Every adult in my life keeps repeating “welcome to the real world” and “stop being lazy” but I’m genuinely devastated at the loss of all my free time, and, well, enjoyment in life. Everyone is either working or going to work or got off work and having a nap (to recover from work) at all times. Nobodies schedules align. We are all isolated from each other and my friends and I have all stopped doing things we’re passionate about. Every night I go to bed sick at the fact that I have work in the morning and when I get home I’m too drained to do anything. Talking to my friends is a chore, leaving my room is a chore. All I do is count down the seconds until it gets late enough for me to go to bed. I don’t have any energy left to exercise, I can’t afford anything, and I’m basically melted into my bed. I scroll on my phone until I get a headache strong enough that I need to sleep, but then I end up dreaming about work.
All this for minimum wage. Any advice or tips would be highly appreciated, I’m fresh out of high-school on a gap year and I feel so hollow.