I'm 21 years old and my dad never taught me how to do anything

Self Bump.

>>949118
I had compassion for your poor me story, until you waited _5_ minutes to bump.

>>949120
Saw the thread was on the bottom of catalog and didn't want it to die out. But I realized now that I have filtered the most replied threads to show first and the less on bottom, so yeah, it was not on purpuse.

Carry on..

>>949115
A father's job is to transfer knowledge of his failures and successes to his son so that he may grow into an even better man than he. I guess your case, you just need to give it a try and see what shakes out. You're probably not going to get it right the first time. Keep a safety net so when you fuck up you don't ruin yourself and try try again.

Make smaller and more direct short-medium term goals and work from there. You should also strive to surround yourself with similarly dedicated people, the more important they become to you the more you don't want them to think you're an asshole. This will encourage you to achieve.

Go now, do something valuable with your time.

Work and learn. Read up about home electrical. Save up, buy basic tools, start small wiring lamps and fixtures, replacing outlets and such. Hell I'm sure the outlets where you live now could use an update. They're cheap and easy to replace.

Next step, find a construction site, residential or light commercial. Ask around for the guy in charge, bust your ass for a day or two, but gravitate to the electricians if they're on site. It may take a few tries.

Always be learning and THINKING while you're sweating and slaving, the rest will come.

>>949115
as soeone who does construction, plumbing, and electrical
go get a job, and hire someone to do it,

you dont want to build your own house having it be the first job you ever do ,
if youre planning on building the house yourself start reading today , on legalities what the best way is etc

also have fun with pipes leaking , as its not the easiest thing to learn

at least save up and hire someone to do the fucking electrical so you dont shock and kill yourself, or burn your house down
electrical isnt something to fuck with

>>949131
I have smaller and short-medium term goals of course, but I've come so far with everything that I have some spare time to plan out some bigger things I'd like to have once also.

I'm friends with some very good successful people and they respect me a lot, which is weird since I can be full of anxieties, but w/e.

>>949132
Thanks man, solid advice. I'm not afraid to go and ask questions and get my hands dirty.

>>949137
I'm a student, I work in manufacturing shitty job 6x per week. Pay is good, but it's brain killing job, doing 8 hours of same shit.

Also solid advice, thanks! Know few guys that are electricians.

>>949142
have an actual electrician do the majority of it, ive been working this type of job for 7 almost 8 years and i still usually go to someone who works as a full tie electrician instead of doing it myself
i know guys who have done it 40 years and still have full time electricians come in for each job
i and any people wont risk burning down a job that took months, or more of our time
learn general framing etc, do it right , make sure you follow codes etc if youre going to have it inspected

Building a house won't lead to fulfillment OP. By all means, find a goal and hobbies you enjoy. If you want to learn about carpentry or electrical work or something because it interests you, then great. But "building a house" isn't going to fill whatever void you're noticing or make you feel any more like a man.

Just get a respectable job that's suitable for you and work on being the kind of person you respect. If you respect people who waste their youth chasing ridiculous dreams in order to demonstrate their worth to themselves then I have bad news.