Venting "You'll be ok; you have plenty of time; you'll figure things out"

[rainghost]

I got this advice a lot as a teenager and even in my early 20's. Normally in response to a question asked out of anxiety about the future. Not being able to see a future, period; having no direction in life; feeling lost; obsessing about the past; having extremely low self esteem; and so on.

I think this is about the worst advice you can give a young person, and yet I still see people saying this. There's so much life advice one *could* give. Like, how to lower your expectations of people (so you don't resent them and end up burning your bridges), how to avoid burnout, how to cope with stress and anxiety...

It's just frustrating. I wish I trusted my own judgement more, before things became too late.

 

[BloatmaxxManlet2022]

I got this advice a lot as a teenager and even in my early 20's. Normally in response to a question asked out of anxiety about the future. Not being able to see a future, period; having no direction in life; feeling lost; obsessing about the past; having extremely low self esteem; and so on.

I think this is about the worst advice you can give a young person, and yet I still see people saying this. There's so much life advice one *could* give. Like, how to lower your expectations of people (so you don't resent them and end up burning your bridges), how to avoid burnout, how to cope with stress and anxiety...

It's just frustrating. I wish I trusted my own judgement more, before things became too late.

As a older man, my tip is literally do what you want. You literally live one life and then you’re worm meat. That means you’re mistakes don’t matter, bad deeds etc. so do everything you enjoy and have a blast. Air in your lungs is a extreme probability and so is your birth. Have fun amigo

 

[Haruhi Suzumiya]

My advice, you never have enough time, you will wake up one day and be in your late 30', 40's etc and will be over already.
Enjoy your time now while you are young that's what most of us try to do, it's not always working but never get into the boomer mindset that you have time.

 

[WeebHunter3000]

I wish my parents aborted me.

 

[frightfulcel]

If things don't work out without you doing anything then they are unlikely to work out

 

[Looksmax Refugee]

 

[incelkingkong]

I wish my parents aborted me.

we wish they did too

Spoiler

joke

 

[Asylum Patient]

"Just do what you enjoy. Live life, carpe diem"
...Ok but what if you dont enjoy anything anymore?

 

[notnilc]

Sitting here with my 8 year CV gap.

 

[Officer KD6-3.7]

 

[rainghost]

Sitting here with my 8 year CV gap.

You might be able to fix that by volunteering for a bit.

 

[Batman]

 

[Just a NEET]

You might be able to fix that by volunteering for a bit.

I did it and still unemployed.