>Didn't matter that I had no idea what I wanted to do. I was so clueless I didn't even really understand how the loans worked. To make it worse for me...I specifically told all the adults in my life that I wanted to be productive and work in a factory full time until I knew what I wanted to do beyond that. Apparently that was horrible to them. Can you even fathom that? Being horrified that a young man wanted to work his ass off and plan for his future? No, to them, anything less than going to college immediately after high school meant I was a failure. Those same people actually told me they couldn't figure out why I didn't just get a job after I had my degree when I would go to every factory and they would all tell me I was "over qualified". Didn't matter there weren't any jobs for the degree I had within a hundred miles of my area. And I actually held two jobs in my field while going to school and graduated in 2 1/2 years...laziness wasn't the issue. The thing that really chaps my ass after all of that, is that my life is really, and never has been, **my life** since then. I NEVER would have done what I did if left to my own devices, and thus I never would have had the 20s I ended up having. I know I'm not the only person my age in that boat.