Any Veeky Forumsizens defeated thoughts of their life bring worthless or wasting their life? Battling that now at 24

Lmao the fat one on the green covering up her stomach

bitch has a ghost in her or something...
go ahead and call dibs on the succubus

Unironically the most attractive. Low test beta males need not apply.

>picking the runt of the litter

>6 4 5 7 2 1 3

I have the exact same feeling. Being around my nieces and nephews made me realize how much I enjoy watching them grow and wish I had my own. Somehow our culture was eroded of it's base need to start a family and I fell for it, thinking that was the normie life. I need to sort myself out and start this shit. Tomorrow.

>black hair
jesus christ its like you want your kids to be sub-humans

Sexist pig

Shutting this down.

The extreme negativity, mysogany, hate, and pure idiocy a lot of you "men" post here daily truly makes me cringe Irl.

The reality here is: OP finds a group of girls that inspires him and wants to marry (or have intercourse with). Makes an unconventional post, and was a success. Good for him! Don't be such a negative ******* for the sake of beig a dick...

The insane amount of comments degrading women also has to stop. I'll begin calling out those comments when I see them. So knock it off.

OP has more life experience than the vast majority of the Veeky Forums, with the average age being around 22, and knows his women better than anyone here. Who the fuk are you to tear him down? Get a life. Truly.

OP. I wish you the best of luck. It sounds like you've found a winner.

I'm 24. Dealing with the same thing, OP.

Also 24. Also contemplating suicide

What is it about this age lads?

I used to be depressed 24/7 but I'm doing surprisingly well now. Dug my way upward, you can make it too OP. I find that you really just need to do something because as long as your doing something just as lifting, you stop thinking about not doing anything

I attend a good uni full time, work full time at a medical clinic as a nurse, live in a garage that I cleaned up very well and cut off all toxic family members that starved, beat and malnourished me as a kid. Only 20 now, i escaped the day I turned 18

It's the new midlife crisis.

Generally I'd say people realize they're adults around this age and need to get their shit together. Specifically I graduated with a Philosophy degree and have no idea what the fuck to do. Also living at home and fucking ashamed of myself.

What's your reason user?

the experience of such deep shit at age 24 is exactly what compels you to improve. just try to understand why it is shit and work constantly on those areas. in a few years you won't recognize yourself. if you are cruising at age 24 you'll have little drive. it's just the pattern of life. paradoxically having it good can make you complacent and soft, needing to change through pain and effort to escape a bad place is what forms you most

just identify the problem, then work to solve the problem. try to be as impartial (3rd person) as possible. expand your scope.

identify, work, re-assess. repeat.

progress is slow, but as always this is related to permanent change. JUST LIKE LIFTING

Yeah, that happens to everyone. You either find meaning somehow or you end up in a spiral of addiction/kill yourself trying to ignore that feeling

Remember when you were 18 and said "i've got years to think about things"

Yeah, out of time now.

Im a friendless virgin who disappointed his dad

for all you young guys dealing with this. Heres something nobody told me that i wish they did.

YOU HAVE TO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. thats why you're are thinking about stupid shit. get a second job go to the gym but allways have something to do. it will stop you from going down a hole you cant come back from. Im 30 and am just realizing this now.

video games is not the answer, put them down and go outside

25 here.

Yes we're transitioning from adult without responsibility (18-22) to adult with major responsibilities.

and another thing, analyze your own reward systems and habits. as well as

said, where your time goes.

if it most often the case that it isn't we don't know what to ""do"", but instead we choose something else because of a flaw in our reward system (brain chemistry), force of habits, or lack of energy.

cultivating a steady sense of energy and focus should be priority so that when the idea strikes to solve a problem, it can be accomplished and moved on from. finish projects and follow things through. if you had infinite energy you would have no problems. avoid pleasure traps

it isn't so often a cognitive impairment as it is a resistance to motivation or force to put the changes into effect. you KNOW ""how"", you just haven't DONE it

It only gets worse as you get older

26, and same.
I feel like I've reached the point where life is over and it's just the grind from now on.

its funny you bring up reward system. I'm dam sure mine is fucked up from playing video games about every day since i was six years old. I know im fucked up from it.

Didn't hang myself last night and went on a date today. Maybe I can provide some insight.

youtu.be/qJq8IovXFYQ

Watch this video. Your pain is telling you to change. You could just take drugs, but you'll never grow.

