and i have no idea what i want to do in life.

I always wanted to work for a poker site, i had an interview once but they filled the job in house as the guy who was off sick came back and said he would take the job. Sucks to be me. Noone else is really hiring right now (i have a CV in with the right people)

I also wanted to be a sports commentator, but your need journalism qualifications for that, and im waaay to old ot start that, and way too poor.

I would lvoe to be a teacher, but 4 years of college seems alot, you get a grant to help, but in 4 years time... im 28. Thats half my life (if i keep smoking lol).

So yeah, i wouldnt mind running a pub, its a challenge and its not a badly paid job, and i think id enjoy it, but with the job situation in the UK as it is, noone is looking for that kind of people as they are keeping their already loyal staff (as noone leaves jobs right now), and just hirng part time muppets to do the dirty work for them (i.e weekend shifts)

Aside from this i have no money to start my own business, though i do have a good idea for one, i have no contacts due to the whole moving around thing.



The way i look at it is, i either stay where i am, get promoted soon and mvoe up. Or, go abroad in summer, earn a decent wage working in Majorca(Spain) in a resort doing whatever i can, save up, and either invest ther ein a bar (Easily done), or bring that home and move somrewhere like London/Manchester, and find a real 9-5 job, or i go to university.



Anyone got any thoughts/advice/comments??

Not just 1 line answers for 15 chips please, proper thought out answers without overuse of the acronys "LOL" and "WTF".

Thanks guys.



EDIT - P.S - Noticed i got ony 25 chips for this post, thought it was longer = more chips??? And this took me ages!!! Dont respond to this bit, itll take the whole thread off topic, please.

Get a plane ticket already and travel to the US.
Drinking at bars is really getting popular here.
NDN has triple dog dared you and still you ponder.
Quit living in your Ego and follow your heart.
your Ego says "I'm lazy and I just don't know what to do."
your heart is saying "I want to be free and fly."
The Heart is always right, just trust it.
P.S. Minnesotans love British accents.

[KaciBlakely]

Im 24. Im male. Im intelligent. Im not being modest or anything im just stating simple facts without wanting to appear like a vain egotist. Im called Phil! Hi.

With having read this whole entire post and really contemplating on what you are saying or what I interpret to what you are trying to say, this is the most least egotistical post you have made. And I mean that as a good thing, even if it sounded a bit back handed.

My problem is i have no idea what i want to do in life. I mean, yeah, we all have dreams about perfect lives and perfect jobs, playing poker for a living, winning the lottery, basically having everything handed to us on a plate.

Fact of life - This is stupid. It NEVER happens. Well it does, but the odds of it being me? 1 in 14 million. Probably more.

At least you have the understanding of this now. There are so many people that quit school/university trying to become the next Durrrr or Raptor when they really need to just come to the grips that it's not going to happen and being an average or an ordinary person in society isn't a bad thing.

There is a general public for a reason.

I never have, because i dont want to appear weak, and im too damn lazy to even think if its affected me.

I don't think that going to therapy or talking to someone would be something people would see as weak.

That's why they have hot lines and organizations who can help when you are in need.

My problem is simple. Ive missed the prime time in my life to obtain a career. I know i still have alot of options, but in my life ive become lazy, and while i am getting by right now, im in debt a bit (as is everyone i guess), i dont earn a whole lot, and am constantly bored. I like being tested, i feel thats hwy in poker i play better when i play good people, as im constantly thinking, thats why in bigger tourneys and higher stakes i do better, as its mroe on the line, more pressure. Im the first to admit i make some DUMBASS moves when im bored or have no interest. I actually lost all in once on purpose in a $5 buyin id regged for by accident, because i couldnt be bothered to play a whole lot of time against idiots for like $20. Stupid huh???

So yeah, im 24, and i have no idea what i want to do in life.

I think no matter how old you are, you get to a point where you think to yourself, what am I doing here? Where is my life going, and how did it get to this point so fast?

I went through that stage and even though I'm happily married I'll be staring at the wall/out at space and just be thinking, this isn't even what I want.

