I just turned 24, and about to graduate with a degree in Electrical Engineering. My GPA is terrible, and although I was fortunate enough to land a job, it’s not what I want to do with my life.

I recently got rejected from a job I really wanted because of my incompetence and I’m just tired. I spent nearly my entire college experience depressed and alone, didn’t managed to make any real friends. I feel like I’ve wasted some of the most important years of my life.

I don’t even want to finish the semester. I have no motivation left to keep trying when I feel like my life is going to be trash anyway. I had such big aspirations when I was younger, but the older I get, the more I realize that I’m just not smart enough to achieve them. Sometimes I wonder why I even tried to become an engineer in the first place.

i don’t know what to do

I’m 32F, divorced, single, and struggling more than I’d like to admit. I’ve traveled extensively, worked in luxury hospitality, challenged myself, and built a life around independence…but lately, I feel like I’m drowning.

I’m realizing how much of my ambition came from needing to prove myself, and I’m exhausted from constant work, financial stress, and uncertainty about what comes next.

Professionally, I have 4.5+ years in luxury hospitality , including management, and 10+ years in general hospitality.

I’d like to transition into something stable, ideally remote or hybrid, where I can use my skills without sacrificing my entire life to work. I’m in therapy and doing a lot of self-reflection, but understanding my patterns hasn’t made the next steps any clearer.

Has anyone else felt this lost in their 30s and managed to turn things around? What helped? what career paths would you recommend with my background?

I’d really appreciate some perspective. I’m tired of feeling like I have to figure everything out alone anymore 🫶

I look around.. on job boards, on indeed, local government programs, all these things.

All I can say is that when I look at all of these things..it fills me up with anxiety.

It seems like nothing at all pays good, nothing is worth learning in 90% of these programs because no one wants a man in training, or the pay in that field is garbage until you're in it for a decade.. and all the jobs near me are basically confidentiality asking people to come work for them and not be able to afford your bills and essential living costs - besides medical.

I keep trying to look into the trades but the requirements are very egregious. I can't even get a general labor job and my last job was a year doing labor in fab shop. Everywhere wants you to know how to use multiple heavy duty machinery, years of experience, know this and that.. it's clear I'm not in demand. Journey men are. And I can't waste my time in these razor thin margin shops that don't have time to train and keep you as a general laborer.

All I can think of is trying for nursing, EMT or something related because it seems like that's the closest there is to making some ok money. . and honestly if that isn't the answer.. then I don't know what the next step is.. tired of being stumped and lost, I turned 25 a month ago and I feel like I just can't afford to keep wondering aimlessly anymore. It's killing me.

It's pathetic to admit but I can't see myself doing any job. My only hobbies are reading and writing but journalism/author is off the table.

My only real passion is to make a stable income ($80k+, it's okay if starts lower and grows overtime) I am a woman and not very physically fit so the trades intimidate me. I struggle with sciences and maths so anything requiring proficiency in physics, chemistry or math is not an option. I feel I have no strengths, I've always been a 70s-80s student no matter the subject.

I looked into aviation services as I have a high interest in planes however I don't do well under pressure so a pilot or an ATC would not be suitable for me.

Additionally, not to be nit-picky but I don't want to do anything super business esque so no marketing, sales, finance or analytics.

Im extremely stressed about picking a career as I just don't see myself enjoying nor excelling in any job and I would like some career suggestions for me to do proper research on.