Sometimes legitimately your brain is just fucking with you, but sometimes it's actually an indicator of where you are and what you need to do. Read a hikkikomori or r9k thread sometime. People who never leave the room feel suicidal? Color me surprised. I can only say this because I've been there.

There are some limitations to how much you can fix, and you'll eventually realize you were just putting off happiness until you reach some goal, then another, then another. Keep moving, smell the flowers, keep moving, have sex, then die.

24 here as well. Feel the same everyday.

Sometimes i go down the rabbithole to thinking too much and its absolute hell. Then few hours later im fine thinking about what the hell was i so fucking sad about. It's gone bad to the point i think i might have some sort of mental illness.

I think its just the lack of much accomplishments that causes it. And as other anons have pointed out, we are all transitioning from one adult phase to another.

Guess its just grind from now on.

We're all in it together, i hope we all make it!

This video is pretty dope.

6 face 1 body anything else is degenerate trash

Everytime I play with my kids I realise I've achieved everything

You grow out of it the moment you realise that there is nothing else but life, life is the meaning of everything, live by the moment and enjoy your every decision and its consequences. I know it sounds cheesy but trust me, thats all there is to it. The shitty part of life is when you realise that you've been programmed by society to have expectations of what your life should be and you can't break away from it even if you know you should. Thats the real challenge.

2nd from left is mine

MOMMY GIB ME MILKY

aye me too georgie boy
thought I was the only one

you forgot to remove your username

haha, :-)

Yes. I had similar thoughts throughout my 20s. Improve yourself in all respects - physically, mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually etc. Strive for greatness in the things you do. If you don't know what you want to do try many things out and see which ones you enjoy.

Make a reading list of quality literature and read through it adding new titles as you go. Learn at least one new language and prepare yourself to learn more. Balance your hobbies with work. Find what job is at least mildly rewarding to you, something you can do and be proud of. Don't waste time with so-called friends who aren't. Help others - whether it be charity, coaching, mentoring, tutoring, volunteering - find a noble cause and dedicate some time to it. Seek insight into the great questions of life by discovering what others think/have thought and forming your own beliefs accordingly. Speak, think and live truthfully.

What you are experiencing is common in the modern age but wasn't as common before. Entire generations are being conditioned to think like that. Break free of it by developing yourself. When you have confidence and faith in yourself people will view you much differently. When you have your life together and are constantly pursuing greater things others notice.

>it is assuredly through virtue that lies the one and only path to a life of peace
>Juvenal - Satire X

I'm 25 and I sometimes wonder what more there really is. I mean, I get it if you've never been in love or something maybe you feel like you've missed out, but I don't think the feeling really changes.
However if you feel like youve had love, had sex and achieved something worth recognition(or insert whatever motivates you here) then what really is the point? There's plenty of philosophy books out there to resolve the situation but sometimes its pretty empty right?

I honestly think there is a chance we could see what is practically immortality in our life times, so you should either:
a) Be better than everyone else at something.
b) Be richer than everyone else.

Either will get you that immortality faster. Or just welcome death. congrats you can now achieve anything in the name of pleasure since nothing matters anymore.

>babby's first nihilism
Your growth has been stunted. There is always more to do, to think, to feel, to experience.
>everyone else
Why not focus on being a better you? What negatives could possibly arise from pursuing the goal of improving yourself?

I'm 21 with no credit, limited job experience, and no degree working at a gym for 25 cents above minimum wage. I think about blowing my brains out every night.

I have a lot of money saved up thanks to my parents allowing me to live with them, and I just got my first credit card, so I can finally start building up my credit but I still feel like shit.

Most of my peers are seniors in college with a nice job and a healthy social life. Many are married and living on there own while I'm still living in the neighborhood I grew up in.

I'm hoping to get my shit together by 22-23. If I'm still a loser at 30 I'm probably, no most definitely, going to kill myself.

You probably are wasting your life.

Thinking your life is shit at 24 is normal. Don't worry it will all pass once you start the job-family treadmill.

tfw 24 and cant handle life although I am not dumb and look handsome

I know that feel, the fact is at 24 we are all still figuring out life.

For example, I tried being a musical artist, got disillusioned by trying to herd bandmates (soyboys) together and middle-aged wanna-bes talking shit about a musical career while they're still stuck working retail.

Now I'm 24, 3rd semester of CS, and I can already feel better about life. Like there's a light at the tunnel. Planning to start a business soon, I'm already hustling on the side refurbishing laptops.

