so i'm 40
got married in my early 20s and had kids pretty much immediately
none of that was ever in my plan. it was just sort of a happy accident and i don't regret it. but now i'm a decade behind in what my actual plan was, and i'm seeing people twenty years younger than me doing things i can't and it's not the best feeling. i know it's irrational...... reply
yeah i feel this way. i worked so hard in college, became a lawyer but yet my friends around me have brought their first home, getting married or have started a family. i cant help but feel jealous bc im single and far behind them. its a shitty feeling but comparing urself doesnt help. i guess you have to accept things as they are and work to build...... reply
Oh god yes.
I feel like I’ve just started really making something of myself like 4 years ago.
I have a bachelors and a masters degree, yet I really wasn’t doing anything with them. I’m still not making 6 figures, the most my MBA has helped me with is to get me in the door without needing to go through an agency, but at least now I feel like ...... reply
Real, lowkey yeah. The burnout feeling despite not 'doing much' is real.
Started feeling this when I started highschool, I wanted to get into a philology major (languages, literature, writing, allat fun stuff) mainly to follow a theater university afterwards and get into film making and the whole movie industry.
However lol, I got into bio-chem...... reply
My best friend got a boyfriend, moved to another country, got a good paying job there, broke up with their boyfriend, got a raise and makes bank, is now in talks with another guy and just bought their own studio apartment and is in the mids of painting it and furnishing it. All this in the spawn of the last couple of years.
Me? I fell off the curv...... reply
I'm an adult and trying to make the most of life everyday. It's hard to stay positive and it's okay to cry. I'm also not where I want to be in life right now, but I'm hopeful for the future. Therapy is also good if you feel that you need it. (I also read adult comics for fun. My mother read smut novels from her preteens till a decade ago, it's norm...... reply
Yes.
I crashed out after two weeks in my "dream college" and taking a weird ver of a gap year (years really) and just watching everything go by. I'm having to "work on myself" so I can go back to where I left off but I feel stuck.
But honestly. Take your time. For now I am not a psych professional, but as someone who was told by a psychiatrist "D...... 1 reply
ya i feel behind, im 19 and getting my degree in something i dont think is even right for me and its such a competitive field. my classmates r getting internships n such and im lowk js trying not to fail my classes.... but i do believe things will get better for all of us someday !! (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ reply