i’m 22f and did amazing in school, graduated valedictorian, but never knew what i wanted to do with my life. everyone told me i had time and that i would figure it out, but here i am. i went to community college right after high school for 2.5 years to get my gen eds. i graduated with an associates in general studies. i’ve worked retail jobs since i was 16, and i’m embarrassed. i feel like a complete failure and i hate that i don’t have a passion for anything. i’m extremely depressed, but can’t afford health insurance and make too much for medicaid. all i do is work, no hobbies or interests. i just watch tv and scroll on my phone. i want my life back and i want to get on track but at the same time i feel like nothing matters and i don’t have the energy to get better. i live with my partner who has struggles as well, but they work and go to school and are passionate about many things. i’m not trying to pity myself, but on paper i would be classified as a loser. i dont know what to do from here. i used to love art and creating things, but i haven’t made anything in years. i’m a very negative and pessimistic person, i hate it. i have to change in order to get my life back, but i don’t know how. i’m not good with people and have extreme anxiety and what i assume is mild ocd. i’ve always loved art, music, and the outdoors but i just think to myself there’s no way to make a living from that and i feel like it’s too late for me to be good at anything. all i’ve ever wanted is to be good at something but i give up anytime i fail. i want to feel proud of myself again. i don’t want to die slaving away at a trillion dollar company for minimum wage. i know i’m young, but i feel like i’m lost. i’ve been stuck for 2 years now.

Hey guys! I’m 19 and currently a freshman in college majoring in philosophy. I’ve never really been particularly great at school. I attended a Catholic grade school, Catholic high school, and will soon be transferring to the University of Dayton, another Catholic institution. So I’ve always had access to a pretty good education, but I’ve never really stood out academically in any particular subject besides religion. Ironically, I’m actually an agnostic atheist, but I find religion and philosophy deeply fascinating.

Recently, I’ve started realizing something about myself. One thing I’ve always genuinely enjoyed is leading, teaching, organizing, and speaking in front of people. I love public speaking, having an audience, sharing ideas, and being in a position where I can guide or motivate others. Looking back, I think this desire to lead has always been a pretty consistent part of my personality.

I’ve considered becoming a philosophy professor, and even coaching has started to interest me. I think there’s something really fulfilling about helping people grow, bringing people together, and working toward a common goal.

I’m not necessarily looking to switch my major, because I genuinely enjoy philosophy. But I’m curious: What career paths would you recommend for someone who really enjoys leadership, teaching, public speaking, and working with people?

I’d especially appreciate hearing from people who have found careers that allow them to use those qualities regularly!

I’m 39, married, have a young son, and lately I’ve been feeling pretty lost when it comes to my career and what I actually want to do with my life.
I’m hoping to hear from people who have been in a similar situation, especially those who figured things out later in life.

Here’s my situation.
I currently work a physically demanding job with early mornings. The pay is decent, but I’m exhausted most days. By the time I get home, I have very little energy left to work on the things I’m actually passionate about or spend quality time with my family.

I’ve also owned a small web design business for several years. I genuinely enjoy building websites, working with clients, and the creative side of entrepreneurship. But I’ve struggled to grow it into something that could replace a full-time income.

Over the years, I’ve explored so many different career paths and business ideas. Insurance, mortgage lending, buying a franchise, starting different service businesses, you name it. I’ll get really excited about an opportunity, research everything about it, start imagining what my life could look like, and then eventually start questioning whether it’s the right path. And then I find something else that interests me. It’s an exhausting cycle.

Right now, I’m actually developing another small business idea in the senior companionship industry. It’s something I find meaningful and exciting, but I sometimes wonder whether I’m just repeating the same pattern of chasing another idea.

The frustrating part is that I’m not afraid of hard work. I’m motivated, willing to learn, comfortable with technology, enjoy helping people, and have some entrepreneurial experience.

I just can’t seem to figure out where to focus my energy.
I’m starting to realize that what I really want isn’t necessarily a high-paying career or some huge company. I want to make a comfortable living, have some control over my schedule, be present for my wife and son, and do something that feels worthwhile.

Ideally, I’d love to work for myself, but I’m also open to finding a stable career that provides a good work-life balance.

I know I’m fortunate to have a job and a family, and I’m grateful for those things. But I can’t shake this feeling that I’m capable of building a different life if I could just figure out which direction to go.

So I guess my questions are:
Has anyone else struggled with constantly being interested in different careers or business ideas but never feeling completely sure about one?

How did you finally decide what to pursue?

Did you eventually find a career or business that gave you the flexibility and satisfaction you were looking for?

For those who changed careers or started businesses around 40, what do you wish you’d known earlier?

