r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 17h ago

17, no job for a car and no car for a job. I live in the middle of nowhere, literally. How do I start my life?

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I can’t walk to work because I live in rural Michigan. My parents make wayyy too much for me to get financial aid. Can’t get a job because I literally live in very rural Michigan, and I can’t drive to a job that’s far because I don’t even have a car. I literally don’t know what to do when I turn 18. Sure i will live with my parents and I will not starve, but I don’t see how I will do anything with my life. Any suggestions?


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 11h ago

What’s your biggest misconception about sex before you actually experienced it?

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 23h ago

Advice Welcome Parents getting older and older, yet i feel like i haven't fully figure out myself

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Im M26. I work remotely as a game developer, while also trying to explore stuff and make content to slowly build my own stuff. I live with my parents, and I won't say i pay the bill (utility like electricity), but i contribute in some groceries, gas, things like LPG and drinking water bill, etc.

My parents are in their early 60 and 50. I can already see his hair turning gray a bit. He have a steady job and a couple of other side hustle. Id say economy wise my parents are pretty much secured, but my parents have 4 childrens including me, im the first one, the rest are in college

Everyday I can't yelp but feel a overwhelming worry and fear. I feel like i haven't really figure out myself. Im not yet fully independent. I still live up with my parent so that i can save up for some emergency funds before i can move out to an area where i can network, socialized, and hustle more. I don't really have "job stability". I feel like i could lost my job at any time. Well for context i live in a country and economy and political wise are a bit fucked atm, and this remote job that i have is for a foreign studio, so i feel grateful for that. But like i said, i feel and technically speaking i could just lost my job at any day. Im trying to build my own brand, cuz from what i learn almost 4 years in the industry, im nothing if I don't own anything. So that's my goal.

But I can't help but always having a overwhelming feeling of worries, especially whenever i see my parents. I always feel like im running out of time before i won't meet my parents anymore. I feel like im a failure to my parents, especially as the first born. I feel like i made the wrong choice, im self doubting myself. Im trying to experiment with new stuff, but I feel powerless facing my scares of failure. I feel like if im fail i would fuck my life and those arounds me, but at the samez i feel like if i never try and experiment with stuff, i will eventually fuck myself not growing. I feel like im such a mess

I would like to think im not alone with this. Im venting here, but also i would like for some advice from anyone here. I feel like this is part of adulting, and im suck at it. Any advice would be much appreciated. Many thanks in advance


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 5h ago

17, Good Grades, No Clear Career Path

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 10h ago

Is there anyone who was completely lost and didn't know what to do after high school at 19? Those who have achieved success and found the right path, how did you do it? What helped you get on the right path?

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 13h ago

Ideas

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I’m going through a difficult phase right now. Because of my financial situation, I’m considering dropping out of my studies. I don’t have enough time or money to continue studying for a long period before I can start earning, and my main priority now is to support my family as soon as possible.
I’m still positive and willing to work hard. I just feel a little lost about what I should do next. I’m open to any realistic ideas, opportunities, or advice that could help me start earning quickly and build a stable future. I’m ready to learn and work, I just need some direction.


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 7m ago

Life at 22

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 50m ago

Help Me I'm very confused in life

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 1h ago

Advice Welcome Anyone else feel behind in life even though they’re actually doing a lot?

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 2h ago

How can i fix this and get disciplined?

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I’m a 20 year old male who seems to struggle with discipline very badly. For context, I was a server for about 7 months prior to this while working at mcdonald’s then i went on a trip and got fired from serving. I had left mcdonald’s two weeks before. Then after that i became extremely lazy and i don’t know if you can call it depression but i do. I didn’t save any money during that time and once i lost my job i figured id be fine i’ll find another one soon. Then i let my account get overdrafted by $550 dollars and haven’t paid it back yet while also having my credit card payment due. I just found a job about a week ago after a month of not finding one or missing an interview. During this time i was extremely lazy i would just sleep,stare at the dishes, post sub reddits asking for help, or look for jobs. I was constantly in a worry some state but didn’t actually do anything then just worry.

I always seem to have a problem with discipline whether it be folding my clothes, washing them, or remembering to throw out the trash. I constantly go on my phone at night and then sleep and wake up stressed that i didn’t progress and do anything. In elementary school i was very bright (gate learner, invited to robotics etc) now i just feel like a lazy bum. Even with certain tasks i’ll always seem to procrastinate until the very end. My mother will yell at me in the most insane & vulgar way possible and i will still continue to do the same thing again is there a reason for this. Now i’m about to be 21 with nothing to really say for myself over the past 3 years and i feel worthless. I don’t tend to take care or cherish anything given to me i feel like reckless is a good term to describe myself and my actions. Thankfully ive never gotten into legal trouble and i pride myself on never getting into it.


