/lit/ - Literature

The internet has ruined my life.
I will not elaborate.

>>22812765
Dawg, I would kill to be 21. I didn't do anything until I was 29. Just stop giving any kind of credence to any "reason" you have for not having a job. There is nothing realistically stopping you from doing anything you want to do as long as you put in the effort to achieve the necessary prerequisites. There is always an actionable step toward what you want in any situation you can find youself in.
You want a job? Get a GED. It's easier than high school. Literal 80IQ ESL immigrants can get a GED. People will be more willing to hire you if you have one. It's a bare minimum demonstration of the ability to apply consistent effort.
Alternatively, you could just volunteer somewhere, show you're a responsible worker with a good work ethic, and use your experience there as a reference or possibly even get a job referral from someone you volunteer with. I have gotten jobs like this.
>"i don't want to work for free"
Being 21, you have nothing special to offer anyone. You don't even have proof you are capable of doing ANYTHING. So you have to work pro bono just to prove you can show up, learn new things, and be competent. That's just how it is. Nobody owes you shit. Just do the intellectual and the physical work that needs to happen and things will eventually improve. Feeling like you've been useful at the end of the day is a plus even if you don't get paid.
If you don't drop your helpless victim mentality, you are going to be bearing a constant and increasing load of regret.
Stop cooming.
Stop playing video games.
Get off 4chan. Get off the internet.
Everyone here is a loser and every second you spend here you accumulate negativity which will infect your general mindset and derail your sense of agency.
You think other people your age are ahead of you now? Aside from the fact that giving any weight to comparisons between yourself and other people is unhelpful and stupid, wait until you're 30 and have fuck-all to show for yourself. Then you'll really feel like shit.
Focus on your goals. How you feel at any given moment is inconsequential. Nothing but yourself is going to drag you out of wherever you are.
You gotta spend 90 minutes on the train? Boo fucking hoo. Thousands and thousands of people make that kind of commute everyday.
You're not going to get anywhere without sacrificing comfort and familiarity.
You have two options: be the living dead or do whatever it takes.

>>22018936
Why would I watch some scrub talk about books when I could just read them?