This sub has sent me into a midlife crisis (and I’m only 24!). I have two BAs – Psyc and sociology – and thought I would build a wonderful career changing the world while making an income. I’m not. I was a child development specialist for a while last year, which was okay except that sick passion exploitation. Then I experienced a trauma(found my roommate dead from OD) and ended up quitting my job to move out of state with family so I could heal. Since then, I’ve been bouncing among part time temp gigs: DoorDash, nannying, petition circulating…I even tried selling dirty panties (check out my past posts if you’re interested. lol jk. Unless…). Most of these gigs were chosen because of the flexibility – I could take the day off if I was having a bad day or wanted to attend an event without major consequence because I “worked for myself”. I wanted time to actually LIVE. Except now I’m constantly thinking about income, and feeling guilty on my days off because I could have chosen to work. Is there any way around this to truly live a work-free life? (The description of this sub suggests so).I know about passive income but isn’t that just exploiting someone else? I’ve also thought about homesteading to have as low of outgoing expenses as possible but I’d have a lot to learn. I also want to be able to travel…so maybe vanlife? But I’d still need gas/maintenance/groceries etc since I couldn’t have a farming space. Not sure that would even lower my costs by much overall.
Ahhhh. It just seems like there’s no way out. Has anyone found any level of success?