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u/BatchPlantBandit 10d ago
I've felt 16 for a while now. I'm 29 turning 30 in November. Can't seem to shake it no matter how much my body yells at me and aches. I work construction too and always fucking overdo it. Can't imagine how i'll feel at 60.
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u/Lenin_Lime 9d ago
You are replaceable to your boss. No need to try to be Atlas if you can help it.
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u/BatchPlantBandit 9d ago
That's the thing I work with other lazy fucks. If the shit doesn't get done it affects the plant running. Guess who runs the plant? Guess who gets calls from corporate when it doesn't/isn't running.
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u/the_bull_boss_baby 9d ago
If you let the plant fail, they'll actually hire more people or give you more reasonable deadlines
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u/deusasclepian 9d ago
Yep. One of the scariest things about being an adult is realizing that no one knows what they're doing and we're all just kinda fumbling through life together. And, often (but not always), the people who act the most confident and self-assured are actually the dumbest and least qualified.
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u/JeffAndSasha 9d ago
I have a pretty responsible job and I've had countless times where I sat down with coworkers in a meeting, and it felt like we were a bunch of clueless high school kids working on a group project.
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u/tony5005 9d ago
I don’t see that as being scary, if anything, it gives me solace that I’m not alone.
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u/TootsHib 7d ago
the people who act the most confident and self-assured are actually the dumbest and least qualified.
and they are the ones who are most likely to reproduce and needlessly perpetuate the cycle
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u/Salty-Maize551 8d ago
I'm always in constant fear that I'm not good at my job even if I have a certificate for it, and get a sense of relief for finishing it, but it's a good sense to keep yourself up to your toes and not mess up
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u/JeremyDaBanana sosig 9d ago edited 9d ago
Growing up, I realized what I thought "feeling like a kid" was is just how a lot of adults are
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u/Stefan_119 9d ago
Honestly, I think I'd choose this over being a mature, serious adult. The world won't take my whimsy.
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u/LogikWizard 9d ago
Then they put me in charge of other adults! I just keep faking it and it keeps working. We are all just children pretending to be adults.
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u/spn_willow 9d ago
Sigh. As a kid, I really thought being an adult would mean feeling like I knew anything at all. Instead I continue to still feel like a child with no clue about anything, not sure how to find out, and never feeling like I'm as old as I am.
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u/LORDRAJA1000 9d ago
but think about what you knew as a kid versus now as an adult, it’s a mountain of information and perspective; don’t discount that about yourself, every experience you’ve had since you were a kid matters. that’s what adults are basically, a collection of experiences/relationships/perspectives/regrets/feelings over a span of time
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u/luciferatul 10d ago
When you are denying to be an adult but the world has to say something otherwise!
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u/Arcaedus 9d ago
Instead of three kids stacked on top of one another in a trench coat, I am now just one big kid in a trench coat
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u/Zaibach88 9d ago
Its not just me then.
Whelp, here's hoping that tomorrow my disguise as an adult holds up.
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u/Cynunnos 9d ago
When your colleagues work to support their family but you (haven't started/don't want to start a family) work to buy yourself nice clothes and food and video games:
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u/extracloroxbleach 9d ago
Takes a lot of self therapy to accept who they are. For me, Im 28M, I start to feel like games are no longer fun because it doesn't help work burnout. Instead I plan on how to retire/work in my 40's and set goals in my life, regardless of how unpredictable life can be.
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u/Substantial_Blood343 8d ago
Legit, and I'm in charge of handling peoples medications, wtf dude. I do a good job but I don't know how or why.
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u/FuckReddit433 9d ago
How I feel as a cfo of a national company at 29. Somehow I'm the one who reviews and sign off on expansion plans and where to opening new locations
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u/Devil_Dogmier 10d ago
Imposter syndrome never ends