Essentially you need to go out of your comfort zone and try new things out. Throw everything at the wall and something may stick. The only thing I need to fix now are my flashes of existentialism, eg. what happens when we die

Just started depression meds feelsgood

>miscer

I think that by age 24, you're coming to terms with the idea that you're not necessarily a young adult anymore, and you can't put off important life choices any longer. You've had some years of drinking or minimum wage jobs or messing around with a band or trying to be artist or holding down some basic relationships. And you now feel like you need to make some big changes or you'll be stuck where you are forever.

It's the unfortunate focus on being goal-oriented rather than system-oriented. You should try to move your life to a point where you are doing things on a daily basis that improve your quality of life, and will move you closer towards where you want to be. Even if you don't know where you want to be, you should be filling your day with fulfilling activities and learning, honing skills and improving yourself.

Immediate things you can start doing every day (if you haven't already) to improve:

>Learn a language
>Go to the gym
>Cook, clean and manage a household
>Play a sport
>Groom
>Go to evening classes
>Work towards promotion at work by taking extra training and going the extra mile (you may not want the promotion, and may even plan on quitting in the future, but getting training on the company's dime is always worth it)
>Learn about public speaking and emotional intelligence
>Invest and save properly
>Dress well every day (if your wardrobe only has one or two decent things, throw out anything you don't like wearing and keep smart, well-fitting clothes)
>Read (whether it's fiction, newspapers, encyclopedias, just try to learn something by reading every day)

It's also worth remembering - no matter what you think you will be in a few years time, you probably won't unless you're dedicated to it 100%. Good opportunities will present themselves and you might decide on a completely different path because of them. The important thing is to have a system in place that opens up those opportunities to you. Stay social, be smart, always be willing to learn, smile.

Why don't you get your shit together today?

I'm 24 also. I had several mushroom trips and I can say that life is ultimately without meaning, you need to create it or find it yourself. I'm just glad I can experience life, and I'm not afraid of death as it will be just a return to the original state where I have come from. I just accepted life as it is and focus on myself, find pleasure in learning and improving yourself so that one day you may help humanity in improving itself, we are all part of a bigger whole.

We aren't perfect and humanity is just taking it's baby steps into this universes, there will be challenges ahead and we must help each other if we wish to ascend...

Take the LSAT and go to law school

24 is a hard age, you're not a girl, not quite a woman. Finishing University and starting and the bottom of the barrel is gonna be always hard. Especially the way most countries spoon feed and give false expectations students. Also you start to fall apart from a lot of friends who have their own stuff going on. It's a shit time but it gets better.

Go to sleep, Joe Rogan.

27..28 in a few months

it only keeps getting worse..

Yes. The only way I beat it was by extricating myself from the hellish hamster wheel of impulse-gratification-impulse that is modern Western culture. You fuck with your brain's reward system and you start to feel despair because you're on this never-ending, impossible-to-fulfill quest for novel dopamine rushes.

Get off Veeky Forums and stop watching porn. You don't need to quit this stuff indefinitely but you need a nice long break to disentangle your reward system from electronic stimulation.

Carry books or a Kindle around at all times and read that shit instead of goofing off with your phone.

Get the fuck off of social media and prioritize hanging out in person with real people. Call up people on your contacts list and go get a coffee with them. Go over to friend's places. Just get together with real human beings, face time is important.

Prioritize self-development. Pick a project and commit to it for at least 3 months. Read "The War of Art" for inspiration.

Explore meditation/mindfulness and/or Stoic philosophy; learn to recognize your thought patterns and emotions; cultivate a basic sense of gratitude and presence.

Until you lock all this shit down you're at risk of floating through life listless and uninspired. Basically existing just to feed the machine with your clicks and dollars and attention.

I am final year med school in eastern europe

I always wanted to do computer sciences but somehow this stupid idea sparked in my mind when I was 18 that I might just aswell be a retarded doctor

I hate the field and I hate my decision, I barely made it through all classes and now I am about to graduate though I still dont know if I pass state exams.

