I have 8 years of college and no degree essentially 2 attempts at a bachelors of fine arts at two different colleges that both went bankrupt and left me with $57,000 in debt I don’t have enough loans left to complete my degree anywhere other than online

I did get a welding technician certification from a trade school though that my mom paid out of pocket for because “I’m a man now men need man jobs”
I have no field experience in welding other than school and a single art apprenticeship where I built mobiles on a famous artist’s lawn which he slapped his own name on out of tradition young artists are nobodies and cheep laborers

I read the exercise science textbook on a dare and went and got certified as a personal trainer with really only textbook knowledge I have no formal experience training anyone although I have some self taught athletic talent (my parents forbade sports growing up because they were insecure)

I’m 31 years old I don’t know what to do at this point I’m trying to have fun but I need an end goal

I keep taking entry level customers service jobs because that seems to be the only jobs hiring

What do now?

hi guys! I want to start by saying I’m extremely fortunate. I work two full time remote jobs and make very decent money. the way my work is set up allows me to work pretty much 3 hours a day remotely and be done (both jobs combined). and I’m extremely lucky and thankful for that, please don’t get me wrong.

However, I recently moved to a new city by myself to start a fresh chapter. despite having good work, good money, starting going to church here, joining two volleyball leagues, going to the gym, living with roommates, and otherwise being open to connecting with others & putting myself out there, I feel so purposeless and lacking in community. I feel starved for meaningful connection and meaningful projects/work.

once I finish my work in the morning, the entire day is pretty much open. again, I know I’m fortunate for that. but it’s gotten to the point where each day just feels purposeless. I feel so lost - I have wide open days and while I do try to fill some of that time with hobbies, I feel so lacking in terms of having purpose and a community/communities. I do just kinda feel like I do nothing of any real substance sometimes during the day, and it feels like a waste.

it’s starting to really wear me down and discourage me. my friends suggested I maybe try bartending some evenings just to get around more people/do something more in person? I just wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions. I know postgrad is hard in general but it feels like something is just not working for me.

whether that be physics, math, writing or any sort of passion...I am terrible at it. I know you are going to say "just practice" but even with practice I am behind those who are naturally great. I got a 68 on my first attempt in physics and 70s in mathematics. I tried, I really tried. Yet here I am, aimless and unsure of what my passion even truly is. I wish i was someone who was born with a natural talent or ability but I suck at everything I do. I used to be a fast learner, I am not anymore, I used to write very well, and cannot anymore. I want to give up because what is the point if I am just going to get every problem wrong. I am super stressed out because I have a calc 1 exam.. it's honestly laughable but I am struggling with the most basic concepts. I hate everything, I hate myself the most for being so stupid and inadequate. I study, it's not like I don't but I have seen individuals hardly study as much as me and still get better grades. I will never be good at physics or math so it's probably better to settle for a field in which I actually make money despite being miserable.

I know what they mean by those words so the youth won't get regrets when they old later on. So the youth live the present. But what if I messed up?

I have nooo idea of what I want and what I will be in the future. I feel like I have limited choices even though people say I'm 18, young, and can even "conquer" the world. But can't I just enjoy whatever this "useless" major I take at the university that is not top-notch, or should I be realistic? :( I am even clueless what kind of jobs we could have except working in the corporate, and God, I don't want to do that.... That feels egoistic to not even think about my parents, the fact that they provide me all this years and I can't even have a profitable dream job. And I feel obligated to be as intellectual, literate, socially, as someone in my age.

I'm currently studying literature, but IDK if I should depending on that. Being a writer, is so... naive, isn't it? Some people suggested that I do those "real jobs" that give money for living, because writing is an act of part-time. This is so messy stuff I wrote, and I hope your own perspective.

Hi i work I marketing and have been laid off 3 times in the past year.

I might have undiagnosed adhd, I’m super bad at focusing and attention to detail.

