I always thought most people have that one 'passion' they'd love to do, and know they probably could do - but always put it off.

I worked a job I didn't really like with no prospects for nine and a half years.. mainly because I just didn't know what else I wanted to do.
I eventually decided to leave and I started at entry-level for the company I still work for now. I've progressed since then into a position that I actually enjoy in an area that genuinely interests me.

but i can't make a living from it :(

and it won't be an issue.

am totally and utterly bored working in I.T. and for a while was flirting with the idea of going back to uni to try and attempt a career change. but I put it off for ages, because I didn't think it would be a go-er. however there comes a time when you have to bite the bullet and go with your insticts - think about what you would really enjoy doing in life then go for it. don't let anything stand in your way, not even self-doubt!

:)

I think your lucky you still have the option ;) 50% of population get to mid 20's and are fucked up or have had kids and need to support them.

whether it's what i really want to do i don't know, but it'll do. i dunno, being young and idealistic i can still believe that i can make myself do anything half-decent because i don't want my life to be about work, but other things? obviously, this theory is as yet untested and probably won't stand up to testing

stuck writing short pieces occasionally

considering your username

:D

Although I think it's nice to be able to subsist, live where you want to live and immerse yourself in the music, books, art and films that you like while creating what you want to create.

and am now doing a social research masters at surrey uni, I worried about the stats stuff too because im rubbish at maths but it is not that hard it is all based upon very similar ideas so once it clicks it is pretty easy and it is just knowing what to tell a computer to do and how to interpret the results. It is a really good course and looking the destinations of past students most have gone on to jobs in research organisations or universities (i'll probably ruin the trend though because im so bad at job interviews). I think the LSE course is very similar so should set you up well, but to do sociological research as opposed to social research you may have to think about doing a phd

and i don't know what the fuck i want to do. this post has made me feel alot better, thanks.

all i know is that i want to do a masters, write lots and finally get a band together. and work in a book shop to try and finance some of it.

Do you live in a house with your male skateboarding flat-mate who you pretend to be a 'couple' with and get visited by your pished landlord regularly whilst living above an eccentric painter and have a dog named Colin?

I applied for another traineeship, but due to an admin error I found myself put forward for a role in Emergency Planning, a job I didn't think I was qualified for. They paid for me do to a diploma, which was nice.
I don't think it's a job that I take naturally to (I've never been one for planning, I like to charge into things all guns blazing and learn from my mistakes) but there's enough transferable skills to make it worthwhile, and I don't actually mind my job.

Ideally, I haven't got a clue what I'd like to do. I suffer from a short attention span, and find it hard to do any one thing for more than a few months. If I could turn back time I probably wouldn't have gone to uni, and tried to have got on an apprenticeship and learned a trade instead. (However, as my grades were quite good, I was always pushed towards going to university, despite having almost no capacity for self-motivated study!)

People who think about where they want to be in ten/twenty years time should probably get out more.

and I'm totally confused of how to get into what I want to do. Apprently working in Health and Social care for 2 years, having a level 1 in sign language and starting a degree in social care doesn't give you enough knowledge to get a job in social services to work myself up to a social worker. WHAT GIVES. Grrrr! I'm scared of becoming a housewife.

If you have one then you'd constantly be trying to angle things that way as opposed to being purely logical or unbiased about things.

Work for lego and either-
build loads of awesome stuff
or
design the lego sets.

then I don't see that stats fear should get in your way. I'm crap at stats, most of it anyway, and so are most psychologists and psychology tends to be far more reliant on stats than sociology.
It's just something that you need to build confidence in slowly and nobody really needs to be amazingly competent because otherwise statisticians won't exist.
Also I can recommend you some good books about stats for retards, that help me a lot.

Also I'm jealous of your Glasgow thoughts. I want to go there too but don't see it's feasible.

want to talk about it over dinner?