Blog 8 Without College

If I had the $60,000 that it will most likely cost for college, I would most likely use it as a down payment for a plot of land in the woods that connect with the land that my family owns.  It would be nice to buy land that connects with the woods that I live in now because if I ever inherited the land, I would already own a piece and it would be even larger.  I love the area that I live in now because it is beautiful woods and prairies and that is what I miss the most when I am away at college in a city.

Then I would most likely work for my dad doing construction or driving a semi for my stepmom’s trucking company.  I would live at home so I could raise enough money to pay off the land and have a nice truck and also be able to eventually build a house on that land.  Working for the trucking company would not be very difficult because I already have my Commercial Drivers License (CDL).  However, being a trucker would be very boring and is not a job for someone that is young to do all the time.

I would also get a dog.  I really wanted to get a hunting dog last summer but I was unable to because I was going away to college in the fall and my mom would have to assume the responsibilities of a puppy when she already has 2 dogs to take care of.  So if I were not at college, I would have a dog, most likely a wirehaired German Pointer, because I think they are cool looking and they are pointers.  They look a lot like a mutt of some kind.

With all of this said, there are a lot of things that I would have liked to do but was unable to because of college.  I will also have a large amount of debt, but in the long run, the education is completely worth it.  When I get out of school I will hopefully get to do all of the things I mentioned and more because, hopefully, I will have a good job in Renewable Energy.  I also feel that most people are not ready for the real world when they get out of high school and college is a good transition and a time to mature.