Wondering if I should switch careers or trial meds

Hey my name is Ilya and I’m having trouble with choosing the right strategy for my professional growth. Over the past year I have been searching for opportunities to grow as a business major student. At first, i started studying not only at classes, but taking free online courses from other universities to gain a deeper understanding of the subjects and understand how the real business works. Then I started to look for internships and part-time jobs to gain practical experience, because i won’t become a real specialist by just reading the books. I even got a few interviews with such companies as binance and bitpanda but the main reason of rejection was my inability to work full-time. After that I thought the great idea would be to start working as a freelancer because it doesn’t require a full-time commitment and still allows me to gain practical experience. For the past few months I have been studying how to conduct commercial research and working on my own ai assistant which would help me with structuring and gathering information for researches and SQL and excel cleaning also. Besides that I made a free research project for one company and sent hundreds of proposals for excel-cleaning/SQL I didn’t get any response. At this point, I am not thinking about giving up, but I have problems with understanding what to do for now. From one side I can continue making free research projects for companies and hoping to be noticed one day. From another I could try to find a position at an early-stage startup where I can work remotely without fixed schedule. My concern is effectiveness. I could do researches and searching for positions for years without any practical result so I need a piece of advice. What would be the best way to work for me? Where I can get the practical experience and start my career path?

I'm 18 and currently doing a vocational IT education focused mainly on coding and programming. Outside of school, I've spent a lot of time learning different technical skills because I enjoy it, but now I'm trying to figure out how I can actually use those skills in a practical way.

Some of the things I've worked with include C#, Python, Unity, Blender, AI tools, homelab/server stuff, general IT support, automation, basic web development, and troubleshooting.

I've also gotten some real hands-on experience outside of school. I've done IT support work, replaced PCs in production environments, fixed authentication issues for users, and helped solve different technical problems.

The problem is that I have no idea which of these skills is actually worth focusing on if my goal is to build a realistic extra income.

To clarify, I'm not trying to quit school or replace a full-time job. I'm mainly looking for something I can work on in my free time, evenings, weekends, and whenever I have time, that could slowly turn into an extra source of income.

I've tried a lot of the things people usually recommend when you're trying to make money with tech skills, but most of them ended up going the same way.

I've tried Fiverr and Upwork, but the competition is brutal. It feels like you need a strong portfolio and reviews before anyone gives you a chance, which makes it difficult to even get started.

I've also tried offering help with IT and technical problems directly to people, but that didn't really lead anywhere. I've experimented with other ideas people commonly suggest as well, but they usually ended up being much harder than people made them sound, extremely competitive, or requiring things like an audience, reputation, or existing clients before they became realistic.

I've also spent way too much time looking into "how to make money online" advice, but most of it just seems to be recycled clickbait or things that sound good until you actually try them.

So I'm not looking for another list of "10 ways to make money online."

What I'm actually looking for is advice from people who have been in a similar situation, having a lot of different skills but no clear direction.

How did you figure out what skill was worth focusing on? What technical skills or services have you seen actually turn into income? Are there opportunities I'm overlooking because I'm still studying and don't have years of professional experience yet?

I'm not expecting to get rich quickly. I just want to stop spreading myself across a bunch of different things and focus my free time on something that has a realistic chance of becoming a useful side income over time.

Any honest advice or personal experiences would be appreciated.

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I don't really know how to explain this without sounding dramatic, but it's something I've been carrying for years.

I'm 28 years old. I'm married. I have a beautiful 7-month-old son. I have a stable corporate career that pays well, supportive parents, and a wife who stands by me.

From the outside, I should feel grateful.

Instead, I feel like I've been mourning a version of my life that never happened.

Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to become a doctor. Not because of money or status, but because it genuinely felt like my path. My father, grandfather, and great-grandfather are all doctors, and I grew up around medicine. I was accepted into medical school, but life took me in another direction and I ended up studying business instead.

For years I assumed I'd move on.

I haven't.

If anything, the feeling has become stronger with age.