I am in panic suicidal mode now and was depressed since year one (sixth now). I feel like i ruined my life

Should I go back to programming even though It might be too late or should I suck it and stick with my decisions?

pls halp Veeky Forums

>JUST WORK MORE AND PROVIDE MORE TAXES GOOD GOYYYY

Fuck off cunt

go and learn programming faggot, only got one life to live

All I can offer you is my sympathy and understanding as a fellow Eastern European in a similar situation.
I always wanted to do computer sciences too but somehow this stupid idea sparked in my mind when I was 19 that I might just as well be a retarded lawyer.
Now I'm stuck with a master's in an oversaturated field which I absolutely hate, having already spent half a year trying to find a job, nevermind one that pays more than working the fucking cash register. My only choices are 1.) be stuck slaving my ass forever for peanuts 2.) follow through with the brilliant law education and further specialize, locking myself into this horrible shit forever and spend another 3 years and piles of money for zero immediate gain but better perspectives a decade down the line 3.) change careers.
Perhaps I too should go back to programming. Pick up web dev or some shit and compete with the Pajeets. Or maybe open a grocery. That sounds nice.

Was gonna be my dibs but I'm gonna go with far second from right

You're a sad sack of shit my guy. I hate kikes as much as the next guy but you completely fucking missed the point, and if you don't understand the masculine value of hard work then you have a lot to fucking learn. Western civilization was built on the backs of men who filled their time with honest work. Never shame a hard working man, makes you look like a kike weasel, or an ungrateful woman.

sometimes I dont know If I am just being nostalgic and seeing grass greener everywhere just to temporary escape this shit and eventually the dread and stress will be there for me in every field but I feel like not having enough enthusiasm in this particular field is of no use as well

turned 32 today and life keeps getting better and better. was hard in the early/mid 20's but keep putting work into yourself and as you age you will see the rewards.

That sucks man. Finnish your degree at least. You may find work that will suit you. Studying doesn't equal Work

>philosophy
>didn't read rousseau and stop

I know, I will try to finish it

Will see what happens next

Worst thing is that after years like this you will loose all your mental health and I know just go to gym/do sports or do basically everything out of routine. I fell no satisfaction whatsoever in anything anymore

You're an idiot

>It might be too late
No its not but this will be hard
Its never too late

thanks for pic

Just turned 24. Also feeling this

Probably. Though the enthusiasm bit definitely doesn't help.
My biggest pain is that the only thing I truly love in life is travel. Getting a shitty 9 to 5 corporate/law firm career I'm doomed to have with my degree pretty much means I'll get my 20 days a year to do what I live to do and that's it. Spontaneous trips are out. Months long treks are out. Last minute flights are out of the question. I'll just have to stick to the grind, day in, day out. The fact I'll have to do it on an Eastern Euro minimum wage doesn't help either, but at least I'm used to shoestring budgets.
Fucking hell I wish I was born a Murrican and could just do the meme life of English teaching abroad for a few years until I finally figure my shit out.

look mate im 24 and ive been really fucking depressed

or maybe not really depressed but things sure as fuck hasn't been easy

i refused medication btw so i cant speak of that

i got a girlfriend and getting laid reguraly was fun but it won't help, it won't cure your sadness.

i now got money aswell, but that too won't cure your sadness

the only thing in this world that cured my sadness was this realisation

"life is about me. i am the meaning of life."

this is true for every human i think. just like the meaning of your life is you. what you decide to do with that information is up to you, but once you realise that it is actually all about you, that life and this world wouldnt exist without you (cus how would u know if it did? u are not here to experience it) you become more confident. this entire existence could just be a manifastation of your inner self, you are the entire world and the entire meaning of life.

atleast this is what i've realized.

Lol piss off loser I'll take that slut what are you gonna do about it lol piss off

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3. Learn HTML/CSS
4. Boom you're a senior dev

Come back when you're 30.
Then we can talk.

When I was 24 I had my engagement fall apart, I was rejected from all medical school, and was living at home with my parents in a small dying town.

I got mad, then I got fit.

I am now 31, in medical school, and have slayed enough women that I understand what is important to me about them. Currently looking for the right partner.

Dig in. Work hard. Get fit.

I'm a 23 year old dropout. Life feels stagnant and i just drink ridiculous amounts of booze. I spent a week in inpatient detox and relapsed after 30 some odd days. Met a 30 year old woman that's a ridiculously good lay and buys me all types of shit and pays for us to stay in nice hotels. She's also married with two kids. She just filed for divorce, though. I told her this isn't a long term thing and she's cool with it. I don't have a job and have like $150 and my parents have almost kicked me out multiple times, especially after spending so much money for me to get sober and relapse so quick. Life is like a 3/10 right now. All i have is the gym and Veeky Forums. I don't know why my parents put up with me

Wait when you are 30 and soon 31

I'm in the same exact situation as you except I'm 24. Don't wait, do something NOW. Time flies.

