24, freshly graduated in marketing, paralyzed between the "rat race" and a Working Holiday year in Japan. Looking for perspective.

24, freshly graduated in marketing, paralyzed between the "rat race" and a Working Holiday year in Japan. Looking for perspective.

Hey everyone,

I’m 24, and I honestly feel completely stuck. I recently graduated with a double degree in Advertising, Public Relations, and Marketing Direction. On paper, it sounds great, but the reality of trying to land an entry level job right now is brutal. I’ve been applying everywhere, and I'm getting nowhere. I'm just receiving the "Unfortunately" emails all the time and it's drowning me even tho I consider myself a very strong man mentally. This is killing me, killing my joy, killing my passion for making music, killing my relationship with my family and friends...

Because of this, I’m torn between two paths, and both of them terrify me for completely different reasons:

  1. The "Rat Race" Path (Master’s + Job Hunt): The pressure is telling me to immediately dive into a digital traffic/marketing master's degree and force my way into the job market in Madrid(Spain). My fear here is getting sucked straight into the corporate/agency grind, burning out before I even properly start, and feeling trapped in a routine I’m not sure I want yet.
  2. The "Gap Year" Path (Working Holiday in Japan): I’ve been studying Japanese for the past 6 months (I'm at a basic level right now), and I’ve been seriously considering using a Working Holiday visa to move to Japan for a year. It would be an amazing chance to live abroad, clear my head, and experience something totally different. My fear here? That I’m "wasting" a year, falling behind my peers, and that it will be even harder to break into the marketing industry when I come back at 25/26.

It feels like a massive irony: I'm terrified of wasting my life away in a cubicle doing marketing campaigns I don't care about, but I'm equally terrified of throwing away my career momentum and ruining my future employability. What an ironic problem.

Has anyone been in a similar crossroads at 24? How did you deal with the fear of "falling behind" if you took time off, versus the dread of jumping straight into a saturated entry level job market? Any advice or perspective would be hugely appreciated. Thank you guys.

P.S. I’m also a musician it’s my true passion, but trying to stand out online when everyone else is doing the exact same thing is brutally hard. Because of that, I keep it as a hobby rather than treating it as a career path.

u/AllIsFine44 — 4 days ago

What are your crazy BG3 tricks that people don’t know about

I’m on my 4th playthrough of BG3, and I just realized today that there are SO many little mechanics and tricks that I completely missed.
For example, I just learned about the Wood Woad Magic Club trick, and also that you can use Improvised Weapon to pick up and throw people around. 😂

I’m talking about stuff like that little interactions, weird mechanics, creative uses of spells/items, environmental tricks, combat tricks, etc. Things that make you go “wait… you can actually do that?!”

So, what are some of your favorite BG3 tricks that you think more players should know about?
Teach me your secrets. I’m starting my 4th playthrough and I want to try as many ridiculous things as possible.

(I’m on console btw)

u/AllIsFine44 — 1 month ago

Busco 3 compañeros para una run cooperativa de Baldur’s Gate 3 🎲

¡Buenas! Estoy buscando 3 personas para empezar una run de Baldur’s Gate 3 en cooperativo, siendo un grupo de 4 jugadores.
La idea es hacer una partida que podamos disfrutar tranquilamente, tomando nuestras propias decisiones, roleando un poco a nuestros personajes y descubriendo la historia juntos. No hace falta ser experto en D&D ni en BG3, de hecho me parece más divertido si cada uno va descubriendo las cosas a su manera.
🕐 Zona horaria: GMT+1 (1 hora más en España, rollo canarias)
🌙 Horario: normalmente juego por la noche
📅 Idea: jugar diariamente, intentando mantener cierta constancia para que la partida no se quede abandonada después de unas sesiones.
No busco necesariamente una partida súper seria ni tampoco ir a toda velocidad para terminarla. Simplemente quiero encontrar a 3 personas con ganas de echarle bastantes horas y vivir la campaña como un grupo.
Si os interesa, podéis comentar o mandarme DM y hablamos para cuadrar horarios y demás. :)
(Juego en ps5 pero creo q hay crossplay)
Sed libres de comentar aquí lo que queráis, si queréis añadirme y hablar en discord primero comentad aquí porfavor.
(La foto es una captura en modo foto que he hecho de mi run ansia oscura)

u/AllIsFine44 — 1 month ago
▲ 138 r/zelda

[ALL] I really want to get into Zelda, but I just can’t seem to connect with it. I need advice