What's confusing is that this isn't just career dissatisfaction. Every promotion, salary increase, achievement, or financial milestone gives me temporary satisfaction, but the question always comes back:

"Am I living the life I was actually meant to live?"

Some days I wonder if I'm simply grieving a future that never happened.

Other days I wonder if this feeling is trying to tell me something important.

The cost of changing paths now would be enormous. I'd be starting over while supporting a wife and child. The opportunity cost is huge.

I'm already in therapy because I don't want to make a decision based on emotion alone.

I'm not looking for someone to tell me to quit my job and chase my dreams.

I'm trying to understand something deeper.

Has anyone here carried a feeling like this for years?

Did you eventually realize you were grieving an unlived life?

Or did you realize the feeling never went away because you were ignoring something that truly mattered?

I feel caught between acceptance and action, and I honestly don't know which one is the healthier choice anymore.

I feel really down today and I just feel like talking (or typing) this out, because I don't know what else to do. I'll try to keep in line with the rules of the community and end with what I plan to do next.

When I was in my early 20s in India, I really wanted to start my own tech company. I was young, ambitious, extremely good at building software and motivated. I was among the first few software engineers to ever build apps for the iPhone when it came out back in 2007.

While my academics in college weren't great, my work experience combined with my GRE scores got me into George Mason University in the US. I ended up accepting and decided I was going to come here and pursue those same dreams.

I fared better academically through my Masters in Computer Science, did an internship at VMware in California in 2010 which at the time was considered among the "Big 5" to get into. I did not get a full time role there after I completed my Masters degree, but the experience on my resume was good enough to get me multiple offers from different companies.

I wont get into too many details, but for a few years things were going well for me.

Fast forward to 2020, during COVID. By now I had really started disliking tech companies. I thought my work would be used for good, like saving the environment or ending hunger globally. Instead I built adtech systems that just annoyed people online, or worse were used to influence an election. I built "healthcare" apps that did little for health and instead addicted people to use the app. Again, to serve ads.

I built a fintech compliance platform that tracked transactions in real time and flagged those that appeared to be from sanctioned individuals and/or nations, replacing teams of people who were doing this manually.

It all started to weigh on me.

So I stopped. I quit my job in 2020 and tried to start my own company. I was terrible at it. Didn't know what to build, or how to find clients, or investors, and I pretty much flip flopped around a few ideas that went nowhere. Dejected, but a little wiser, I got a job in 2021.

When I was trying to build my own product though, I became very self reliant and I did not react well to having a manager telling me what to do anymore. For 2 years my behavior at that company got worse and worse. I went from a top performer to being handed a PIP.

I was eventually let go in 2024. I got another job a couple months later at a fintech startup, but I did not like the CEO and after a year I quit.

Now I'm not asking for sympathy or blaming the world for being cruel. I've played my part in my failures and I own them.

But today I feel extremely down. I've let down my family who've supported me through the last 6 years of trying to figure out my life and I've let myself down by not controlling my emotions and being professional.

I don't understand the world around me anymore. The tech industry has moved so fast in the last 15 years that it is impossible to keep up.

For the last year I have been trying to figure out what to do next with my professional career. I built a proptech platform for commercial real estate site selection and I'm trying to get brokers to use it.

If this fails, I'll use this experience to get a leadership job at a large brokerage company and just stay there until I retire.

I hope one of these two plans will work. If anyone else has other suggestions, I'm all ears.

I am super new to reddit, so please excuse any faux pas or oversights I may do in this post.

I have been in therapy for two years and just took an ADHD test. My inattention was in the 100 percentile. I got on meds and that has been a game changer. I finally feel the brain fog lift and when people are talking to me I am not in a constant battle to focus on what they are saying. I no longer feel like I am drowning while other are thriving. So I am looking at what I want to do. Prior to the diagnosis, I was already on prepping myself to go back to school. I was looking at going into being a Radiology Tech. But my therapist asked me the other day, "now that you have your diagnosis and you see things clear, what is your purpose in life?" So now I am trying to figure out if Rad Tech is really what I want to do or just a route I know I can do. But now that I have unlocked a new side to myself everything feels open. Do I want to pigeonhole myself or try something different.

