Today I went to Bangor university to do a stock market challenge as an economics school trip. I thought it would drag on and be a pointless waste of time but I was completely wrong (and I'm never wrong!) we were in teams of 5 and each team consisted of a finance manager, an investment analyst, a media analyst and two floor traders, a buyer and a seller. I was the buyer floor trader, a role that I had been assigned as it didn't sound important enough for the rest of the team members, and a role that I thought would be boring and lots of hard work. Hard work it was, but boring. . . it was far from it! I loved every second of it! Running to the pit so I could buy the shares at the lowest possible prices before they rose, arguing with the investment analyst on what shares we should buy, and fighting with the other traders to buy the shares first! It was brilliant! The speed at which we worked was phenomenal, there was no time to waste mourning over failed investments, you just have to get on with it and make sure you aren't sitting on a pile of money, cos you cant make money unless you invest it! The speed, stress and pressure can be intolerable at times, but I loved it none the less! The amounts of money we were working with were more than id ever imagine making in 2 minutes at the stock exchange! Its amazing how much money is just thrown around the market, thousands become meaningless!

The day really gave me something to think about, high pressure is an environment Ive always enjoyed working under, and I was going to pursue that pressure by becoming a doctor, but after today I think that the stock market could be the way to go for me. I love stress and the prospect of high risk betting with someone else's money thrills me! There is nothing that I can think of that I would enjoy more, so maybe, just maybe, I wont be a future failed economist. . . . maybe ill be a successful, retired at 30, uber rich economist!