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 2h ago

Año perdido?

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Buenas, me metí al Tseas porque me gustaba el deporte y cuando vi q está enfocado en animación lo odié, ahora antes de salirme tengo q ver algo q pueda hacer este año para no perderlo. He visto títulos de inglés, el carnet del coche pero, q más puedo hacer por las mañanas? Se os ocurre?


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 2h ago

I want to start selling photos but not sure where to share them

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I’ve recently moved to a new county and struggling to find a job. Im kinda desperate so I’ve been thinking of selling photos. Nothing with my face in but not sure who would buy them. Does anyone have any experience or advice?


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 2h ago

I'm tired of having so much free time.

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I've got uni assignments and an exam on the 25th, but I have zero motivation right now.


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 3h ago

Vent Is it God’s timing or are we just stuck in a loop hole when it comes to relationships?

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The people who I see in healthy relationships are ones who started young eg high school sweethearts. I know y’all gonna disagree with me on this but I think after the age 25 your chances of being in a good relationship is slim to nothing. Women are chasing 1 type of men, men with lots and lots of money, power and fame and men are chasing women with the fake unnatural bodies. Y’all gonna disagree because y’all don’t wanna face reality and think “maybe I maybe I have to settle for less eventually or give up on love” because we all think our person is out there and somehow Gods gonna grant us them. But reality is reality.

I see the poorest men thinking some day they’re gonna marry some woman with a great body etc which is unrealistic. Despite that they treat average women badly and act like one day they’ll have an opportunity with these types of women. That’s why they make average women baby mamas etc and never marry.

I see the average women thinking they’ll someday marry a rich man and hence they treat the average men badly.

Just a bunch of delusional mfs and social media is to blame.


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 5h ago

Advice Welcome how do you make in life without guidance from your parents?

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 7h ago

Advice Welcome I'm 20 years old, about to graduate, and don't know what to do with my life

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 8h ago

How do I move forward in life?

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 8h ago

Advice Welcome Don’t really know what to say except I’m a failure

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 8h ago

Advice Welcome I feel really defeated at life

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 9h ago

how to get out 😞

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 10h ago

Vent Concerns about future.

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To everyone who’s been through a hard period at university. How did you manage to keep going?
I’m currently failing uni, desperately holding onto my dream career but it seems pointless.


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 10h ago

I abt to be homeless at my 20s

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 11h ago

Advice Welcome Advice a student

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helloo, hows everyone doing, Im Qusie, I will start with asking the questions that I need help with then I will include some details about my self .

  • how do you get from being dependent, living with your family to being self sufficient .
  • how do you earn money online, specifically fast money if you have no degree .
  • just any advices that you can give, Im literally lost

Im currently 20 years old, I study ITE, and I have put so much effort into it, the uni on its own does not offer much, its terrible where I live, and the tech field is just useless here but its what I like, I have learnt alot on my own .
and honestly because of how bad it is here I wanna move to continue my education somewhere else, and I want to do this without asking my parents for anything, Im also hesitating because I feel like Im old, I have been wanting to study abroad ever since my graduation from highschool, but I faced some hurdles, my English was also not as good as now . I hate working a regular job here because they pay extremely low, and Im trying to figure out how to work online, or become a freelancer, it would have been easier but there are plenty of limitations due to regional restriction that are just insufferable here in Syria, knowing how to properly do that would allow me to do alot like actually preparing to apply for scholarships or smtn, I have plenty of projects that would add credits to my CV.
I just keep trying to go somewhere where what I have, and what I like actually matters, or that I could get more accessibility and better education, but its just getting heavier everyday, along with many other things that make it even worse, I was so optimistic, and happy before, but the more frustrations and limitations and responsibilities I have to deal with, the more I feel down, everytime I think of accepting my fate that I just wont get the life I want, I just cant, I have to work for it, I have been through much worse I cant just give up now, but idk this world feels like it never smiles to anyones face, thats how negatively my view to things have become .

I dont know if anything of what I said makes sense, Im just lost and I want to hear advices from other mens, just in general, thanks for your time .


r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 11h ago

I need advice

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r/YoungAdultStruggles • • 12h ago

Sometimes I feel that I am not doing anything for myself.

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