I dropped out of school and I almost immediately got tired of low-effort activities. Games and TV are great as a respite from doing other things, but if you're

I dropped out of school and I almost immediately got tired of low-effort activities. Games and TV are great as a respite from doing other things, but if you're a young person with an active mind you will quickly get bored doing that stuff all day. My biggest problem was the sudden lack of a social sphere. High school was terrible, but I dramatically underestimated how important the social environment was. The thing I wish most was that there were people to teach me challenging subjects. Left to my own devices I naturally gravitated to things I was already good at.