>Teachers in school tell me I need to work hard now so I can get a good job and be happy when I'm older
>Parents tell me the same thing
>I listen to them and believe, spend a lot of my time on school work and do fairly well, get into good college
>Parents and advisors tell me same thing again when I'm in college
>I work hard but kind of fuck some things up, change my major a couple times
>Graduate, end up in decent but kind of shitty at the same time sales job
>Still live at home with my parents because it's cheaper
>Work for most of the day, come home to parents yelling at me about random bullshit
>Spend most of free time playing vidya games, half of them aren't even good and I don't get any enjoyment from playing them because vidya isn't as good as it was when I was a kid
>No friends or social life
Fuck this is awful. I should have listened to the NEETs and just given up in high school, I would live the exact same existence except at least I'd have more time for my hobbies. Why did people spend so much time telling my that my future happiness would rely on having a job when it made essentially no difference?
>>34639662
neetdom gets old hella fast, you aren't missing anything.
>>34639829
Don't get me wrong, I don't think I am, I just feel like I wasted a bunch of time and effort to do everything I've done. I also feel like people lied to me about what I needed to work towards.
>>34639662
>spend most of free time playing vidya
>dont get any enjoyment from it
>shouldve been a neet so i could spend more time on hobbies
and get no enjoyment from it? At least this way youll have money.
I feel you though. I get good grades in school and it hasnt helped dick. Social skills are all that matter. Sure my piece of paper can open some doors to jobs but nothing is as mentally taxing as my degree and it doesnt make me happy. At the end of the day it all boils down to
>tfw no gf
Id trade all my bits of paper for intimacy.
>>34640743
I meant that I don't get any enjoyment from the ones that aren't good. I still enjoy the ones that are my life isn't 100% me doing shit I don't like
>>34639662
>doing well in school just because you want a good job
>not for the pursuit of knowledge itself
You were doomed from the start.
Pretty much exactly the same for me.
>Content with my low responsibility/effort job where I don't have to talk or go anywhere
>Got called into owner's office two weeks ago
>Says I have no future here unless I take on a second job in IT
>Doubles my current work load and has me training on all kinds of shit over a five year plan
>PO systems, warehouse scanners, ERP programming, SQL, networking, constant meetings...
>More miserable than I've ever been in my life
All for an extra $300 dollars a month from a man that makes $40K a month and just bought his third home while working 10 hours a week. Somebody fucking kill me.
>>34641013
This. My pursuit for knowledge knows no bounds. I care not for your petty gfs or mammon.
>>34639662
Better that then giving up on school at 10 years old and becoming stupider later in life
>>34639662
Sure being a NEET is fine up to about 21. Then when you're in your mid twenties without a degree or a real career you become literal trash. I'm a 24 year old mcdonalds worker who lives at home still and I'd love to be in your position.