I agree very much that there are a lot of people going to college who probably shouldn’t, at least not at the age they are. If you aren’t going to do your course work then you might as well just do something else. Save yourself some time and money.

After highschool I already knew I wouldn’t handle university because I too am quite immature and lazy (I also had insomnia and depression which I am now free of). Instead I cut my living expenses as much as possible, borrowed some money and spent loads of time just studying random subjects over the internet and trying to figure out what the hell I should do, because I had no idea.

A couple years later and now I know exactly what to do. Now I know I have an interest and a knack for foreign currency exchange trading. My plan is to collect data on the returns for a very small amount of money I’ll be trading, and then show it to either an institution or a private lender so I can upsize my operation.

If I hadn’t spent time poor, broke and trying to figure myself out I’m not sure what would have happened, but in the long run it might have been far worse. Being penniless for a couple years gave me the motivation to learn a subject, which I am about to use to start what could be a very successful profession.

If I become successful, I will partly attribute it to spending time penniless and broke during the 2009 recession. I’ll also advise parents to let their kid experience that, and they’ll feel like learning a subject pretty fast.