considering running away from home, hopefully finding some kind folks

Hey,

My name is Mike and I need help.

I am 17 years old and I live in West Palm Beach, Florida.
I just moved here from Michigan about a month or two ago.
I came here with my dad hoping for change in my life, hoping to start over?
My life was really messed up about a year ago and i'm really trying to leave it all behind me.

But moving here might be the wrong desicion. I've been here for a month and i haven't made barely any friends. School is a killer and I'm thinking of leaving.

I want to run away to St. Augustine or somewhere else where there are many like minded open loving people like myself. Maybe a commune.

I decided long ago that i don't need to be successful to be happy.
i don't need high school
i don't need to grow up to work for some bullshit corporation
i don't need massive amounts of money to make me happy

happiness to me is love and life
being able to live the way I want to.

i'm sick of trying to live up to my family's expectations when it's not what I want.

they make the arguement "they just wanna see me happy and be successful"

idk what to do.

 

Hey.... life can be tough... highschool sucked for me too... but trust me a year or so will make it all worth the pain. Not having friends is pretty tough too... and going into a new school after all the "clicks" have already been made doesn't help. But when you get to college... you find your niche... especially if you live on campus... you will find most people there are open minded and accepting... you will never get away from assholes in life... thats how it is... but college is really worth it... I am positive i will forget what i learned mostly lol... i know i will keep the memories and friends...
Just hang in there... you can make it... and hey if you ever get down you can always come into chat... there are some pretty cool open minded ppl on there... and when your feeling alone it helps
Hope you find your answer

 

hey i live in florida too!

but really, you should try to stick it out a bit longer. if you think positively, you will attract positivity, and with that, friends. you won't regret it when you have those friends that love and care about you.

if you go to south broward, ill be your friend.

 

i know it's hard.
i've been in the same position as you before.
but hang in there!
it'll work out eventually.
i know it doesn't seem like it will, but it will.
just hang in there!
and if you ever need someone to talk to, message me, and we'll chat

 

I'm feeling similar here. I've been thinking of going away to a circus school for a year or so. That would be mad fun, and hopefully quite enlightening.The important thing is doing what you love to do, not what other people think you should be doing.

 

Great that you know you don't have to be sucesful at school to live happily ever after : )
You should keep saying you're you and you don't have to give fuck what other people think or say. As Bob Marley wrote "don't let them fool you or even screw ya don't let them change ya or re-arrange ya"
Do as you will but you should try to live there for little while longer. Never really expierienced loneliness but know people that have and it often get's better. But move to that commune and go dancing in rain if life doesn't feel good there


I really ain't an old hippie but what do you do : )

 

Great that you know you don't have to be sucesful at school to live happily ever after : )
You should keep saying you're you and you don't have to give fuck what other people think or say. As Bob Marley wrote "don't let them fool you or even screw ya don't let them change ya or re-arrange ya"
Do as you will but you should try to live there for little while longer. Never really expierienced loneliness but know people that have and it often get's better. But move to that commune and go dancing in rain if life doesn't feel good there


I really ain't an old hippie but what do you do : )

 

um well going to school does help ... our generation isn't like our parents... school is kinda a necessary evil... lol not trying to put you down kid ^^^^^ but your only 14 lol... school opens up windows for you...

 

^necessary evil, sooo true.

if you dont finish high school (in the least) you can't get any decent jobs that will pay you enough to [barely] survive. it sucks.

 

not true. I dropped out @ 16 and I get paid good money as a sound engineer.
just be creative...

 

well, im not good at...sound engineering. I'm creative, but my little statues arent going to get me much money. nor my music or poetry. im not saying i want to be rich, but just enough for a lil apartment and a VW.

 

vw takes too much gas you need to be rich
But put an electric motor

 

i knooow, i love them but they do use a lot of gas. sigh. lol

 

To the OP,
If you do run away,
Best of luck
Other than that I have no advice...

 

haha wow its so funny because a year ago i could have written that post. i was struggling with dropping out of highschool and i did cause i didnt care i want to pierce for the rest of my life and im going to get my GED in a couple weeks so its all groovy for me now and in the mean time i just distribute the ganja to pass the time. my advice to you is this dont ever let what anyone but you yourself thinks influence your decisions do what you want, but also do what is in your best interest. if you think about it right now you have a home paid for by your father to live in which you can work out of and save up money till your eighteen. it would be a real bitch living away from home when your not a legal adult cause you cant do cool things like rent an apartment and shit.

-Jak

 

well thanks alot guys and gals with the support.
still not clear with what i'm gonna do with my life

but yeah btw i'm 17 not 14 lol
=]

i guess im just gonna let things go how they are supposed to.
see what happens.
=]

 

well whatever happens i wish you good fortune

-Jak

 

well, do what you want to do. cliché aint it?

living on the road can actually make you appreciate some things we all take for granted and expand your horizons.

if you do leave, check out digihitch.com if youd like to hitchike or take some other unconventional means of travel, also check out the camping/outdoor living forum here.

Im giving these to you because id like to help give you some informatio, and i also have a hard-on for posting links and such.

:cheers2:

 

good luck with your life, man!

 

Walrus,

I hear you. I'm 44 and there are a LOT of days that I feel like running away, too.

The one thing I would like to tell you is that if you decide to run, you should run towards something, instead of away from something.

If you just run away you stand a good chance of making your life much, much worse in the long run.

If you set a goal and run towards it, there is no limit to what you can do.

This is the essence of being a free adult: making your own decisions and accepting the consequences.

Best of luck to you.

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P.S. I really think that you do need to finish high school. Not that high school is all that, but if you don't have that box checked you'll find that most doors are closed to you in the future. If you don't finish school there, you need a plan to get it done somewhere else, as soon as possible. It is VERY hard to go back and do it. Good luck!