I regret going to college.

I went into college thinking that I want to do something with Psychology, perhaps being a psychotherapist. The longer it went on, the more I started to realize that I really didn't want to have anything to do with Psychology being a career for me. It wasn't until my very last semester of college where I really had this epiphany. On top of this, I never really tried as much as I should have. I never failed a class, but there are some classes where I got a C or B when I definitely should have got an A if I really gave more of a shit.

Ultimately, I got my Bachelors in Psychology (which is borderline useless but better than nothing I guess), but never went for my Masters, just because I knew I wouldn't care enough and I really didn't want to be a psychotherapist anymore. I also have no experience in the field. So really, I donated a shitload of money to student loans, only to start studying for a certification for network engineering that is completely irrelevant to everything I've done in college. This certification also requires no college experience whatsoever, and I would be making double the money for entry level in network engineering than basically anything at all in Psychology.

@ Fragile :

School choices are hard when we are young. It's easy to go in a field of study you wont work in.

I feel you broski.

The only positive thing i would cheer you up with regarding this choice is that liberal arts in college gives you some skills that many other studies dont. (Analysis, skills in writing)

I recently read a study saying that people who were formed with the liberal arts would be more adaptative to changes in society.

I did a bachelors and masters in political science and i could not be happier with my choice i think. (even tho i look like a retard when i post in english, cuz im LE FRENCH)

That's why I think it's a little silly that we are forced to decide what we want to do with our careers from college for the rest of our lives when we are 17-18 years old.

I feel that...It's basically why I still don't have my doctorate yet. I am so burnt with my career that I want nothing to do with it anymore. At the same time, it's possible that other states maybe better so I don't know.

Like a lot of other people, TF2 seriously.

I'm 15, and I've already spent 1,100 hours playing this game instead of studying for school to please my parents. There are so many more important things for me to do now but instead I sit at home and play the game. Even on a beautiful sunny day where it's 80 degrees here in Seattle. I try to get better but it ain't happening, I'm stuck with a shitty computer that drops below 30 fps at the worst times, a shitty mouse and pad that don't even click when I want it too and hurts my wrist, and a shitty headset that's uncomfortable. I don't want to put money into this because I know I'm gonna regret it even more.
Video games man

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whats with all this guilt about playing video games
if you have fun doing it, then do it - what the fuck does it matter if its sunny out god damn if you like the sun so much go roll around in the grass or some shit

I mean if you're like never leaving your basement then yeah go out there and see what else life has to offer but like seriously bro if you're gonna feel guilty about a hobby then maybe its time to find a new one????

Not doing my homework. I would have pretty good grades if I just did my homework and I would still be able to play tf2.

I regret a few things, but tf2 is not one of them. I genuinely enjoy the connections I make with people in this game. I think this community is a hidden gem of genuinely kind, funny, and interesting people who are great to know. Given a chance to do it all over again, I would change a lot, but never tf2 :)

Shoutout to Jay_IFA you dabes.

I regret that I wasted my parents money on college where I just skipped classes and lie to them that I go. Reason I skipped, I was really hooked on Team Fortress 2 and other MMOs while just talking to friends on skype.

Another regret is that I spend over 2000$ on one MMO game as my parents gave me a 50k Dollar bank that they were saving for my college fund.

This entire semester. I let my laziness get the best of me and because of that I think I'm in real hot water. I had a 3.5 GPA going into this semester and out of 4 classes I'm only confident I'm going to pass one. I dread spending time alone because then I'm stuck thinking about it, and I literally work myself up to the point where I begin to feel nauseous. I've got too much debt in schooling at this point to back out and I'm pretty sure I hate my major, and at this point I may end up not being able to even get a degree so there goes 25,000 for nothing.

The other side of it is that I think a lot of people here blame TF2 when in reality its a lack of passion. TF2 is great and all but I don't seriously think the like 5k hours I have of it now are solely because TF2 is playable crack. If it wasn't for TF2 I'd have spent that 5k watching t.v. or still playing dota or finding some other way to waste my time.

being picky with which chicks to hook up with in high school

most of them blossomed nicely now, i regret my lack of intiative

also in response to TheFragile, my gf was in the same situation as you.

she did well in psychology in high school, so went the UK for a full degree, but shit was way too scientific and different from what she expected and she hated it. she graduated, and her parents weren't too pleased with her spending.

but she stuck it out, we both had a year after graduating enjoying, travelling and figuring out what we wanted to do. now she is interning at a great graphics design firm in bombay and she loves it, despite her being the only one there without a design degree. so, there is hope for all it seems

you guys need to stop feeling bad about enjoying shit

ya ok you missed out on some stuff because you played a videogame

I think you're missing the point. They're saying that they wish that they played games as a hobby and not as a fulltime "career", time wise that is.

preach brother

i regret letting myself become sloppy and not touch tf2 competitively for months, i just found other games to be too much fun, and ive always wanted to make lan at least once, oh well

#Believe

Spent a lot of time in TF2 during college that may have been better applied elsewhere

My biggest regret is not stepping up to the challenge and being lazy. My parents had high expectations for school and I promise them and myself I would get the grades needed to enter into a very good school. It started off well because I really did not have a hobby direct hobby and I focused my time a lot more on school, already preparing a long time ahead for the SAT's. About 4 or 5 years ago I got my first video game console, the Wii. I had great fun with it but it was then like a gateway drug to video games and I eventually became addicted. I became very lazy like a spoiled child and neglected my studies. Parents became mad but in the end they (at least one) wanted me to be happy and that it made them in the end happy as well. I still regret it because I had an opportunity to do something important and I replaced it with something that does not benefit my future.

We are brothers in pain

I regret not making an effort to talk to strangers and leave the house more often to help my social anxiety.

I told myself things would get better in high school and that I'd stop playing vidya and make more friends. It didn't happen. So then I told myself things would get better in college and that I'd make friends there and try to go to events and clubs. Didn't happen there either. And I'm sitting here foreseeing the same shit happen for the next eight years until I'm a wizardly 30 and so shut-in that I can't even make a trip to the grocery store without having an anxiety attack over having to talk to someone in person. So having to go through interviews for a job let alone even going to a job is catastrophically difficult in comparison. I already avoid most interaction by taking most of my classes online.

I'm going to be so screwed when I can't change my ways, and I'm only making things worse with my escapism through video games.

The feels, they hurt. Also enjoy OC feel heavy.

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losing a friendship with this girl

did bare minimum in easy cc classes which is lowering my gpa just enough to not be able to go wherever I want

One time I saw Buick at Cedar Point, but I wasn't totally sure it was him at the time and he was heading for the bathroom so I decided not to say hi.

It still hurts to think about sometimes.

i also regret not going to cedar point with muffin even though he offered me to go

I just imagine someone reading this and saying "Fuck it", running outside and just proceeds to roll in the grass for hours.

In a way I regret the hours upon hours I've put into TF2; I constantly look at them and think "What could I have achieved with all this time?" Waffleb is kind of right though. Everyone has something that's fun that they waste their time on, it's just how we humans are. We all have a hedonistic aspect present in our lives. I do my best to put time into the things that are productive that I still enjoy, like biology. I resolve to be a straight A student from here on out; even if that might entail me cutting back on the vidya significantly or entirely. Having a hobby that you can spend time on and have fun with isn't a bad thing; I think the regret people are expressing for vidya is the regret of letting it take priority over more important things, like family, or school.