Submitted by Legitimate_Soup2521 t3_11en9vg in AskReddit
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Downtown-Assistant1 t1_jaf1dxr wrote
Ok, here’s the truth… it’s going to get a lot worse.
Lucky-Garbage5048 t1_jaf45g1 wrote
so i gathered
shiddawg t1_jaeza25 wrote
"Just walk in there and ask for a job/give them your resume"
RodeoBob t1_jaf0cwr wrote
"Follow your bliss"
It's advice from an old person, looking backwards at their life, trying to find a pattern after the fact. What you call "bliss" when you're looking at your future is not the same thing as what you label "bliss" looking back at your past.
"Do what you love for a living and you'll never work a day in your life!"
More bad advice. Do what you love for a living, and you'll never completely relax or be able to simply enjoy the things you love anymore.
Lucky-Garbage5048 t1_jaezw2j wrote
Being 18 changes nothing and it’s actually a disadvantage because now you can be tried as an adult.
Securitygaurd t1_jaf3icx wrote
Just ignore them. That isn’t going to stop someone
MonkeyFaceMode t1_jaezbac wrote
“Don’t worry about it now you still have plenty of childhood left” Gee I can’t wait to be thrown into jails for tax evasion because no one would teach me because I still have plenty of childhood
Exotic-Self-6412 t1_jaezbmu wrote
Marry/Date the person who loves you not someone you love.
AdmiralBofa t1_jaf089n wrote
"Follow your dreams" is too simple, and it can lead to some pretty bad and unfulfilling outcomes. The problem is "Define your dream, then carefully articulate what you're willing to give up to get it and for how long, then follow your dream, but note what developments should cause you to immediately stop" can't be stitched on a pillow as easily.
Legitimate_Soup2521 OP t1_jaf2qsi wrote
I completely agree!! Its a start, but way too vague to actually be useful.
avonpurple t1_jaf1r9t wrote
Go to college. Study science
musiclover1998 t1_jaf25pv wrote
To “tough it out” when you’re in a shitty job. Terrible advice. Instead you should immediately start looking for new jobs and get out of there. Having a job you hate is a recipe for depression and negativity in life
ShupUpWesley t1_jaf4wl9 wrote
Dad used to say “If you get sad, just bury it deep and lock it away.”
toubouc t1_jaezl7w wrote
Follow your passion.
Lucky-Garbage5048 t1_jaezttq wrote
i’m a “young” person and the biggest lie i’ve ever been told is that it gets better. in no my point in my life has it gotten better. i have increasingly less free time and ability to do what i want. i have increasingly bigger and bigger problems to deal with and i find myself fucked by my governments systems at nearly every turn.