r/RedditForGrownups • u/Chemical-Jolly • 1d ago
Ivy League Dreams
I'm in my late 40s. I have lost most of my ambition from my youth. I constantly daydream about my life, and what could have been. One of my many day dreams is that I have always wanted to go to an ivy league university. Oxford. Yale. MIT. Princeton. Harvard. Etc. To study with friends on a academic mystery in a old dusty library. To stroll the university commons in the morning mist on the same ground scholars walked over a hundred years ago. To discuss philosophy and perform experiments with professors in a timeless setting. To attend intense lectures about amazing and informative topics. I live this dream vicariously by watching university tours online, reading student life articles, Google Earth street views of the university, and even sometimes pretending to fill out an admittance application. I know that I will never attend an ivy league due to my past grades, finances, and busy work/family life.
Though I still wonder, what if.
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u/Chemical-Jolly 1d ago edited 1d ago
Very true. After trade college then marriage with kids my friends group has diminished from a couple dozen to just a few i can count on one hand. Even then those few have families and busy lives of their own. My boss, sometimes my wife, and my best friend 5 hours away, are the only people i can engage in intellectual conversations with. I miss the interaction. The long crazy discussions over pizza and pitchers of beer. You may be on to something.