At 28, how the hell did I get HERE AND WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING!!

[YvrzTrvly]

You are a worm that leaves nothing behind as it moves through he soil of the universe...

Unfortunately you are experiencing the human condition at its most potent

 

[Henri Christophe]

I needed this OP.



I be tellin nikkas...... we weren't put on this earth to work for some white man and then die.....


Unless you have no gifts, passion, or talent whatsoever of course

 

[Sleepy Walker]

Fam, barring anything out of the ordinary, like being born into wealth or a fortunate series of events leading to wealth (athlete, celebrity, lottery, and so forth), you were born to be another employee number. I can't believe you didn't realize this by age 21 at the latest.

You have a real fukked up outlook on life.

 

[Turk]

Im 22 tweaking about turning 23 next year and still not knowing what i want from life. I need to figure it out fast

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Most people are average... that includes you OP

Instead of crying about not having become a famous millionaire, take stock in all the good things you have. You could have been born in a war torn country, you could have been born disabled, you could have been born into poverty, you could have not been born at all You have a life, you have your health, you have some kind of way to sustain yourself, you have your sanity etc etc you have a lot. Focus on what you have instead of what you don't

 

[Reginald Noble]

You do realize many successful people out there who had long term success (not talking one hit wonders) became successful in their 30s right?

A lot of young people that hit it big saw a dip and then could not get back up or didn't come up again until their 40's because in order to MAINTAIN success you need not just a gimmick but wisdom and life experience.

I am 30 and I have taken plenty of risks I never took the most conservative path. Right now my latest risk didn't pan out but I've reached a good point in my career and it's time to coast for a bit and work on a new angle.

Sometimes you just need to settle down collect a paycheck and see how the market pans out. Being aggressive all the time ain't the solution you have to patiently watch trends and understand when the wave you can ride is coming. That is a part of being mature in life and picking up on the pareto principle.

Ultimately only 20% of your efforts will generate any return. The other 80% will just add to your wisdom and experience.

Also stop all that self-pity bullshyt everyone has been doubted and critiqued in life not just you. I don't regret anything I did even if it was partially influenced by parents or other people.

You are not even 30 yet your life is just beginning. Dust off your shoulders and stop all that bullshyt - GET UP.

 

[MIKE SPLEAN]

THIS IS A RANT. IF YOU ARE YOUNG OR OLDER (AND STILL HAVE A GLIMMER OF HOPE FOR YOUR LIFE) LEARN FROM THIS!

I'm approaching 29 and I'm no where near my childhood dream of being rich, famous and/or wealthy. At times I look at my life and have doubt that I'll ever make it out this rat race. I know this is a weak mindset and will ultimately keep me stuck. I wish I could miraculously hit the lotto or think of a million dollar idea that will land me a deal on shark tank, but it hasn't happened and may never will. As I get older and older I'm seeing my long desire for wealth and freedom slip away. About 1/3 of my life has already gone by. Soon I will be old and decrepit , bitter that I never had the balls to take the necessary risks for wealth attainment. What once was a bright young man who felt invincible is slowly turning into a weak, no balls having man suckered into the life of being a perpetual wage slave like most of everyone else.

If I truly had the balls, I'd leave my job behind, leave my relationship with my gf, leave my family and start all over again. Most of my life I've either sacrificed my true desires to make others feel comfortable or let others opinion of me dictate how I felt about myself.

I listened to my parents who told me to go to school, be a slave until you are half dead and try to enjoy retirement before dying shortly afterwards.I finished school and accumulated unnecessary debt to make them feel happy, never truly asking myself "is this right for me".

I listened to my first boss in corp America who inadvertently said I'd never amount to anything in this field because I lack the drive and passion and suggested that find I something else. I should have taken heed to her prophetic words and truly questioned my intent. Instead, I took her words as a personal attack and allowed her harsh criticism to define who I was as person entirely.

I listened to teachers and family members growing up saying I'd never amount to anything. Everyone's doubt in me is part of what pushed me to go to a university and finish in the first place. I should have take all their criticism and shyt and used it as fuel to attain true fulfillment for my life. Reaching fulfillment for my life didn't involve going to school and excelling in academia. Sure, it it felt good to impress my childhood doubters but that feeling is long gone. Three years after graduation I'm still 50k in debt and working in a field I don't have much passion for. Whose truly laughing now? Not me.....not any more.

To anyone still reading this pointless rant, if you have an ounce of drive in you, always follow your first gut( intuition) . Do not let anyone determine how you perceive yourself or your future. Take the time and ask your self what THE HELL you are truly doing with your life....NO SERIOUSLY, TAKE THE TIME TO DO THIS! Even if you have to take a full year and go in complete solitude, DO IT! Because before you know it, you will be obligated to commitments based off decisions you made in the past.
Our lives are short on this planet. Some of us will die soon. Some of us will die many years from now. No matter what WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE (or at least in the physical sense) . Everyone YOU'VE EVER KNOWN, SEEN, OR HEARD IS EITHER ALREADY DEAD OR ON THEIR WAY TOWARDS TO THEIR CELESTIAL DIRTNAP. AND SO ARE YOU!
Why then should it matter what others think? Why then should you feel obligated to keep up with the status quo and live your life according to societal/family/cultural norms.
fukk THAT shyt!
LIVE YOUR fukkING THE WAY YOU WANT YOU WANT OR YOU WILL BE A SLAVE AND UNHAPPY LIKE ME

Damn breh I almost cried reading this real shyt you can do it breh.

 

[Roid Jones]

Lol @ people 'saying you're only 28' yes that is young but also old enough to know that the sands of time is running out. I don't know what the OP will do but I've always felt if you have those strong feelings and do not take action, the casket is closed forever.

OP don't listen to anyone trying to tell YOU what success, define it for yourself.

 

[MrPentatonic]

All you woe is me nikkas make me sick to my stomach

 

[CrimsonTider]

This is stupid

 

[Trajan]

 

[Audemar]

No, you chose to be another employee number, you weren't born into it.

The power of choices.

I'm not an employee and will never be one. Either way, let go of your ego and accept that there is very little that you can control.

You have a real fukked up outlook on life.

That's the shortsighted and immature way of looking at it. You can keep believing that we're all here for some special purpose. You're free to do so after all.

 

[duckbutta]

Don't sweat it...

My life didn't really even start until I was 28...

30 is around the time you begin to take your life experiences...good or bad...and start to really do something with them...good or bad...

 

[Coli Bot]

I'm in the same boat breh. You basically read my mind and made a thread.

Guess it's a few of us

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

nikka talking like he's looking back on his life before he takes his last breath on his death bed

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