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Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Hi all.

I have made a new thread here. I need to do this to make it feel real and important or else it'll just be another comment I make on an already existing thread. There are many areas in my life where I feel like giving up. I don't really care how irrational it may sound. I don't care if it's silly. It's just how it is for me at the moment.

I've never been as good as what I am now (on paper) and I put that down to the supportive environment here on the forums.


But I am struggling again.

There are many things on my mind and in my life that are causing me to rethink a lot of what I thought I knew about family and friends. I need to review some things again.

I am also getting lazy around my physical health and diet. I eat a lot more rubbish and I've put on some weight (in the bad way). I used to be quite skinny but then I went to the gym and sorted that out. But lately I have had 0 motivation for exercise because I find it so boring. It's just really boring. I have no enjoyment in it anymore. I think I never really did, but I did it just to be healthy. Now I just don't care. I don't see any utility in doing it anymore.

I feel like giving up on dating. There are just too many fake people in the world and I am exhausted by it. I am also thinking that my lack of relationship in early 20s and late teens is a turn off for many girls my age. I'm trying to see the benefits in my situation but I don't believe there are any.

My sister's health is progressively getting worse. So is her social health. She is having fights with her friends. Mum babies her about a lot. It's not helping. Dad has given up I think. And he is also likely doing "things" behind my mum's back and she is turning a blind eye to it. I have no input on any of that so I simply have to sit by and watch it go down.

I hate my job but getting money is important. I had this conversation with my parents the other day. They seem to have the belief that I can get into something I want to do. I don't. I am trying to find the light and the way forward with that but I don't know how they can see it. I have a desire to go into journalism/writing. But that environment is so political and I don't think I'm able to "pick a side". My internship taught me how I can do it. But it's just such an effort. I don't know if I have the stamina to get there.

I think that's all I can think of for now. I am sitting here on my pc playing a videogame and waiting for food to arrive. I am worried I will just get worse if nothing is done. But that urgency seems small compared to anything else I can do.

In a nutshell - I am not well.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Law or journalism @BPDSurvivor because I think that would be a more natural progression for me from what I did with my Arts course

Doing something in IT would be a totally different thing altogether and possibly too stressful

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Dinner's almost ready @MDT

Have a good sleep and hope you can release some of that neck and shoulder tension.

I get that too. Bit hard to shift once it gets a grip.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Good onya @frog
Take care my friend 🙂

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

@MDT , law and journalism would be intense! Go with whatever your heart tells you.

I couldn't be in a job that requires sitting for a long time. I need anything up and about... something that is like a new adventure each day.

Thank god we are not all the same!


Have a great one!

BPDSurvivor

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

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So I had a look at the company that the lady on linkedin contacted me about. they have jobs advertised and you need law degrees.... I am a bit annoyed tbh because the person who contacted me clearly didn't read my profile on LinkedIn.

Feel like there is no point to that stupid website. It's filled up with ads and gimics anyways. But it is what it is.

I'm glad I've clarified though. That lady never got back to me so maybe she realised. Idk.

The job market is so convuluted these days isn't it? Young people are sold an image of what "could be" not what "is".

In the end I have a form of employment atm and that won't go anywhere soon. That is enough to be satisfied with for the remainder of the year. Sorry if it sounds like I am acting like a spoilt brat.

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Nah @MDT not a spoiled brat.

Hearing you about websites and gimics. I am really wary of them, but sometimes it takes time to see it.

Sometimes it takes work to get at what is behind the scenes, and it does not look pretty when people are not actually spending any effort beyond a click on a keyboard.

It is sad and difficult for young people these days, in many ways, even well educated young people. The jobs are fewer than they let on.

Take care mate

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

@MDT It’s a no from me too. Definitely not a spoilt brat. Work these days is hard to find, and giving false hope, is just awful.

I hope you find the right employment, somewhere you can use you skills , and learn more.

Take care. 💙

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

Thank you for your support @Maggie @Appleblossom

You are both very kind to say so 🙂

I am trying to do my best in this world

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

To top it off a friend of mine told me she was sick today. I completely forgot about hanging out. I feel silly.

It's a weird time isn't it really....

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Re: Lacking direction, unsure of what I need to do and generally just fed up.......

You don't sound like a spoiled brat to me @MDT - rather honest about this strange weird world we are living in these days and how really strange some people are acting

It's a sign of the times - and the life of what once was and the life of what could be doesn't fit any more - it's a time of what is - and that's just plain weird - the rules keep changing and they want people to work but where are the jobs?

Don't worry about the emptiness of some of the personal life other people put over - perhaps they can't help it - after all - they are still in the same world as us of course - maybe some of us are more honest with their feeling about it than other

All the best - I hear you

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