is it me or after u turn 25 life gets real, I feel like Im losing my mind

[TheArchitect]

My idea of happiness is living comfortably. Basically what that is in my case is traveling and teaching English, studying martial arts, and eventually settling down somewhere. I REALLY want to publish my own comic, but that's kind of up in the air (as far as "success" goes; i'll be happy with a decent underground fanbase). This seems feasible, but you never know. The only thing that I'm really worried about is Sallie Mae, and keeping out of trouble. I'm about to be 30, and I'm nowhere near where I thought I'd be 10 years ago. However, I don't necessarily want the same things either. Honestly, if I can spend my last days in a place like shown below, my mission is accomplished.....

 

[FreddyCalhoun]

I'm in that matrix, you know...... that go to work and be miserable, just to come home & do it all over again routine. I can see why my moms used to come home exhausted and unhappy. i said to myself ill never become that, but slowly I'am.


I'm 25 going on 26 and i feel like 25-35 is the last window to really achieve ur dreams...of course over 35 u can reach ur goals BUT it gets harder as u get older


I been going crazy lately, losing touch of reality....I want to be successful so bad and grind all day....i hate my job with a passion but i have bills to pay....i can see why criminals risk everything chasing success...its like, whats the point of living just to barely survive

Yeah...Its gets worst...You just gotta find away to break the rut....

 

[Sierra Mist]

why bother?

 

[Reindeer of the Roc]

...for example i've been lucky enough to enter the oil&gay industry...

Word?

 

[<<TheStandard>>]

The hardest reality is when you go after your dreams and somewhat realize it's not all that it's cracked up to be.........Depending on what your dreams are, following them can create for an unnecessarily hard life (although in some ways you'll be happier)

I can't lie I've changed over the past year, I dunno.....I've worked so hard to go after my dreams and now I'm just tired.......I just want more money and that's what keeps me going day in and day out.

I've pretty much become who Floyd Mayweather is, still passionate about my craft because I've been doing it forever but I pretty much do it for a check these days. In some ways I think when you make your passion/craft a career it kinda ruins it.....At some point you reach the point where the only time you want to engage in your passion if you're getting paid for it. I'm pretty happy in that I pretty much wake up and do what I want to on a regular basis and I work for myself but I simply want to own more......I don't own anything, it sucks.

Because of my profession, p*ssy is easy but I am looking for something more serious where I actually like the chick......I haven't been fulfilled in that for a while to be honest. It just gets old smashing joints you don't care about.

I still feel like my best days are ahead of me......I'm def a late bloomer as far as being very successful and right now I'm in the best shape of my life mentally and physically, I live in the gym when I'm not working. I'm in better shape at 27 than I was at 22.

 

[Wild self]

I'm the Ice King, God
The Black Christ, elegant stance
Clothes fit me like a crime boss, the medince man

Spoiler

I see the world collapsing

Who wants to travel the world for cheap? PM me if anyone interested.

 

[KEEPITTRILLA]

start ur own business breh

 

[TooLazyToMakeUp1]

Man, I just hit 22 on Sunday, but I can dig this thread. I've been having this feeling that time is running out or something and it's weird because I can be doing something that I'm enjoying at that moment but it feels like I should be doing something else. I do get stressed out at times, but this isn't stress but I can't really explain it other than something has been feeling "off" for a while


shyt, I was sitting in class the other day and I just got up, left, went for a walk and skipped my other 2 classes doing nothing but just fukking walking . I even turned off the Samsung and I never turn off my phone. I just wierd my own damn self out sometimes, I swear . It's probably because I think too much for my own good. The more I think about shyt the more pointless stuff becomes to me; I just need to chill the hell out and turn my brain off

 

[Exit9NJturnpike]

26 and depressed like a motherfukker. Pretty much nothing is going my way. I started having suicidal thoughts in elementary school. It comes and goes. True definition of just went back to school to finish up my undergraduate degree. Trying to outlast this storm, but i'm not going to lie shyt has been real. I don't even want to seek any medical opinion. They'll probably diagnose me with all types of shyt. The past two years I been really hanging on by a thread. There's brighter days ahead though. At least that's what I keep telling myself. Trying to put these goals into fruition. I stopped looking at my Facebook feed, everybody struggling. My moms working two full time jobs, man this is not life.

