Without going into too much detail…

  • 21
  • Dropped out of Uni (ie. I’ve started falling behind ‘the pack’)
  • Still living with my parents (have lived alone for periods)
  • Frustrated, have been repeating the same mistakes and life is currently going in a loop.
  • Not fully settled on a specific career
  • Thinking of a couple of nuclear options I could try to move things on.

I want to know if I have reason to stress or if I should just give it time and enjoy the ride. Seeing as any sort of renewed degree-pursuing will eat up another several years starting anew from square one.

Edit: Thanks for all of this life advice everyone. It is genuinely really reassuring

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@midwest.social
    2·
    5 months ago

    I didn’t stress. I avoided stress. When my classes got too stressful I stopped going. When paying for school got too stressful I dropped out. When working my shitty computer tech job got too stressful I went down to part-time and started falling behind on rent. When I lost the apartment, telling my family was too stressful so I just became homeless for a while.

    That was the crisis. That was the lowest point.

    Maybe tolerating just a little more stress would have been good for me.

    • SubArcticTundra@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      5 months ago

      I can relate to this. I have (as of yet) uncured ADHD and back when I was living alone, I didn’t manage to find a flat in time when the contract on my old one finished, because apparently searching for flats online isn’t a simulating activity. Welp, if you ever do find yourself spending a night in a disabled restroom, a coat does not make a good blanket.