I don't think I want to go to uni...

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But I'm too scared to not. Basically since I started AS Level (which I finished and dropped, now doing national diploma..) I've had insane panic attacks, worry constantly about my future. This then expands to other areas of my life, areas that matter to me a lot.

So I plan to finish this diploma and then start doing some Compass Courses (dog training). This is something I really enjoy doing and know quite a bit about. The problem is these are distance learning so I'd still live at home and have to get a job (probably advertise myself as a dog walker/sitter) but I don't want to seperate from my peers, I wouldn't have any friends of my age then. This worries me.
However I know that going to uni with everyone else is not something I'd cope with well at all- I constantly fret about my work at the moment. There are also no courses that I can find that relate to dog training, this is my main aim in life.

I have a dog training mentor who I help out with in classes and she inspires me but I'd still feel really alone if I stopped education (although not fully if I'm doing distance learning courses).

The other thing is I'm fretting right now over how my dog walking/sitting plan will work- insurance and legally. I'm terrified of being sued which puts me right off it but then again I don't have much choice.

I can't stop thinking and worrying about this which will happen in over a year away. This means I've got a year to worry and think about it. Why is it frightening me now?

It doesn't help when people try to put me off this plan saying that I have to make sure I am suitable for dog walking/training etc. I know I'm suitable- I've been volunteering for over a year with my mentor. I love it. I just can't stop worrying =[

I'd also rather people didn't comment and say oh you should do something better/ more worthwhile/ there's no money to be made etc.

Reply 1

yesioo

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If it makes you happy go for it. :smile:

Reply 2

jburdett

OP stop being silly. Uni is a guarantee of success, and you can look down on your friends who didn't go to uni and think to yourself 'I'm better than you'. You'll get the chance to live away from home, whereas your counterparts who didn't go to uni will still be living with their parents. All in all, go for it!

Reply 3

SuperSam_Fantastiche

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Don't panic about it just yet. Maybe apply for university just to cover yourself so you've got another option if dog training doesn't go to plan - but you shouldn't feel pressured into going to uni if it's not what you really want :smile:

Reply 4

Kslayer

yesioo

If it makes you happy go for it. :smile:

Agreed. I hope it works out for you. You carve your own future, write down all your opions weigh up the pro's/con's of each. I'm sure you can figure out what is best for you.

Reply 5

SuperSam_Fantastiche

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jburdett

OP stop being silly. Uni is a guarantee of success, and you can look down on your friends who didn't go to uni and think to yourself 'I'm better than you'. You'll get the chance to live away from home, whereas your counterparts who didn't go to uni will still be living with their parents. All in all, go for it!

Shut your mouth. Uni guarantees nothing. Only pricks look down on other people. And not everyone lives away from home. I'm at uni, I still live with my mum.

All in all, be quiet!

Reply 6

Somebody

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jburdett

OP stop being silly. Uni is a guarantee of success, and you can look down on your friends who didn't go to uni and think to yourself 'I'm better than you'. You'll get the chance to live away from home, whereas your counterparts who didn't go to uni will still be living with their parents. All in all, go for it!

I disagree...

NOTHING ever guarentees ANYTHING.

University will only aid you in success if you want to be there and put the work in.

I have friends who have done apprenticeships, and are better off than many of us at uni will be. I have others friends who chose to work instead of go to uni. What's right for you and me (that is, going to uni), is not right for everyone.
Don't be so narrow minded!

Pawsies - do what YOU want to do.
Going to uni will make you miserable if you don't want to be there or don't want to do the course. Trust me. I've had friends drop out for this reason.

Look into the courses yu want to do, and go for it... you'll probably make friends with the other people doing it, and you'll have something in common with them (a love of dogs).
Don't worry about other people. Most people go to uni not knowing anyone and have to make new friends anyways.
Maybe ask your dog mentor if she can help you persue the career you want to.

At the end of the day, you have to weigh up your happiness against everything else :smile:

I don't think I want to go to uni...

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