Having children is immoral

I feel that pretty much every day. I find it hard to even get out of bed. I'm sick of it. I just don't know what's worth striving for. Not much point to it all when you're as socially isolated as a person can be.

You're pathetic man. You sound like the nigs on welfare. "Oh yeah get a job to work for whitey you uncle Tom". What do you recommend instead?

Thats what you get for living a Comfy life at home with mommy. The only way to progress is Ssacrifice (This includes pussy and your body), Huge Risks, and hard work. Go to college or work a hard 12 hour/day job for a lot of money. Youre life sounds extremely easy and thats why youre sad. Nut up Buttercup.

If you feel your life has no value then you might as well swear fealty to my dark legion

Second from the right you fucking blasphemous heathen

i'm 25 and living the best of my life, when i'm 26 it will be better, remember this principles:

>discipline
>pursuit of goals
>a good death is its own reward

>Brainwashed
SAD! (unless you're mixed race or something)

Holy shit, this thread hits me hard.

I'm 24 and and am experiencing similar things.

I'm doing 6/11...I'm going to make it r-right?

I'm 23 and living the dream.
Trainings good, income is strong. Get called for bootycalls but turn them down (avoiding the past and looking to try something new)
Friends are great. The opportunities are ever present. My biggest fault in life is that there isn't enough hours for me to get everything done each day while still fucking around as much as I do. Pretty fucking good thing to have as my biggest problem imo. Simply solved by not fucking around as much.

From my point of view life is what you make it (obviously) so if you feel like a failure or like you're wasting life that simply means nothing except you're not trying hard enough or you're not listening to yourself about what you REALLY want.
No one gives a shit what you're doing with your life so you simply need to connect with yourself and figure out what the fuck It is that turns your life dick hard.

Just to emphasize on this a little more, all I ever see is people talking about not meeting this expectation or that requirement or chasing this job or earning that income. Studying for a degree because it pays alright or whatever the fuck.

It's all well and good but I feel like no one's actually caught onto the fact that none of it really fucking matters.
Like at all.

If you really think about life and boil it down to it's most simple form the only reason why half the people are where they are is because it's what everyone else did. There's no point to go around with a goal of being better than someone else in something neither you or that someone else really care about.
He earns 140k a year and you're on 195k a year but you're both unsatisfied and depressed. Who won? Nobody.

I own a 4 bedroom house and I don't even have a dinner table. I have a 1 seater recliner and a bed. That's all my furniture. I drive a nice car, but I only buy new clothes every two years. Ive stayed in $750/night hotels on holidays, and I've also flown interstate and slept in carparks and behind bins just because fuck paying for a hotel it's not mandatory.
You ever slept amongst the bins on a cold night when you know you could afford a hotel room? It wakes you up and shows you that the normal routine doesn't really matter. Went to a festival once like this, no spare clothes or anything. Just turned up and stayed the night. Ended up at a hotel with two girls (didn't shag due to other reasons) but it was a hell of an experience which I only gained from not following the standard "rules"
Life's just a game. We aren't here for any reason other than to simply live it and love it.
Take some time in your day and realise that if you went against EVERY single reccomendation you ever heard from your parents or teachers or friends etc. The worst they could say is "well that's a shame" and then you're free to continue.
Doing your own thing isn't punishable by death.

The most legit advice in this thread.

Take notice.

You just finished college or university and realise you have literally wasted the last 10 years of your life on the "I don't have to make a desicion yet" bandwagon and now you realise you're a manchild with no real life experience. You probably won't grow up until the time you're 30 something which by that time you will regret not taking advantage of your late teens and 20s. At around 35 you will start fucking young girls regularly, eventually find a half decent job and start to think you are enlightened because now you know how the world works. 5 years later you turn 40 and find yourself on the downward slope again but financially secure, but only if you're not a fucking retard.

Have fun, faget.

>SAD!
>unless you're mixed race

What do you consider not "wasting your life?"
Being the millionth person to work towards a cure for a specific disease or cancer, and to find it? Then your employer by contract gets it, and they charge out the ass for it.
Just live your life how you want, we all live, we all die. If you care so much about a legacy aim for something big, or have kids so you can assume they'll do it for you.

Shit this thread hits close.
>20 years old
>idiot during high school & skipped too many classes
>dropped out & got a GED
>NEET for 2 years
>Got job working nightshifts at a fast food place
>few grand saved up

Thanks for your post I'm going to improve myself with short term and long term goals. I was thinking about going to community college but I don't know how well I would do. My attention span is abysmal now.