I’m not looking for a get-rich-quick scheme or someone to tell me to just follow my passion. I’d genuinely appreciate hearing real experiences, practical advice, or even some tough love from people who’ve been through this.

Thanks for reading.

So yeah, head injury 14-15 years ago, basically the word is Anhedonia I think. I don't have passions, dreams or interests. They aren't buried or not lack of self esteem they just don't exist, so I don't have any internal compass to guide me as a starting point.

Have tried thinking of any skills I do have, but many of those, like driving I can't use anymore because I have seizures and lost peripheral vision in my left eye so driving isn't safe and such.

I keep trying to narrow down by health factors but what solves one health factor, would set off another and I can't seem to find the combo that would actually be safe/sustainable for my body.

I don't like being at home doing nothing all the time, and I'm kind of restricted financially due to unemployment because of health so I can't really just try things or go places.

I've tried all the usual advice of therapy/medications (medications messed me up worse and therapy didn't really help because its not a self esteem issue or such), i've tried remote jobs admin etc all that but those overload my brain and I can't keep up, so I'm not sure what else to think of.

I can still learn, but its really slow. Like mega patience required. Gotta show me several times, ideally have a checklist to make sure if its a workflow type thing, or if its a simple task, sure I can do it like fold these for me, go sweep up, sure, but after that i'd be waiting for the next task to be handed out.

Really frustrating feeling this dumb because I struggle and I guess the question is, how to find a path, when - you don't have wants/interests/passions (literally at all)? As well as trying to juggle health issues that make a lot of jobs or even hobbies unsafe/unsustainable?

Many thanks for reading if you got this far

I'm a guy in my late 20s, and I honestly don't know what to do with my life anymore.

Since childhood, I've always wanted to do something of my own instead of working a regular job for the rest of my life. A while ago, I was working a low-paying job abroad, but I quit after less than a year because I couldn't see myself doing it long-term.

I thought I could build something of my own, especially with AI changing the world and so many people making money online with just a laptop and an internet connection.

But now, more than 18 months later, I'm still in the same place. I haven't built anything, I haven't made any money, and I still don't know what I want to do.

The biggest problem is that I don't have any real skills that I can use to make money. I keep thinking about starting an online business or doing something of my own, but I can't figure out what to do or where to start.

At this point, I'm thinking about moving abroad again and taking another low-paying job just to get my life moving. It feels like I'm going backwards, especially after spending so much time trying to build a different future for myself.

I feel terrible about the fact that I'm almost 30 and still haven't figured things out. I see people learning skills, building businesses, and making progress, while I'm about to return to the exact kind of job I left behind.

Part of me thinks I should just accept reality, get a job, and stop chasing something I might never be able to achieve. Another part of me feels like I'll regret giving up on my dream.

What would you do if you were in my position?

Would you move abroad again, take the low-paying job, and try to learn a useful skill in your free time? Or would you stay where you are and keep trying to figure out a way to make money on your own?

I'm not looking for motivational quotes or people telling me to follow my dreams. I'd genuinely like to hear from people who have been in a similar situation and can tell me what actually worked for them.

P.S. I choose my previous job thinking I’d build a side hustle, learn new skills, and work on other things alongside my job. But the reality was completely different. I never had the time or energy to do any of it. Not everyone is lucky enough to have a 40-hour workweek and a low-stress job. That’s one of the reasons I quit. I had no life outside of work, and my mental health was wrecked. It’s been over 18 months since I left that job, and I’m still seeing a psychiatrist because of what I went through. Sometimes, a job takes so much out of you that you have nothing left to invest in yourself or your future.

Im in a dead end minimum wage job at 23. I fell for the scam that is college and majored in something i thought would be worthwhile but was really stupid in hindsight. Ive somehow locked myself out of every job a high school dropout can do from what i can tell given ive easily sennt out 1500 apps in the past 2 years and im still stuck here. People talk about what they want in life like settling down, having hobbies, growing old but i dont imagine ill make it to 40 with where i am and the state of the world. I just keep lying to myself that everything will be ok but i know deep down it wont. As soon as my family has had enough of me and makes me move out some day ill be as good as dead given i live in a rural area with no resources for the homeless (this is honestly probablly a good thing ultimately though so my suffering wont be dragged out).

