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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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Hearing your frustration @MDT. I'm sorry work isn't going so well, but glad you've found a supportive colleague. I'm wondering what there is you could do for yourself to get through as you countdown to what I'm guessing will be a bit of a break from work? Have you got something nice planned for when you've finished up for the day?

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Today not so much - my back is actually hurting a lot and I didn't get much sleep last night @TideisTurning
I think that has not helped.
But I went for lunch just now and had a burger. I also had a word to 2 colleagues about people here.

I daresay there is some vitality I bring by being "new" even i don't feel it.
Its nice to be able to freestyle chat to coworkers about video games or similar.

Maybe I'll do that when I get home. Play some games.

I had a crazy idea of turning my experiences at work into a novel set during wartime - about incompetence and how good people can fall into it. A crazy idea i guess.


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Hi @MDT

Just a quick check in to see how things are going for you. I'm spending some time at the library before going to look at a rental property shortly. My problem at the moment is I look at properties but my housemate/friend and I get distracted and forget to put In for them and they end up going. We've also got the problem where our current property was taken over by a different agency halfway through the lease with the old agent doing a 3month inspection back in February and the new agency taken over in August. The guy managing the property now is an idiot who likes to threaten us by saying he always wins at vcat yet still won't produce receipts and lies to us. Anyway, we're just going to list the old agent first as the reference since she was half decent and should help us get a property more than him. It doesn't help that my sister knows the owner as they work in a different department to her in the city and he may have lost his job due to drink driving which he's not allowed to do as part of his job conditions and therefore, he'll do anything to keep the bond. That's enough of my stuff though. Sorry to carry on!

As for the case manager stuff, try looking at Seek as they reckon you can do a TAFE course in community services to become a case manager. I'm doing a uni degree in psychology and sociology and will major in disability and aged care so case management is just one subject I've got to study in 3rd year. My degree is entirely online so that's perfect for me. Maybe do a google search and see what you find.

Thanks by the way for giving me some new authors to explore as well. You seem to be very diverse in your reading and I admire that in a person. It's great to see different people reading different things. I still have a book I know of called Anna Karenina?- a classic- to read and I think Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe did a movie on that or something else that I want to read after seeing it years ago at the movies. I've also got a copy of War and Peace in my collection that I'd love to try and get into.

Talk later!

Judi9877

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I'm actually really intrigued by that novel idea @MDT! For me, creative writing has been an incredibly therapeutic tool for release.

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@MDT hey Hamza, I am sure your novel will be entertaining to read ha.

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Judi that's great advice re seek. Will definitely look at that.

Yeah renting... i was looking flat mates the other day. The site for renting. I can afford reasonable digs atm but I'd be needing to love within my means at the same time.

Idk. That's next years battle I guess hey @Judi9877

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Tolstoy yes @Judi9877

I started Chekhov yesterday with The Man in the Case. It was a good short little read I enjoyed.

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Who knows aye @TideisTurning @Meowmy haha

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Made it home

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Hey
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