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How I am I supposed to keep going

(To be up-front, this is like half venting and half actually asking for advice.) So I'm 19, and about to start my junior year of college this fall and I genuinely don't know how I am going to survive after college. I am very fortunate in my current situation living with my grandparents and having no cost of living besides my cat and any food/snacks I buy for myself. I have had a part-time job for a year so I have a pretty good amount of money saved up. However, I cannot fathom how I am going to find a job and survive after this period of my life. My major is super niche, East Asian Language and Culture, so it is very unlikely I am going to find a well paying job in that field. (My definition of well paying is enough to live comfortably without stressing over income…


(To be up-front, this is like half venting and half actually asking for advice.)

So I'm 19, and about to start my junior year of college this fall and I genuinely don't know how I am going to survive after college. I am very fortunate in my current situation living with my grandparents and having no cost of living besides my cat and any food/snacks I buy for myself. I have had a part-time job for a year so I have a pretty good amount of money saved up. However, I cannot fathom how I am going to find a job and survive after this period of my life. My major is super niche, East Asian Language and Culture, so it is very unlikely I am going to find a well paying job in that field. (My definition of well paying is enough to live comfortably without stressing over income very often). An obvious solution is to pick a different major, but to be frank about 95% of the available majors sounded like they suck, and am bad at things I don't like. So while a major in engineering, business, or law would of been better for future careers, I wouldn't do that well in those fields because I don't like them. My current hypothesis is that my ADHD and autism have contributed to this aspect of my personality. I have no skills, talents, or experience in anything that would get me a decent job if I were to drop out, so I feel like that is not an option. So if I have no useful skills and a crappy major, what am I supposed to do? Am I just going to have to suck it up and accept that most of my life is going to be shitty, just hoping that things will get better in the future?

Sorry if this post isn't particularly relevant or appropriate for this sub, I just felt that it somewhat fit the vibes of the discussions had here.

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