I literally have zero plans for life or goals even out just 10 years from now, i really have no idea how ill live that long. Absolute best case scenario is i work minimum wage till i die at 80 all alone while being homeless and never being able to retire since retirement in general is becoming a thing of the past.

I crashed out of software engineering after 9 years due to burnout and health issues. Im working a temporary job in a factory for the time being, but i have no idea what to do next with my life. I enjoy traveling and thought about doing seasonal hospitality work in Europe (im American). I’m 32M, single with no kids. I didn’t make much money in software engineering because i worked at a small startup for most of it, so ive kind of given up on the idea of retiring early and now just want a low stress job that pays the bills. Being a mailman also interests me, but its hard to get a full time position where i live (small town Wisconsin).

I've never felt as passionate about any other job in my life. I know it will be hard, but it is so deeply meaningful and I love the idea of spreading the Dharma and serving something so much greater than myself.

I know a path forward, for my sect, Jodo Shinshu, in the US I would need a Masters or M.Div from the Institute of Buddhist Studies if I wanted to be a full time priest. Schools is expensive, there are scholarships but it can still be pricy and they can't take government loans.

There's also the matter of placement. There is a priest shortage so I could probably get a job, but you have to be willing to move in a lot of situations and that's hard because I'd like to be near family, especially because I don't think the job pays well. It's not that I want to be rich, but I fear living paycheck to paycheck for the rest of my life and if I have to move for the job I won't have family for support if things get bad. Then, even if you get placed, the temple board has to vote on whether or not to keep you. I am not of Japanese ancestry, I'm not married and I'm not straight. While it's never explicitly stated, I know that these things make me less desirable as a head priest. It also makes it harder because there are some red states I simply could not live in because I would not have proper legal protections my counterparts enjoy.

That said, I love the temple, I love this school of Buddhism and I truly feel it's what I'm meant to do with my life. I thought about going for a masters in something that could give me other work, like working towards an LCSW or LPC, which could support me and help but I've spoken to other therapists who cautioned how time consuming it is, they asked how I could be a therapist and a priest, and in truly I would be pursuing the masters for therapy specifically so I could support being a priest. I would be devastated if I couldn't be a priest.

How can I realistically make this goal happen? How can I realistically do this while also not ending up in a situation where I'm one bad financial day from houselessness?

Hello everyone, I'm 26f, and still in college ( engineering) , living with my parents, unemployed, and single for past couple of years . I'm trying hard to finish my degree but it will take 1 more year . I also am trying to go on dates but since my life is messed up I can't understand what i need in a partner so end up cutting all the connections off . I will be 28 when I can officially start my life ... I'm also scared that with no job experience, at 28 it will hard for me to find a job or even a partner in life. I donno I feel so lost in life . Everyone is already settled and i feel stuck . Is 20s supposed to be this fucked up.

I feel like ending my life many times but i feel like it's just 1 year just hold on to it. But some days i wake up with no motivation at all. ( I was diagnosed with depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder 3 years ago) But i recovered 1 year ago. But sometimes i feel like I'm about to fall back to that whole so I try my best not to.

One of the worst feelings is knowing you’re capable of more but not knowing what to do about it.

I’m in my 20s and think a lot about success and becoming wealthy. People say to follow your passion, but what if you don’t know what your passion is?

How do you find the right direction? Do you discover your passion or build it along the way? I’d love to hear real advice from people who’ve been through this.

I’m 34, and feeling really lost about my career. I want a profession I can throw myself into, become skilled at and build a future around.

My background is in hospitality, events, customer service and rental administration. I prefer practical, people-facing work over spending the entire day at a computer.

My Strong Interest Inventory results were highest in Artistic and Social, with Investigative and Enterprising almost tied. My stronger interests included teaching, public speaking, law, entrepreneurship and helping people. Adult education and self-enrichment teaching were my closest occupational matches. I also identify with aspects of ENFP/ENFJ, although I know those labels don’t determine a career.

