So you are waiting a year and working in a ski shop in OH...nice...and good plan :jumping1:

So you are not moving out west and as of yet UN-committed.

Perhaps you resemble an "example of of what set up people for failure."

Btw...welcome and there are plenty of threads that are golden...just search...and wut ever BA sez!

 

Why are you even waiting? Move to a resort that offer staff housing, JUST FUCKING MOVE. Get out there and experience life. Work for the resort, live in housing, and realize it sucks but stick through the summer and live the dream.

 

Good advise, I waited until I was in my 30's and regret the wasted time living in the pit of despair that is the midwest.

Once you get there have fun but keep focused on your goals\dreams

 

Trust me, if I could move out now I would, but I already have the money put into college and a job I like here. It has to be in the summer, but if my only mistake is I'm waiting too long I'm happy

 

If your hell bent on school Bozeman and Salt Lake both have universities within 20 minutes of epic riding, just saying.

 

You're going to get saddled down and not move.

 

How much could you possibly be making at a ski shop in Ohio that would either keep you there or help pay for a move come summer.

 

Yep, do it now while you're used to living like a broke kid. Once you start making a little bit of money and start having a more comfortable existence, making a big move is a helluva lot harder.

 

I'd be more concerned that you're what 18? And already decided you can't handle school, but think you are more than smart enough to create and start a business in what is one of the fastest dying markets out there right now? Don't get me wrong college isn't for everyone and not a necessity to be successful but about 90% of people who decide before the end of their freshman year that school isn't "for them" don't know nearly enough to run and operate their own business. But most importantly, deciding at 18 to drop out of school so you can open your own ski shop is like dropping out of school to be a beeper salesman.

 

A lot of truth in this post too.

I was one of those guys who should've taken some time off between HS and college. All you've ever done at that point is go to school and it's understandable to be burnt out on it. I ended up taking off the second semester of my junior year in college because if I hadn't I wouldn't have finished. I was absolutely sick and tired of going to school and just needed some time away from it.

 

The statement that "college isn't for everyone" is the absolute truth. One of the biggest things wrong with our society right now is that it's trying to force everyone to go to college. People with degrees get out, get jobs and only want to hire other people with degrees. It's a vicious cycle. Some of the jobs these days that require a 4 year degree - (or if not require on paper, essentially do as they're nearly impossible to land without one) are comical.

 

^^^^ agree with this. Also, things taught in Trade Schools are not being taught to the masses these days and those skills are now in more demand than a watered-down bachelor's degree. Get training in HVAC or electrical and you will have a lot of opportunities.

 

Between the fires, lack of water, the hostile Indians and lack of buffalo, you should probably stay in Ohio.

 

The time has passed to drop and get your money back, im almost half way through the semester. And if being afraid makes you a pussy than yeah im a pussy. But I just said I'm doing it anyway, I'm aloud to be anxious

 

you're allowed, too.

(obviously school isn't working :hairy

don't listen to these dickheads... everyone walks their own path - it sounds like yours includes an extra useless semester... but use the time to plan and save $, maybe network online.

this is America, life is easy. if you want it, take it. make your own reality.

 

I also feel like its worth noting that even after this semester I would be able to start working well before christmas

 

College definitely isn't for everyone! Definitely not me. I came from nothing and worked harder than most to be successful. I didn't find snowboarding and Colorado till I was already locked in a career and had to take care of my parents. I set a goal which seemed unobtainable and never gave up. I paid my parents debt and got my father on disability so they can pay their own bills and spent months networking and researching a way to transfer within my craft to the Rockies. I am now the only Train Inspector in the Rockies and my territory goes from Denver to Grand Junction and Craig to Minturn and have the opportunity to move up any time I am ready. The point I'm making is that if you really want something in life, you have to do what it take to achieve it and it usually involves a great deal of sacrifice. People that are given things and don't have to suffer, endure and work hard usually don't have the same respect and appreciation for what they got.

Good luck on your goals but don't let them get to far from you. Spend everyday doing something that brings them a little closer and before you know it, you'll be living your dream.

 

People that are given things and don't have to suffer, endure and work hard usually don't have the same respect and appreciation for what they got.

Amen

10char

 

Like the others have said already, just go out and do it. I finished a 2 year degree in respiratory therapy and only worked my profession for 4 years. I became an entrepreneur and never looked back. Even though I finished school, school truly wasn't for me. Neither was a "job". Pave your own way. I like the fact that you want to start your own business, that's the only real way to get ahead in this world.

 

Update: I have a job at Breckenridge and just need a place to live. I am moving out mid December so if anyone needs a roomate or has friends that do let me know. Obviously looking for a fairly cheap option and would need bussing to the mountain.

 

You picked the worst possible and I mean WORST ski town to move to. You might be able to find a couch for rent for 500 if you're lucky but it's probably going to be closer to 700. If they can't promise you housing seriously go to some other ski town.

Your definition of affordable and the actuality of what is affordable are two different things here.

 

No employee housing?

 

Not nearly enough, and its first come first serve. Since I can't move in until mid December that isn't really an option

 

Moving to Breck in mid-December? LOL! Good luck with that. Finding housing is gonna be virtually impossible.

 

Well then... BA likes to have the hand lotion warm before applied...

 

Handies don't get you into the inner sanctum of Manwhore Manor.

 

there seems to be a re-occurring theme here.....

 

Save yourself a headache and move to SLC...

 

Not to mention a potential carpal tunnel injury. :hairy:

 

:rotfl: is this the Oprah show...is there a present under my chair?