I feel really discouraged right now, just in general. My father is in his mid 50s, a successful engineer, with tons of land, a nice house, several classic cars, really as much as he will ever want. I am 20 years old, just got honorably discharged from the Army for anxiety, and I do not want to go to college right now. I just want to work as much as I HAVE to, live in my tiny house, and do photography.
My friends and I were always the “smart kids” in school, and most of them are moving on to great colleges for engineering or medicine. That being said, it is surprising to many people that I am not in college right now. They expected me to do “big things” and make a shit ton of money and be some big shot. But I don’t want to. What’s the point anymore?
How should I feel? Am I doing anything wrong? I don’t want to be so stressed and in debt doing to college right now and having no time for myself. Eventually, I might go to trade school and do something a little more in demand than working in the service industry, but I am in no rush.