what would you do?
in a bit of a dilema. been living in ireland for nearly 5 months now, i fucking hate it and want to move back to the uk. before i went i was living with my mum and stepdad but they are moving to america shortly so i wont be able to just move back in with them.
obviously then, i need somewhere to live, and an income. i dont want to end up in some shit dead end job (again) though, so basiclly ive come up with two other options. join the army or work the next 12 months and go to uni to do a motorsport engineering degree next september.
my reasons behind the army are its a roof over my head and a secure income. while im in ill be able to save the majority of my wages so will be able to come out in 4-6 years with a serious few quid. in 6 years or so ill be able to get a visa to move to the usa to live with my brother and sister in california which is what ive really wanted to do for years, this would be nice timing, as id have a ticket to california and a decent ammount of money to take with me. id probably go to an infantry based regiment and aim to get into private security/close protection or the police force when i get out and move to america. the only things putting me off is the chance of coming out with mental issues like PTSD, which my father has. and the chance of major injury. death doesnt bother me. ill be dead, so i wont give a fuck.
reasons behind uni are that id be able to study what really interests me and the chance to do something id really enjoy when i finish. id like to go for the social side of things, and also it offers slightly cheaper accomodation than if i was renting privately. the only things putting me off is the massive debt im bound to end up with when i leave.
the two things im struggling to decide between are the chance to save a serious ammount of money in the army to set myself up in america, and the chance to study motorsport engineering, setting mysef up for a hopefully interesting and enjoyable career.
would like to hear peoples opinions and thoughts as im really struggling to decide what the fuck to do.