After five paid career-counselling sessions, I have more possibilities but still no clear direction. The expanding list is making me overwhelmed, and I need help narrowing things down.

What one or two careers would you seriously recommend investigating and why? I’d especially appreciate hearing from people doing those jobs about actual pay, training requirements and the less appealing parts.

I'm a 23M from Syria, and well, I know most of you aren't familiar with the situation here in Syria, so I'll explain it all briefly:

Well in 2011 a revelation broke out in Syria against the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad but after a while hell broke loose and well it became a full civil war.

And well from that moment My whole life turned upside down from a peaceful life any 8 years old kid had to just trying to survive and wake up tomorrow and hope for the best that you and your family are doing well

And well that's not all either because even before the war itself i was born in a broken family

To a father who only cares about work

And a mother that only cared about us so we repay her in the future like a living and breathing retirement account

So all of this resulted in the fact that i grew up so isolated from everyone around me i didn't have any friends at school because every year we moved to a new house because of the war

And my day to day activities are like :

Go to school , come back home , study , sleep and repeat 🔁

And well after graduating school and going to college

This cycle continued in my life i didn't have any social life in college i treated it just like school before

Go to college, attend all classes, go back home, sleep, and repeat

And you will notice that there's something different in the college cycle which is the fact that i wasn't studying that well

And that's because i didn't have the energy to so i was so depressed and lonely at the time to the point that i didn't have the will to live anymore

I was a walking corpse . a shell of a man

But time doesn't wait for anybody, so the years kept running and in April of 2026 i was a freshly graduate software engineer

And well because the mental state that I'm in

When graduation came by i wasn't specialized in any field i studied a bit of web development a bit of android development and a bit of game dev and a bit of cyber security

And well, each time I start in a field, it always shuts down in my face

Mainly because the fact I'm living here in Syria

For several facts :

The first one is that electricity cuts out most of the day (I'm currently writing this in total darkness)

The second one is that the internet is so slow that reddit barely opens

The third is that I can't pay or get paid via any payment service

The forth is the rise of Artificial intelligence (i think this one explains itself)

And well it's been 6 months since i graduated and I didn't get a job still living with my parents and my CV is not looking good for me

And i don't know what to do

I'm 28 years old and graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences two years ago. For the past two years, I've been in a master's program in Mental Health at one of the top universities in my country.

The thing is... over these two years, I've gradually realized that I don't actually want this career anymore. I've spent most of this year thinking about leaving, and I'm finally getting the courage to seriously consider quitting.

The problem is that the job market here is really bad. Finding a decent job with only a bachelor's degree is already difficult, and I honestly don't think having a master's degree would make things much easier in my field either. So part of me thinks I should just finish the degree since I've already invested so much time into it, even if I don't want to pursue academia or mental health as a career.

On the other hand, I feel like staying just because I've already invested two years could be a sunk-cost fallacy. I don't want to spend another year or more of my life finishing something that I already know I don't want.

I also have other interests and career possibilities that I'd like to explore, but none of them are completely established yet. I'm not expecting to have my entire life figured out at 28, but I'm afraid of quitting and then regretting it because finding another job/career path is so difficult.

So, what would you do in my situation?

Would you finish the master's because it's a valuable credential and I'm already halfway through, or would you leave and start looking for another direction, even without having a solid plan yet?

I'd especially appreciate perspectives from people who quit graduate school, changed careers in their late 20s/30s, or stayed in a degree they no longer wanted.

From 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic until 2024, I pursued a degree in computer science at a university. At one point during this period, I came very close to giving up. My parents encouraged me, and I managed to push through. Throughout my studies, I never failed a single exam and maintained a solid grade average.

