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Not just that, but there is so much social pressure and expectation that pushes you along through highschool, through college without much promotion toward the
by heed 17y ago
Not just that, but there is so much social pressure and expectation that pushes you along through highschool, through college without much promotion toward the alternatives. Never once did I think or hear that I didn't have to go to college, that I could learn some sort of trade or technical skill instead. I blindly followed my nicely laid out path with little objection, and in a way feel robbed, though realize it ultimately my fault.
But what's really depressing is that I can't complain, at all. I am so lucky to have this life, these opportunities, but it is totally despairing to be aware of just how narcissistic and selfish it is to be able to have a 'quarter-life crisis. The fact is though, these feelings of despair exist, and for valid reasons.
- ShardPhoenix 17y agoThe fact that someone else has it worse doesn't make your feelings any less real.
- sneakums 17y agoGroup hug!
- jimbokun 17y ago"I blindly followed my nicely laid out path with little objection, and in a way feel robbed, though realize it ultimately my fault." A third option to feeling robbed or feeling it is your fault is thinking about what you want to do now, given the insight given you by the outcomes of your past choices. Sure, the feelings you describe are there for everyone at some point, but they don't have to determine your course of action (or inaction).
- shpxnvz 17y agoWelcome to the same life that everyone one of us has lived, all the way back to your parents. The particulars of your concerns, worries, feelings, and fears may be different, but the fact that you have them is not.