100 things to do if your atar is doo doo
rethink your initial aim to get into higher academia & make your family proud, do tafe instead
do a gap year bc atar is redundant after a bit
volunteer, if you accept peanuts as payment
offer your skills at your local library, do existential bookreadings for kids
say bye to your friends who are getting accepting into their courses
get lost in anarchist papers
become a tap dancing clown
brace yourself to write a book about your inspiring rebound
become an underground legend
actually go to headspace to get support in work/study
become a countercultural icon
busk (if you have skills like that)
capitalise off your mediocrity (mass appeal)
print a stupid amount of resumes to handout
dont resort to drugs and things
consider a career in comedy
actually take a cert in a marketable skill thats in demand
become a menace to society
read stories about successful people who 'didn't need uni' to get to where they are now
pray to god you get a job with a liveable wage
launch an instagram for something weird, because you have nothing to lose
watch every single college acceptance video on youtube, yt knows its a fantasy you'll never see
get into cooking mean shit
decide to publish songs recorded in your basement onto spotify
dedicate hours to read religious texts, to find a path
publish a found-footage film
start writing poetry, but only free-form lyrics
read textbooks to replace higher education
regularly gather around fires
get jacked, give advice you're unqualified to
consume an absurd amount of self-help material
wonder where and when it all went wrong
get dragged further to the depths of nihilism
make responsible financial choices
practice a bunch of foreign languages
be one of those mascot guys
train-hopping/hitchhiking
complete a barista course
become a performance artist (search: Petr Pavlensky)
defect, escape the clutch of the atar
make shitposts about your 'situation'
go to indonesia, become the modern Gauguin
wander alone into a forest
watch youtube videos to teach yourself shit you didnt learn in VCE
watch Netflix's entire catalogue in a week
consider a career in graphic design
set up a ponzi scheme like that movie
reminisce how good it was as a kid
get into seriously exploitative work to eat crumbs
ruminate whether or not you're mentally challenged
visit real estate properties as a spectator, not a buyer
cultivate an enthusiasm for vintage cars, something out of reach entirely
literally become Bernard Black
regret the fact you didnt do any subjects that taught you how to handle money
try to think of a list of jobs unlikely to become automated in the next 5 years
come to a conclusion that nothing can replace real human service
lend an ear to the homeless
time manage like a mf, to make up for how time was thrown around
compare yourself to your graduating peers
compare yourself to country students
compare yourself to the sweats
consider a life of crime: jail provides a food , water and roof over your head
resort to extreme methods to establishment yourself in this dog eat dog world...
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