Then, in 2024, I began my bachelor’s thesis, and that is when I fell into a deep slump. From the very start, beginning with the process of selecting a topic, I struggled to communicate effectively with my supervisors. I also made the mistake of registering the thesis too early, even though the structure was unclear and hadn't been discussed with my supervisor. I wanted everything to be perfect. Driven by this high standard, I over-planned, gathering far too many courses, books, and articles. During the writing phase, my supervisor criticized my work at every meeting and demanded improvements, which only raised the bar even higher. I began to feel paralyzed and started procrastinating. I couldn't even get out of bed, gripped by an intense fear of failure. In the end, I had nothing of any real use, perhaps ten pages and a small project. My supervisor told me it wouldn't be a problem; I could simply write the thesis the following semester on the same topic, provided I rephrased the research question.

So, I tried to prepare better this time before registering anything. I managed to keep it up for a month, but then the procrastination set in again. It wasn't until the end of the semester in 2025 that I finally realized something was wrong with me. It was like waking up as if, until that moment, I had simply been running on autopilot. Since I still live with my parents, I opened up to them. Before that, I had always lied to them, claiming I was working on my thesis, a deception that also led me to withdraw significantly. My parents suggested that I try to re-engage with life before tackling my bachelor’s thesis. That worked for a while, but the thesis was constantly on my mind, and I naturally kept trying to study for it. I became increasingly desperate. I developed such an intense fear that I couldn’t even bring myself to go near my computer. As a result, I felt completely incapable of handling even the simplest tasks. I stopped eating and showering, spending all my time in bed, consumed by negative thoughts that only worsened my mental state.

Because of this, my parents stepped in and looked for a psychologist, a difficult task these days, given how overwhelmed the system is. Eventually, they found one, and I began attending sessions. It was all very unfamiliar to me, as I had never faced such issues before. During this period, I was essentially running on autopilot. I began to see suicide as my only remaining option.

Every day, my mind is caught in a relentless loop: Do I even want to work in this field? Does this field even have a future, given the rise of AI? How many years have I wasted? If I drop out, will all my progress be lost? Will I end up regretting it? And if I start something new, won’t I just end up dropping that, too, just like my studies? I simply have no idea what I want anymore. I can no longer see a future, and I am in a state of complete despair.

The therapy didn’t help, and I hit such a severe mental block that I couldn’t bring myself to go back, which led to me stopping the sessions. My last glimmer of hope was a sociotherapist who supported me throughout 2026, following my decision to drop out. As a result, I began establishing a daily routine again, going for walks and sticking to set sleep times. There have been ups and downs. But as the number of semesters keeps rising and I get older, new anxieties have surfaced; everything feels like it’s happening too late. I regret not pushing through and finishing my bachelor’s thesis the first time around. Moreover, my sociotherapist let me down even though he had promised me he wouldn’t do the same thing my previous therapist did.

I’m trapped in a rut again; I have little appetite and can’t bring myself to leave the house. Everyone tells me I should focus on getting healthy first to pick up where I left off back in 2026. But everything feels so slow and pointless. I’ll be turning 27 next year. No one seems to understand that I need a sense of direction or purpose. Even if I do manage to complete my bachelor’s thesis, I don’t believe I’ll ever work in that field. Yet, I have no idea what else I might want to do. If I drop out now, it means all these years have been a waste. I’m also worried that this might foster a mindset where I always quit whenever things get difficult.

I just don’t feel ready for life; it’s as if I’m broken. Not only that, but I don’t recognize myself at all anymore. The only solution that makes sense to me is suicide. But even that scares me, so I suppose I keep putting it off.

I'm 31, live in Italy, and earn 1,300 net per month.

I have around 25k in savings, but after rent and living expenses, I can only save 50–100 a month.

For most of my life, my goal was to buy a house. Now I'm realizing that, with my current salary, that goal feels almost impossible. I'm also worried that my job might not be sustainable in the long term.

I've been trying to understand how people, like professionals or small entrepreneur earn 80k+ a year, and I've noticed that most of them are narcisistics or have some personality disorders that allow them to work constantly, tolerate conflict, and sacrifice their personal lives, and trample on others to get ahead. I don't want to become a workaholic or lose my empathy just to make more money.

I want financial stability, meaningful work, and a decent work-life balance. I don't need to love my job, but I'd like something that doesn't disturb mentally.
I am not the type of man that trample on others, instead I would help people, show value and get rewarded for it.
I don't like playing games.