A bit about my past, I went to college, raw dogged, undiagnosed and naive. I ended up bouncing around from teaching (loved kids but hated the testing requirements they put on kids as opposed to helping them learn), changed to sociology (because it was interesting enough), then ended trying to get General Degree but flunked out because I stopped going to classes (no looking back clear as day my ADHD was screaming for dopamine hits). I just put my head now and started working because I needed to pay off the student loans I acquired. When from retail (to much whinny people wanting toys), warehouse (crazy tiring and long days), check-in at doctors office (the office was super caddy, not a fan of that drama) and the service coordinator. I thought I found a good place because there was a lot of problem solving (that I love and am really good at) but that job had a billing side that was so hard for me to do. Not because I did not know how to, my brain just couldn't,. I was given Lexapro which started to help even me out but I was still undiagnosed and did not have the tools All the signs were there but I wasn't ready. I eventually was let go because I couldn't keep up with the billing.

I then had to months of unemployment to sulk and figure out my next steps. I have always loved helping people and I realized that was the major issue in the job I was fired from, it was sales and that was the only way up in the company. I would rather chew glass then to have to sell something to another person. I saw an article about jobs that pay well and I saw something about Radiology Techs. That path was super interesting to me because I would get to work with people (which I am really good with), there are loads of variety in types of work, you can change specialties, and I can baby steps into that career. So I took a job as check-in at a doctors office that has reimbursement for school so I could go back to school and who in the system I would be in.

I know I love the environment. I love helping people. I love fixing problems. I am really good and confident at handle some of the grouchier patients. So radiology tech seems like a really good transition. Then my mind would wonder and I would think nursing could be fun option to then maybe being the ER would be always a new challenge. I know I wouldn't want to have a schedule that we would have to reschedule patient because knowing myself I would not take any time off to not annoy patients or frustrate the staff that have to reschedule appointment. But the medical field feels super exciting and scratches that itch of helping people.

That being said when my therapist asked me that question. I started to think about maybe helping or being an advocate for ADHD people. I love talking about how I see the world and finding out how other do too. Maybe I could help little girls that think they are lazy because they are not neuro typical.

So needless to say I need help or want to hear about how everyone else decided what route they took or are taking. How did you land on that? Was there a light bulb moment? Or did it come to you after loads of research and pros/cons lists?

Thank you for reading my autobiography!

I had always planned to become a doctor, go to college, go to med school, be a doctor. Well I went to college and got a Bachelors in Biology and now I’m not sure I want to go to medical school. The problem is now I don’t know what I want, I’ve trained and geared my whole life to becoming a doctor and now that the time has come I’m not sure that’s what I want.

Everything else that I think I want to try is an additional cost or additional certifications, and while they all seem interesting I don’t want to put more time and money (specifically money) into something else that I’m going to end up hating and have to find something else to do all over again. I am applying to different kinds of jobs for now but nothings really happening with them.

Should I just go and spend additional money (ranging anywhere from 400-5k per certification) and see if I love something? Should I just let the universe do its thing and have something fall into my lap?

26F, agoraphobic since covid lockdown. been isolating but since the ending of last year i’ve been working a job as a peer mental health supporter. the the only experience i had was from before COVID from 17-19ish i worked in a nursing home, did volunteering at some local charity foundations and did admin work at a hospital. i also do have a degree in psychology graduated in 2024. Once i graduated i was encouraged to start working by my parents which then turned to resentment and anger when i didn’t. i totally understood my parents and felt horrible.

i was still actively looking for work but no outcome until i saw a position for part time shift work as a peer supporter. i applied not thinking id hear back but since it was quite local to me i guess they took that into consideration? idk what but i got the job, family was relieved everything was “fine”.

