24, confused, and feeling left behind
I turned 24 this April. I did BCA and joined MCA, but left after a month because I genuinely didn’t like it. After that, I somehow ended up taking a 2-year break from studies and career, and now I have a few MCA entrance exams this month.
Sometimes scrolling through this sub makes me feel depressed. People my age are buying houses, earning in lakhs and seem so settled in life, while I feel like I’m nowhere.
The funny thing is, I’m not jealous at all. I genuinely feel happy seeing people succeed because I know how much hard work it must have taken. But at the same time, I can’t help comparing myself and feeling left behind.
What makes it worse is that I’ve always been that above-average kid in studies. I know I’m capable, but the problem is I genuinely hate studying now. And whenever I think about a corporate job, I feel like I just can’t do it for the rest of my life.
I know 24 isn’t old, but right now life feels really confusing. I’m trying to figure things out, but some days it feels like everyone else already has a direction except me.
Just wanted to share this here because maybe someone else feels the same way too.