I've tried exploring different paths, including physiotherapy, but realized it wasn't for me.

The problem is that I can't quit my job to experiment because I need to pay rent and support myself, but keep this living scenario is either bad, just because it feels like trapped in a loop.
I am not in a good career nor I can say at least I would retire financially.

For those who have been in a similar situation:

• How did you discover what you wanted to do professionally?
• How can you explore new career paths while working full-time and on a limited budget?

I'm not looking to get rich overnight. I just want to build a life that feels financially secure and personally fulfilling, without sacrificing my mental well-being to get there.

I'd really appreciate your advice and personal experiences.

Hi, Im a 27M with computer engineering degree, I lost my job of 5 years few weeks ago and I dont know what to feel about it. I already had problems with my job for some years but I was burnout from it, trying to fix my mindset about life and other stuff.

I tried to find other jobs mean time but couldnt. Now without any job, I started my job hunt but going to job sites made me depressed so much more. Every other posts on those sites are either ai or people asking for jobs. Im tired of ai, Im using it only for advanced web search, I hate using it for creation of other stuff.

This made me hate the job industry in my field but I was loving it, I still enjoy my solo stuff but as for work I find it pathetic especially I need to be accepting for current workflow in order get money.

But as I said, everyone looking for job in this field, tomorrow is uncertain, the real knowledge of the stuff being smashed for completing the work quickly. People doing temporary stuff for today but doesnt create a future that will hold its legs. The creativity is getting punished because ai can do it faster from what they say and think.

I had to move in with my parents in these times but I dont know how much longer I can keep this up. I also thought about switching careers but this field is all I know or loved, I can branch into other areas within the field but again, the ai needs to be used like holy miracle

What can I do this timeline/situation, I dont know any idea, Im just doing stuff randomly but it doesnt gives me any money that I can built my future on

Im 25 years old

When i was a teenager i was passionate about music , i always wanted to be a DJ , perform huge shows , travel across the world

I taught myself flstudio made multiple records, signed it on multiple labels , got support from very talented artists

But as i grew up i noticed i wasn't earning enough so that i can invest on things i love

My parents supported me in the beginning but since i wasn't making any great changes they told me to focus on studies and get a stable job

I somehow got myself a computer science degree but without really know much stuff

Now I'm stuck , i don't have guts to apply for jobs in tech because I barely know stuff and don't have great projects

But now I'm at a point where i wanna change my life desperately

If you're in tech industry guide me please

I know the basics HTML , CSS , JS

But I've got no direction

Is it possible that i can get my hands on a job or even an internship within next 6 months?

Greetings,

For the last few years I struggled to find my professional path and have lived through a time of uncertainty, always thinking about going back to university or doing something completely different with my life.

I am a neurologist interested in intensive care and emergency medicine. Fields that are somewhat uncommon for neurologists and most of my colleagues (at least here in Germany) lean towards the more conservative areas of our profession, mostly working on hospital wards or in doctors' offices. It took me quite some time to find my path, but from the moment I realized that I am one of those "odd ones", I've felt that my professional life is moving in a more fulfilling direction.

Now, since these specializations are quite uncommon for neurologists, there aren't many clinics actually offering positions in these fields (especially in intensive care units run by neurologists). There's only one clinic in my vicinity, and it's my current workplace. Unfortunately, working there is extremely bleak and unfulfilling because the ICU is run by anaesthesiologists and we neurologists only handle the most basic tasks somewhat related to intensive care medicine. I've tried to improve things but our chief isn't interested in helping me, since he himself leans strongly toward the more conservative side of neurology.

Long story short, to find professional fulfillment I basically have to move to a different city, probably quite far away from my hometown due to the lack of fitting clinics.

