Choose your own adventure

[cloudatlas]

What would you do if you were:

• 24 years old,
  
• had no job,
  
• no girlfriend,
  
• no ambitions,
  
• no commitments,
  

Comments

[jedibix783]

Join the Peace Corps. Srsly.

[cloudatlas]

It's cliche, but maybe it's cliche for a reason. I'll look into it.

[impishlaugh]

Hmm, I'd probably backpack through Europe or take the foreign services test.

[cloudatlas]

Backpacking is certainly an option. If that happens, Prague is definitely on the hit list. I can't wait to hear your stories when you get back!

[impishlaugh]

It was amazing! You should definitely see Prague if you backpack through Europe. But I also think the foreign services test might be a good option for you. I think it would fit your personality. I went to the US embassy while I was in the Czech Republic, and it seemed like a very cool place to work. Tech positions are available as well as PR positions, ya know.

[nathan_hale]

As someone who meets all of these qualities save one (left as an exercise to the reader), I'll chime in.

When I nearly quit my job last year, my plan before I started my new one was to take a vast western road trip. I was going to see bunches of national parks, take cool hikes, camp every place, and bathe primarily in rivers and creeks, or perhaps in a city every week or so.

The nice part about camping is that it's quite cheap, so you can drag this out for at least a summer and see all sorts of awesome things.

There are some cool backcountry hot springs in Idaho that would be cool to check out.

[underpressure22]

When you have nothing to lose, pursue a career in
the entertainment business.

[mseymou1]

I'd travel around Africa. It's cheap (once you get there), and a place that's harder to visit as you get older and less able/willing to deal with excessive heat. Or join the Peace Corps. Or both!