I’ve tried getting into Zelda several times, but for some reason I never manage to fully click with the series. I’m a huge RPG fan (Baldur’s Gate 3 is probably my favorite game), but Zelda’s gameplay sometimes feels too simple or even a little childish to me, and I struggle to stay engaged.
I’ve tried Ocarina of Time (got to Jabu-Jabu), Majora’s Mask (got to the Zora/Great Bay section), Breath of the Wild (~40 hours) and Tears of the Kingdom (60+ hours), but I’ve never finished any of them.
The frustrating part is that I want to love Zelda. I love the atmosphere, exploration and especially the music (I’m a musician, so Zelda’s soundtracks are a huge part of what attracts me to the series).
So, what would you recommend I do? Is there a Zelda game that might be better suited for someone in my situation, or a different way I should approach the series?
I really want to understand what makes this series so special, but after so many attempts, I’m starting to wonder if I’m just playing the wrong Zelda for me.

u/AllIsFine44 — 1 month ago

What game would make you instantly buy the Nintendo Switch 2?

The Switch 2 is a console that honestly hasn’t really caught my attention so far. There aren’t that many exclusives that interest me, and the performance still seems pretty weak compared to its competitors.
But the one game that could actually convince me to buy one is Baldurs Gate 3 especially now that the Switch 2 has mouse functionality. Just imagine playing that game on the run
So I’m curious: what game would make you buy a Switch 2?

u/AllIsFine44 — 2 months ago

Why don't more LBP fans seem to like Sackboy: A Big Adventure?

I'm getting into the LittleBigPlanet series again after playing LBP on PS Vita back in the day. I have a lot of nostalgia for playing it with other people, and I've been thinking about getting Sackboy: A Big Adventure since the original LBP servers aren't working anymore.

But I'm kind of surprised by how little hype I see around Sackboy, especially considering it's a PS5 game. From what I've seen, it looks really fun and still has the same Sackboy/LBP charm, but I rarely see people talk about it compared to the older games.

For people who are big LBP fans: what is it about Sackboy that doesn't click with you?

Is it because it's missing the level creation/community aspect of LBP? Is the gameplay too different? Does it just not have the same feeling as the original games? Or is it actually a good game that just doesn't get talked about much?

I'm mainly interested because I'm looking for something that can give me a bit of that old LBP nostalgia, especially the experience of playing through levels with other people. Would Sackboy be a good choice for that, or should I lower my expectations if I'm specifically looking for the LBP experience?

I'd love to hear what longtime LBP fans think, especially anyone who has played both.

u/AllIsFine44 — 2 months ago
▲ 31 r/Japaneselanguage+1 crossposts

How do you actually watch anime as an N5 learner without getting completely frustrated?

I’ve been studying Japanese for about 6 months and I’d say I’m around N5 level. I’ve learned the basic grammar structures and quite a bit of vocabulary, and I really want to start using anime as a way to improve my Japanese.
The problem is that whenever I try watching anime with Japanese subtitles, I understand almost nothing. I recognize some words and grammar here and there, but I can’t follow the dialogue naturally. After a while I get really frustrated, feel like I’m not learning anything, and end up giving up and going back to something else.
So I’m wondering what’s actually better at this stage:
1. Watch anime with Japanese subtitles, even if I barely understand anything, accept the frustration, and hope that exposure will gradually improve my listening and reading?
2. Watch anime with subtitles in my native language and simply enjoy it, while continuing to study Japanese separately, with the hope that knowing more grammar and vocabulary will eventually make Japanese subtitles more useful?
I know that “immersion” is supposed to be important, but I’m wondering if watching something where I understand maybe 10–20% is actually productive, or if I’m just making the experience unnecessarily frustrating.
For those of you who have learned Japanese, when did anime start becoming somewhat understandable for you, and how did you approach it before reaching that point?
Any advice would be really appreciated!

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u/AllIsFine44 — 2 months ago
▲ 4 r/SparkingZero+1 crossposts

Looking for friends to play PS5

Hi my name is Isma and it’s my first time in this game. I’m looking for friends to play with and learn, non tryhard and for fun. I speak English, Spanish, French, Arab and Japanese. My discord id is autisma44 and my ps id is Isma771

u/AllIsFine44 — 2 months ago

Busco gente para jugar R6 y Sparking Zero ps5

Hola me llamo Isma tengo 23 años y recientemente me compré una ps5 pero todos mis amigos usan PC, me gustaría conocer a alguien para jugar tranquilamente Rainbow Six y DB Sparking zero de forma no muy try hard. Mi nickname es isma771 y mi discord es autisma44

u/AllIsFine44 — 3 months ago

Is it possible to play LBP and LBP2 online on the ps3 on 2026?

Hey everyone i just bought my first ps3 and the trilogy of LBP and was wondering if there is a way people play LBP online to this day on ps3 knowing that the official servers are taken down. I also bought the ps4 version of LBP3 noticing the news about LBP Online but saw that everything was bs and fake. Thanks guys

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u/AllIsFine44 — 5 months ago