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

  • dosse91
    281·
    11 months ago

    It gets better bro.

    I’m 33 and I was in a worse situation:

    • Started getting depressed in 2011 at the age of 20
    • Graduated in CS in 2016, super late, but with top grades
    • Started working as a software developer, hated it
    • For a few years I switched between working in a local computer shop and uni to get a master’s degree
    • Again, I graduated super late in 2021 but with top grades
    • Still hated working as a developer and now hated working as a technician too
    • At the end of 2021, I got a call from my old high school, they needed someone to teach programming
    • Decide to give it a try, absolutely love it
    • Suddenly, depression is gone and I have a reason to get up in the morning
    • A 10 year old nightmare is over, still single though
    • init@lemmy.ml
      4·
      11 months ago

      Be careful. That last one can turn into a nightmare too if it’s the wrong person.