But the reality is absolutely hate that job, i’ve been there for months i haven’t settled. i still make mistakes you make when you’re new. I cant socialize, my interactions with staff and patients is so awkward and robotic, especially with staff, i stutter a lot and shake everytime my supervisor gives me feedback, i cry after every shift. i wake up from 3-4am so i can take time to practice how to talk to coworkers and patients before my shift starts and it still doesn’t help. Im so incompetent it’s humiliating i can’t do basic things adults are expected to know, i genuinely don’t know anything. i’ve been so isolated i feel like i entered the world for the first time. i’m not improving.

I am so incompetent, and i am useless i don’t have skills and i don’t want to do anything i want to hide in my room and be safe in there. i understand that’s shameful and pathetic, very loserish. yeah. i am aware there are no options. i can’t blame anyone but i can put myself out of this misery.

For the past 3 weeks now i have cancelled all my shifts because i can’t go back i feel like this is the end because what will i actually do? i’ve searched for online options for years i’m always searching never get anything.

Hi everyone I (25M) recently graduated from university and facing the important decision of choosing a career. I have two paths: one is the family business path in which there are hurdles with my father (abusive and short tempered; lashes out; have been hurt multiple times from him) and the second path is through a job. The business path doesnt automatically promise success (big money) as I will have to work towards creating business and new clients. Along with that taking up responsibility for running the whole house and other responsibilities. This one offers limited freedom and big money if I am successful. The job path offers quick financial independency and freedom but obviously not too much financial leverage. There is a lot of money that I will have to start making through side hustles to survive and thrive in this economy. Plus the dread of a 9-5. This path promises small money, more freedom but not the emotional hurt that I will get by being with my father.

In both of this, I am offered something that I value and something that I dont. I have thought about what I value more. And I am currently stuck at this point. The thing is I have always valued my mental health more and avoided emotional hurt even over money. I wont be in a job that drains me neither in a business that drains me. But the thing is there is an underlying need for an excessive amount of money. Like having the kind of money that allows me to be a bit relaxed rather than living marginally through a monthly pay check. So this is what I an stuck at. Choosing between ownership under my father’s business and money vs limited money and freedom. I would appreciate if someone can give their own opinion or advice as to what I should do. Thanks.

I enjoy reading and helping people. I would dread working a 9-5, and I don’t want a career that is repetitive each day. I’ve considered becoming a librarian, but I don’t know if I could see myself doing that for the rest of my life. I’ve also thought about becoming an English professor not sure if it’s worth it though? Hydrology/Environmental science seems interesting enough. I’m honestly stumped. I really value time over anything . I want time for my passions and hobbies, spending time with family. I know for sure I could not work at a job I hate.

I’m a 35-year-old man in the U.S., and for the last three years, I’ve been drifting in a void. I feel no progress, personally or professionally, just a crushing sense of being stuck and unhappy. I often see myself as that 15-year old teenager who was inexorably confused about the world and his place in it.

Six years ago, I moved to my dream city to start over. Then the pandemic hit, and whatever momentum I had vanished but I remained.

Despite that I feel profoundly lonely, unfulfilled, and depressed about the present and future. I’ve never found a partner and no longer have friends in this city. I’ve always struggled with dating and making friends. I feel extraordinarily insecure about my struggles to find community and companionship at my age.

As an introverted + shy human it’s always been challenging to connect with others. It feels disadvantageous to possess these traits but it’s who I am. Self-help books and therapy have never been particularly helpful in this regard.

My corporate 9-5 is a soul-sucking necessity. The prospect of doing this for another 35 years fills me with a cold, irrational fury. I have zero ambition because the entire "career" game feels performative, toxic, and utterly meaningless. I feel extreme envy but also pity for those who intuitively accept that the only way out of the game is to play it and hope to win. Good luck.

Everyone talks about finding passion or purpose, but I’ve looked everywhere and found nothing. There is no “North Star” for me.