And this my husband will do something and it will clear the doubt out for a bit, but I don't think someone can ever be 100% sure of themselves.

And that's where the insecurities and questions come in.

I would lvoe to be a teacher, but 4 years of college seems alot, you get a grant to help, but in 4 years time... im 28. Thats half my life (if i keep smoking lol).

Aren't university courses just 3 years over there? I researched when I went to college years ago and was thinking about going abroad so I was just wondering for some clarity because I'm curious.

And I don't think you are ever too old to go to school.

The way i look at it is, i either stay where i am, get promoted soon and mvoe up. Or, go abroad in summer, earn a decent wage working in Majorca(Spain) in a resort doing whatever i can, save up, and either invest ther ein a bar (Easily done), or bring that home and move somrewhere like London/Manchester, and find a real 9-5 job, or i go to university.

Anyone got any thoughts/advice/comments??

I can't really tell you what to do because I don't know what is going to make you happy in the end, when you don't either. It's your own decision and it sounds cliche to say you have to follow your heart, but you kind of do.

Just remember you only get one life, so do things while you still can.

That's all my advice and I was being 100% sincere so I hope you get that and that, that came across.

Gl mate.

[BnLM5]

"Where there is a will, there is a way." You can do anything you set your mind to. That's a fact. You have so much life ahead of you!

Most of your concerns are nothing outside of the norms when it comes to young men your age.

I think it to be rare that family's stay together anymore. So you are definitely understood here. And you are not alone or set apart from most of the rest of the world when it come's to parents being divorced and remarried and even again.

I think that you just need to make some decisions for yourself and follow through with them. Whatever they may be.

I think the real problems might occur if you are so lazy that in 20 years you find yourself writing this same story. I know people that have done this. My best advice to you is.........Don't let it happen to you!

[Pokerkitty6]

Hello Eejitt!!! The answer to all of your questions is Las Vegas. You can be a bartender or run a pub, all at the same time playing poker on your time off. Bet on baseball at the sportsbook. Better yet manage a sports bar and you'll be a kid in candy land. I was a bartender in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. making at least $350 a night. I only wanted to work 3 nights a week, I was spoiled rotten. You have to go where the money is. You could probably make $400 and up at South Beach, Miami. I had a couple of my friends leave Florida and move to Las Vegas. One is a bartender and one is a sax player. They never came back, they were making double the money in Vegas. They got a taste of the action and fell in love with it. Money flows in Vegas like no other city in the US. People go there expecting to leave all their money there and they usually do. The people who live there become your regulars and tip awesome. They moved there for the excitement of it all too. You don't have to live in the city, but you would want to work in the city. Housing is cheaper outside of Vegas and everyone is always looking for a roommate. I don't really know you, but I think if you're undecided this would be a place to make or break your decision to run a pub or become a professional poker player. I think you should bartend in a sportsbar in Vegas and tune up your poker skills for professional tournaments and see what happens. I had another friend who always was a bartender in nightclubs until he discovered the sportsbar scene. He is a sports maniac and you should see all the action happening at his bar as everyone watches the games. Awesome I tell you. I've thought about moving there myself often, but I love the beach too much. Good luck with whatever you do. I know you put alot of thought into your decisions before acting on them, just by the way you think. I say go for it. You only live once. You also have the most energy and charisma in your 20's. Nothing can stop you in your 20's, your dreams are fresh. "Keep your feet on the ground and reach for the stars"

[navuta]

Hey...
Nice to know that Im not alone on my search for the true answer on the questions of life...
I fell like that I also dont have many options in life.. But your life looks so nice... I mean.. U look bored, but... I think U need to excitement.. Brasil is the answer for u... lol... lots of nice girls... cheap house renting.. lots of bars.. and many job options for Uk people...
But I think U should go to US anyway. Las vegas looks a good place for u...
I think U have the freedom t do what u whant. Free to be u..
And it is never late to learn... I have 26 years old and I just finished my graduation, but I think I will do another graduation....

IT IS NEVER LATE TO DO WHAT U WHANT TO DO!!!