Which brings me to the other side of my problem. I currently live in my parents’ house, where I rent a space; another household lives on a different floor. I really live in paradise: a very good neighborhood, a forest just across the street, and a quiet town. Also, I am going to inherit this house when my mother passes away. Material things are obviously not the whole deal. Leaving this town would mean leaving behind my mother and my best and actually only real friend. I left for university before and even though I came back almost ten years ago, I feel that i never really settled in again. I no longer feel a connection to this town and besides my mother and my friend there isn’t really anything keeping me here since I haven’t managed to build a proper social circle beyond my colleagues at work. I'm seriously thinking about moving somewhere else and even about moving to Sweden for reasons that go beyond the scope of this thread.

I can see many arguments for and against both leaving and staying.

I value professional fulfillment highly and have a pragmatic view of it. I'll be spending most of my life in this job, might as well do something interesting and fulfilling. I do not see myself working "just for the sake of it".

On the other hand, for the last few years I always had this feeling that I might be about to leave again. I can't fully rule out the possibility that this feeling has led me to let opportunities to improve my private life slip by. I do want to add that marriage and starting a family are no longer on my life’s agenda. But who knows, maybe, if I had good social connections, friends, a partner, maybe I'd bite the bullet, work a less-that-ideal job and stay here in my house?

So, to wrap it up, as I see it, these are my options:

a. Move somewhere else, find a fulfilling job, build a new life, and leave behind a house, my mother, and my best friend.

b. Stay, endure a mind-numbing, uninteresting job that might or might not improve in the future, really commit to the people around me, find a partner, and build a social circle.

I’m lost and could use any input. Thank you so much!

I'm not sure what flair would be best for this. It's mostly a career issue, but not entirely.

I'll try to keep this fairly concise since I've talked about this extensively in other subs. In short, I'm 24 and I'm objectively behind on a lot of basic milestones. My mother wouldn't let me learn to drive as a teenager, so I don't have a license. She's become more open teaching me, but lessons are inconsistent at best. I have an Associates, but I can't afford a university degree. Nearly all of my jobs have been entry level customer service positions. I have cPTSD and I struggle to cope with work long term. I live with my mother and I tyically help her with rent, but I had a pretty long job search before I got my current position. It's seasonal, $13/hr, no benefits.

I need to become independent, but I don't know how to get there without the ability to transport myself and earn a consistent paycheck. It's possible that professional help could get me to a more stable place, but I can't afford it. It feels like an endless cycle where I need help, but I can't afford it because I struggle so much, but I can't stop struggling without help, and so on. I know that I'm not suited to the service industry and I would probably cope better with an admin position, or something remote so that transportation wasn't such a barrier, but I haven't had any success getting positions like that. I did have a temporary library job that I loved and functioned much better at, and they even wanted to bring me on long-term, but they couldn't get approval for a new position.

I don't know if there's any advice that could help with this, but I'm putting it out there in case someone has been in a similar position and escaped. I feel stuck and I just don't know what to do with myself.

Yahhhm.... Soon to be 18 in 2 months have hair problems never been in a interaction with girls coz I took pcm ( dummy ) thought I would get time to play leather ball cricket and persue my dream to be a professional cricketer 6 months from boards parents were not giving money somehow got the money (by riding rapdio that too hiding from parents ) just one month into it and had to visit village due to dadi's varshi very frustated insecure and confused wtf should I do leave cricket? Jee prep pending from 4 months or home ?

I have been an events coordinator and front desk at two hotels, worked for the court as a legal assistant, admin assistant for a corporate company and dealership, and lastly a loan processor assistant for a mortgage company.

It was my favorite job I've done so far because there was so much to learn, problem solving, communication within different departments and had various deadlines and required me to be very organized. I love when everyday is different and I also wouldn't mind doing something that involves me being slightly active. I am introverted and enjoy working on my own and not being around many people.

I am also good at helping people but have no interest in Healthcare or working at a hospital.

I have no idea what else to do since so many careers require 2-5 years experience. I've done research on programs at different universities and nothing seems to interest me.

I live in California and I feel like every job posting requires so many years of experience

I'm 26 and have been having a hard time figuring out what to do with my life. I was in mortgage and was promoted 2 months ago and they ended up doing a mass layoff

I have tried so many different careers I feel like I'm running out of options and I have no idea what to do anymore. I'm getting anxious since I'm seeing there's a decline in administration roles too.