I might sound like a curmudgeon, but I strive to be kind to those around me. People I interact with may describe me as kind, polite, and sociable. People who know me better might say I’m grounded, thoughtful, and caring. And still I am so alone.

My greatest fear is waking up at 50, still in this exact spot, still alone, with a lifetime of nothing to show for it. I don't believe in myself or my ability to change things anymore.

At the same time, I’m fortunate and grateful for what I do have: I live in a relatively safe country even though it’s currently run by a bunch of racist grifting troglodytes. I have some friends and acquaintances who I see every couple of months and connect with digitally almost daily, but they’re not in the city that I’ve made my home. I have my health, a job, and a roof over my head. I’m downright fortunate. And still there’s this gargantuan black hole in my life: profound loneliness and a lack of purpose. I feel extreme guilt about how good of a hand I’ve been dealt and how I’ve squandered it.

I’ve come to believe that I can't reason my way out of this hole. Every potential solution feels like a lie I tell myself before I inevitably give up or come up with an excuse for. Most things feel fake, forced and trite these days. Authenticity is my most important value.

I’m hoping to hear from those who have been in a similar situation and you came out of it.

26f I went to college and grad school and became a PA and felt like I had everything figured out. But, these days I feel so lost and I’m not sure what the issue is. On paper everything seems good, I have this professional degree, and a good job, supportive family for the most part, and 1 close friend nearby and few good friends in other states but over the past few months I feel like I’m on a downward spiral. When I first started my job about a year ago for the first 6 months I was doing great and really enjoyed it, but then I had to take a 3 month break for my mental health and since then it’s been rough. I find it harder and harder to just go to work these days and have used up all my PTO, I spend most of my time doing nothing quite honestly or scrolling online to see if I can find an answer for my current situation. I know I have a lot to be appreciative for but I can’t seem to escape this feeling that there should be more to life? Besides mental health, I do think I’m dealing with a slight existential crisis as well as feeling quite incompetent at work. It feels like all there is to life is working. I just dont know what to do anymore. If the answer is just work my current job, do better at it, and suck it up, then I’ll do it. I’m not sure if quitting and getting a less stressful job would be better either. But I wanted to hear if anyone else has been through something similar and how they got through it and if you have any advice or suggestions I’d greatly appreciate it, thank you for reading.

Every job has stereotypes.
What’s a career you think people underestimate, and what makes it more enjoyable than most people realize?

I’m curious how many people here are working in careers they never actually planned for.
Was it something you stumbled into because you needed a job? A random opportunity? A complete career change?
What made you stay?
I’m asking because it feels like there’s so much pressure to find the “perfect” path early, but most people I’ve met seem to have found their direction by trying things rather than planning everything.
I’d love to hear your story and what advice you’d give to someone who’s still figuring it out.

I posted here some weeks back about feeling stuck in a career where I am not feeling any thrills and don't have a clear idea of how to proceed. I opted for a master's degree in computer science for a mixture of reasons; one of them was curiosity and learning how to code, seeing it as a valuable skill in modern-day society. I happened to enjoy the studies, but never really had a clear idea of what a job should look like that would combine newly acquired skills with my interest in the arts, such as music and movies, as well as my people skills - getting energy from being around good and creative folks. In the end, after being in the career for a handful of years, I've never been happy with the jobs I've had; ranging from generalist consultancy work and a new role in a startup – with a really sweet boss at that – where I don't meet any new people nor have any colleagues. Due to this inner conflict, I am now in my early 30s, feeling more lonely than ever - not having a lot of friends nor a partner.

I miss feeling purpose, and more than that, I miss feeling a want or a need to do something I'm good at. Along the way, I seem to have lost touch with and an understanding of where my skills really lie. Not just the skills I studied for, but skills I feel excited about doing. I am no longer sure.

How would you re-assess yourself in my situation? Most days I am considering quitting and throwing myself into a completely different context, but I want to do it in a structured way and lay out a plan while having a solid income.

