Idk what to do with my law degree
Hi there, I’m a 23-year-old Indian from a small town in North India. As the only child, my parents are quite old. My dad will be 71 this year. I graduated last year with a good CGPA in law from a private university in India and obtained my advocate’s license. My family owns a lot of land and has a good stock portfolio.
For the last couple of years, I’ve been at home doing nothing, just drinking and using substances. My parents want me to get a master’s degree, get married, settle down, and give them a grandchild. They also want me to start a business or something I might be interested in. My dad is a retired civil servant from a good rank. We have a decent source of rental income, which I could improve if I wanted to.
I’m stuck between two options:
Go abroad to any country. I’m not sure, maybe Australia, and do a master’s (I don’t know what I’m interested in, but anything other than law). Then, come back and get married and settle down, since my parents are too old to leave their home.
Do a master’s from a good university and either start my legal practice or start a business or something, and get married and take care of them.
My parents have done so much for me, and despite his age, my dad does more work in the scorching heat outside than I could ever imagine doing in my life.
I’d really appreciate someone helping me figure out the right direction. My dad says I should try civil services because his life went really well, and he wants his son to be settled now.
I’d like to put down some numbers to better understand my situation. My family owns properties and stock market assets worth 160 crores and a monthly income of 1.8 lakhs INR.
I’m a bit of an introvert when it comes to making new friends and chatting with girls, but I’m an extrovert with my old friends. A few friends suggested I take a LLM for fun and enjoy my college life, thinking about everything later. They’re not facing the same dilemma as I am. Everyone has their own problems, which I’ll call my problems. Right now, my schedule is walking up in the afternoon, having food, going out and chilling with some of my friends who smoke, and then coming back home, spending some money here and there like shopping online, gaming and going to sleep by 12. This cycle repeats. The idea of going to Australia is to break this cycle. But the thing is, going so far might be bad for me and my family, mostly me. I enjoy living at home a lot because I have a headache-free family who treat me really well. I feel like I’m the bad one, though.
I’ve tried to improve my schedule by waking up a bit earlier, going to the gym in the evening, but I still end up smoking. You might think I’m a high-minded idiot who came on this sub, but I would really appreciate some honest answers to help me get on track.
I have a crazy love for tech. You see a new tech or something on Instagram that even non-tech people find interesting, and I have that. I enjoy watching and hearing real estate deals. I love taking care of my workers—cleaners, sweepers, repair guys. They’re there to ease my life, so it’s my courtesy to at least give them the respect they deserve. I had a single girlfriend since college, but I was too afraid to give her commitment because I don’t have a future career right now, and she knew my family is rich. When I told my parents, they became concerned that she might deceive me out of my money, as my parents believe that women kill their husbands for money, especially in my region. My girlfriend was a decent girl, but the wavelength of our families was a lot different and unhealthy for each other.