 

[runninthaagaame]

Travel when you're young friends.

you are so right sir

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

at least you realized it early. Some people have this realization when they hit 40....too late

#knowledge

 

[Pindatail onadonkey]

I feel like thread starter but have no reason too. I'm boutta turn 25 in a few weeks. I got an okay paying job. I graduated last may n finally got a career job in march. Since then I've saved 13k and my short term goal is to have 20k by December 31st. Then stack for another 2 years hopefully by then I'll have roughly 70k. I purchased a few credit cards last month not to splurge but to build my credit. I only charge what I can pay back.

I live with my moms, pay no rent. My only true expense is student loans n phone bill. I have fun on the weekends but spend my money wisely (my nikkas call me cheap).

I'm sacrificing a lot of shyt right now only cuz I don't want to be trapped in this rat race. By 27 (god willing)I'll have A1 credit, I'll have enough of my own cash that the Banks will be throwing loans at me left n right. I'm planning on purchasing a 7-11 or subway type franchise.

I know Iam on the right path but I feel worthless n useless cuz I'm not there yet. The 9-5 life makes me want to blow my brains out. I'll probably be getting a promotion in 3 years but my plan is to be swayze by then, fukk climbing the ladder I need to own it.

 

[Geek]

I don't know...before I got this full time job, I wasn't thinking about the future, just the present. But then I turned 25 and saw a dip in my hours for one week. That got me thinking.So when they asked me if I wanted to interview for full time position, I took it and Im relieved that I got it. I can finally start saving. I currently live with my elderly grandma on property that she owns; its a duplex and she rents out the other end, I dont have to pay rent. She paid of this property doing double shifts for nearly twenty or thirty years,and shes an immigrate from Thailand. So her hard work and sacrifice have pushed me.My car loan and credit cards get paid on time and I have good credit. Father wants to sell the property, if that happens Im hoping I'll have enough saved for some property of my own.

I know the 9-5 (10:30-7:00 in my case) can feel like hell, but I don't mind. I get a steady paycheck and Im gonna start saving for the future and see where "life" takes me. In the mean time I try and experience what I can.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

Breh, all of them people you named had deep demons. They didn't commit suicide because of their wealth, they killed their selves because they were already mentally anguished (which is a whole other topic).

At the end of the day, when you're 30 and your trying to start a family and make sure your kids are straight, the last thing you want on your mind as a man is I'm not sure if I can pay the rent/mortgage or put food on my kids table this month.

Money isn't everything but it definitely MATTERS. Like @Reaganomics I studied some Buddhism too, especially when I was trying to figure the meaning of all this. I remember stumbling on this video:



At first I was like "Do what you love to do and money will come" That's awesome.

then I was like wait a minute, in order to do what I want to do comfortably I NEED money. I'd love to do a variety of things but they all cost money to even get started with. That's when I realized the advice was oversimplifying things.

The key word is balance. Find something you like and make money in the meantime. Even if you gotta do a shyt job, work your passion on the side, but please believe you WILL need money. Thinking otherwise is naive.

 

[Patriarch]

then I was like wait a minute, in order to do what I want to do comfortably I NEED money. I'd love to do a variety of things but they all cost money to even get started with. That's when I realized the advice was oversimplifying things.

The key word is balance. Find something you like and make money in the meantime. Even if you gotta do a shyt job, work your passion on the side, but please believe you WILL need money. Thinking otherwise is naive.

This is where you lost me. How can doing something uncomfortable lead to comfort? Its like people who work crazy hours making themselves sick , only to say they're saving money for the day they get sick. I agree that in the western world having no money makes life more difficult , but the word NEED is very strong. You only NEED food , clothing , and shelter. What are these things you want to do comfortably? And define comfort. I just dont like the subtle implication by many of you that people who dont have money are miserable.