I hate my job and I’ve known that I wanted to leave for probably a year and a half now. Working this job feels like I’m draining my life away, and a real waste of time. Unfortunately I think my distaste for the role has become apparent to management and they seem to be warning me that I need to step back up, and fast, or they will let me go. Last Friday they put me on a 30-day PIP. 

I haven’t simply twiddled my thumbs the past year and a half that I wanted to leave; I’ve dedicated a ton of time to making real steps towards a career transition, including taking a community college class as preparation, learning software that I will need, and practicing relevant skills. I have updated my resume and my portfolio, I believe I am a strong candidate for an entry level role in my new field, and I have what I need for job applications. The only problem is… I‘ve reached out to 20 companies, only 2 of them have gotten back to me, and I haven’t gotten any interviews. I’m starting to feel discouraged which doesn’t bode well with the whole PIP situation.

A long employment gap would not be good for me right now. Quite honestly, I need to keep working to maintain a stable income and future job prospects. So what should I do? Do I power through the PIP and do what they want me to do, to prevent being fired and keep working this miserable job for the income and benefits? 

Or do I lose the job, work like mad to find another one and hope and pray that someone hires me soon? Do I let them fire me so I can receive unemployment? Or do I quit on my own terms?

A lot of people have told me to just get another job in my current field and I can probably find a job quicker. But I do think that even in my own field, it would probably take me more than a month to land something. And I’m really burnt out of my particular niche so I would have to achieve some sort of pivot even if it was more adjacent than the new industry I’m aiming for, or else I’d probably hate the new role just as much 6 months from now. The only surefire way I think I might have to land something in less than 30 days is if I shifted temporarily to unskilled work, like retail- which I am tempted to do just to get out of this stressful situation. But again, I’m worried that looks bad on a resume after 6+ years of professional post-collegiate work.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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I'm 30 years old. After my baccalaureate, I didn't have really good achievements. I went to faculty and didn't have really good marks until my Master's. I struggled a lot with a lot of theory—by the way, I was in Physics—and somehow I continued to a PhD. It was really my biggest mistake. I worked on a topic related to AI, with a lot of papers to read, a lot of theory, new terms, and a lot of equations, and I was lost. So I quit the PhD. I had an opportunity to take a job that a person without any knowledge or diploma can do, just to be financially independent, to have time to think about what I should do, and to escape from burnout. I was really exhausted, but here we are: three years have passed, and I'm still in the same job with nothing changed. The big point is that I'm not up to date, I don't have huge knowledge to apply for jobs in the AI field, and I can't rely on my current job forever. I have a huge feeling that I don't want to regret in ten years that I didn't take things seriously. I feel like I'm just running and escaping, but until when, I don't know.

Im a 20 year old, and about to start college in engineering, sinced I've enrolled (6 days ago) I've got this constant heavy feeling in my heart and I know I'm scared, is it normal? Does it mean it's not right for me?

When I try to explain it to myself, I feel like I'm lonely, and that I may be not enough for this.

I picked this because I simply want to be an engineer, but now I don't know.

I just can’t. I don’t know what to do with my life. I thought I’d figure it out by now. I can’t work my desk job much longer. I’ve been here 4 years and it is draining me. I want to make money being creative some how, I want to write a book maybe, idk anything. I hate working an 8-5. I can’t do it, thinking harder isn’t helping me figure it out either.

What has helped you with your quarter life crisis

Hi everyone,

I’m a 31-year-old immigrant woman living in Milan. I’m at a point in my life where I feel a strong need to support another woman, share what I’ve learned and contribute to someone’s journey.

This is not therapy or professional coaching. I would simply like to be there for someone who feels lost, lonely or overwhelmed-to listen, encourage her and check in regularly.

I feel I need this connection too. Maybe we can bring something meaningful into each other’s lives, with me taking a gentle mentoring role.

If this resonates with you, send me a message and tell me a little about yourself.

Thank you

Yana