Full time work v being a student

[Strike For The South]

I took 15 hours, worled full time and still had enough leisure left over to numb my feelings with alcohol

[naut]

I took 15 hours, worled full time and still had enough leisure left over to numb my feelings with alcohol

Why don't you numb your feelings with alcohol, at work?

[B-Wing]

I graduated from college (in the US) two years ago. I only worked full-time (40+ hours) during the summers and I only had a part-time job during a couple semesters. I much preferred not working while I was taking classes, but I also didn't spend much money back then. I would hang out with friends nearly every night, at one of our apartments. Of course, I knew plenty of other people who went out to the bars as often as possible, and I have no idea how they afforded it. A long night of social drinking at a bar can easily cost you a hundred dollars. Compared with spending twelve bucks on a 24 pack and getting hammered in a setting where you can actually hear each other talk, that's madness.

Having said that, my parents were able to provide me a generous allowance, and I wasn't paying for my own education, so any money I earned went to savings or frivolous spending. If you have to work just to feed yourself, then obviously you'll want to make as much money as you can. But if you're in college and working full-time is all that keeps you from getting bored, you're probably not doing it right. College is the best time to meet and make friends, experiment with adult substances, and live day-to-day (mostly) care-free.

If you need to work during college, I'd recommend keeping it to a minimum, and use your free time to broaden and improve your social life.

[Ice]

Don't leave school. School is good and work is bad. I'm learning that working from 7:30 to 5:30 every day isn't fun at all. The thought of 7:30 to 7 and 8-4 on Saturdays during busy season makes me kind of sick. The only upside is I'm making a nice chunk of change, but everything else sucks.