What should I do from here...Travel, Move or Start School?

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<p>I’m a little lost. And also not sure if this is posted in the right place.</p>

<p>I’m 20, live in Idaho, dropped out of school when I realized that I don’t really think I could be an engineer for the rest of my life, but now I just live at home.</p>

<p>I’m stuck as to what I should be doing. Because sitting at home applying for restaurant jobs browsing skiing and biking forums isn’t cutting it. I need to make a solid plan, so I have something to go by and an answer when people ask “what are you doing next year?”.</p>

<p>Option 1:
Immediately pack up my stuff, find a job and room in California, work for a year, community college for 2 years, then transfer to a University for the other 2 years, hoping I find what I’m passionate about but is also employable along the way.</p>

<p>Option 2:
Spend the next year traveling. I have this pipe dream of bike touring all the way from the Canada border (we only live 55 miles away) through South America to Argentina, writing and posting photos to a blog along the way and hoping that will take me somewhere. My dream job would be to work for National Geographic or a similar publication. Then after thats out of my system and completed start school the following fall at University of Utah. I could go and do Option 1 from here but then I’m not graduating college for another 6 years minimum. Seems like a long time.</p>

<p>Option 3:
Go back to school at University of Utah and just get school over with. I didn’t really like living in Salt Lake City the first time around, love the skiing and outdoorsy stuff but not the people/politics/whacky religion part of it.
And just hope I stumble upon something I really want to do with my life thats also employable, because at this point if I just took classes based on my interest in them I’d probably end up majoring in Anthropology not be able to find a job.</p>

<p>I don’t know…I could really use some help</p>

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<p>If you cannot afford OOS rates for a UC, your “Option 1” is off the table (as explained to you in multiple threads). </p>

<p>Option 3 is your best bet FOLLOWED by Option 2 if you can afford it at that point. (In other words, finish your college work first and THEN do your traveling.)</p>

<p>P.S. My daughter majored in Anthropology and is employed.</p>

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<p>I thought it was looking like if I didn’t move in with family, got a job and worked for a full year with out doing community college I thought it was going to work? I don’t know it doesn’t have to be California, I just wasn’t all that excited about living in Utah.</p>

<p>Just wondering, what does your daughter do?</p>

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<p>I’m also wondering if there’s other states that are easi</p>

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<p>Meant to say:</p>

<p>Easier a to gain residence in, Oregon, Washington and Colorado are at the top of the list, or anywhere else cool (with outdoorsy things) with good schools.</p>

<p>I know Utah is ridiculously easy to get instate status in, what I’m really looking for is if I move this summer work and rent a room and take a few (ie. not full time) community school classes if possible, and then start next year with instate status in another state. Ideally Oregon or Washington but I’m open to suggestions</p>