High school student here. Should I have fun or try to get into a target?
I'm in high school. One dilemma I am really facing is that I see a lot of guys my age just having so much fun, and I'm really not. Don't get me wrong. I love finance, I love learning about it, and I love trading. Problem is though, no matter how much I'm fascinated by finance, I kind of resent the fact on every Friday night/weekend (including today) I'm either 1) alone or 2) hanging out with people who are frankly losers I hate but hang out because I've been grouped by them. But at the same time, I also want to get into a target. And that really- nowadays at least, given the competition- means immersing myself in finance and building a niche. So here's the difference between what I'm doing now (trying really hard to get into a target) and what I kind of want to do.
What I'm doing right now (aside from school):
- Spending time trading
- Reading books on investing/finance
- Reading websites/blogs about investing/finance
- Going to competitions for my school's Investment Club and FBLA
- Doing a research internship with a finance professor
And all this, this building a spike for college, it takes up a lot of time. And while I love finance, I can't help but feel I'm missing out on having fun. I feel like if I stop trying so much, I could actually have a lot of fun in high school. See, unlike a lot of people I'm not stressed about classes since to me, they're frankly very easy. But I take on so much stress about my portfolio, about getting into a good college, etc.
So sometimes, I just want to stop caring so much and just do this (I'd still be getting good grades):
- Play sports (something I want to do but not something my parents introduced me to as a kid)
- Have fun and hang out with people
- Date girls
And I think I want to get into a target, but I also want to have fun, and I feel if I start doing the stuff on the latter list, I'll be having a lot of fun, but I won't have time to do stuff that helps me get into a target (because playing sports is a major time commitment).
Advice?