u/keigoskfc

I am 25 and have a Bachelor's in Human Services and a minor in Criminal Justice. I work in a position that deals with being a community resource advocate. I have held quite a few retail jobs in my life so far and have also had one other job with my degree that involved case management. I am incredibly burnt out and barely take care of myself anymore. I thought I wanted to help people, but I realize that companies who want you to help people will almost always overwork you because they think your ability to help is infinite and there should be no need to rest and take breaks for yourself.

I love helping, but I just don't think I want to work with people my entire life. I love making people smile or brightening their days, but I find myself just really seeing that I am quite antisocial and have a lower social battery than I thought I did. I have no idea what careers would even work for me at this point. I feel like it is already too late to do anything else since I need my current job to be able to afford to live. I'm not sure how to find what my "calling" in life is. Maybe someone here has ideas? I can at least say that my favorite job of all time was actually just stocking groceries and chopping vegetables for a produce department. I can't really make a living off of that and I have some chronic health conditions that have gotten much worse since I started working my current job, so I feel like that could be a serious barrier to any heavy physical jobs.

I enjoy learning, doing research, stocking things, plants, making costumes. But I feel like none of those things could put me in a career field, at least not one that could pay bills. I considered getting a master's degree and being a professor for a university at one point, but I'm not quite sure I'd enjoy that either after giving it some serious thought. I'd also want to at least try to get a master's in something that can stack on my bachelor's degree so I could finish it quicker and owe less money in the end.

Does anyone have career advice for someone who is completely lost on what they even want to do?

I ordered groceries for delivery and my three pizzas showed up with the edges thawed. The center felt okay and the pizzas were still cold to the touch. I usually buy 2 weeks worth of groceries so it's not all going to be cooked immediately and I put them in the freezer as soon as I was able to get them inside. The milk was still very cold that also came with the delivery if that helps give an idea of anything safety wise. I already have to get stuff resent anyway since half the order was missing... Should I toss the pizzas and get more? Should I toss all of the frozen food? I am terrible at understanding frozen food safety and get paranoid about food often.

I have to get tooth 30 extracted soon. It has been fractured for who knows how long without me even realizing it. I didn't even know until I went to an endodontist to get a root canal after thinking some of the sensitivity was due to the filling having to be deep. He told me it was very tiny, basically microscopic. But a root canal would unfortunately pose too many risks since he had no way of 100% telling me if the fracture goes into the root or not. He recommended a have it extracted and replaced with an implant.

Unfortunately, I am already in debt just from that one visit to the endodontist. I owe almost $500 from that alone. I also am having to get the extraction done by a surgeon because I have not found many dentists willing to extract it and my usual dentist also will not perform the extraction on it. I imagine having a surgeon do it will mean I owe more money. I simply cannot afford an implant. I am still quite young and pay for all of my medical expenses on my own.

That being said, what are alternative options? I hear tooth 30 is a fairly awkward spot to leave empty and can cause teeth to shift. I wear a retainer at night because I wore braces in high school. Would this help prevent the shifting somehow? Or can I not even wear a retainer if I'm missing a tooth? I just cannot afford an implant and am so lost on what I should be doing in this situation. It really sucks that my tooth is broken. I try so hard to take good care of my teeth but it seems like I've been running into so many issues with my health in my 20s for some reason.

I've been paying off my student loans one by one rather than paying on them slowly over time. I am reading that having no loans apparently can mess up your credit score though. I do have 2 credit cards, but all of my other "open accounts" are just student loans. Will I be screwed by paying these loans off in bulk rather than paying them slowly over time? I want my loans completely gone before I go back to school for a Master's Degree. I haven't seen any heavy drops or boosts in my score after closing out 3 of the accounts, but it doesn't look like it's been noticed on the credit report yet either. I am not a fan of slowly paying off these student loans due to the incredibly high interest rates on them and I also would like to try to get them as low as possible before my student loan forbearance is over too. Right now I don't technically owe anything monthly on them due to the forbearance.

Will my credit score be completely ruined if I keep doing it this way? I thought it was smart, but now I'm worried.

Hi everyone. I have been having pain off and on with tooth 30 since January. It all started with a filling I needed to have redone. I believe the dentist didn't realize how much tooth would have to be drilled and it made the tooth weaker. The dentist thought it just needed a root canal, so I paid almost $500 just to see the endodontist and have more x-rays done only to find out the tooth is broken. Pretty sure the filling is what caused this to begin with and now I am looking at needing my tooth completely extracted instead.

I cannot find many dentist offices who are willing to do anything with tooth 30 in general. I found two dentist offices that have said they could perform the extraction, but my insurance is not in network with either one. I found an oral surgeon that DOES take my dental insurance. Does anyone know if it would cheaper to possibly cover up to $600 out-of-pocket with one of the dentist offices, or go to the oral surgeon and have insurance possibly help pay for some of the cost. I am not sure how big the price difference usually is in having a dentist vs an oral surgeon perform this extraction.

One dentist office already told me there is probably an infection already present if I've been having pain with it. So I'm not sure if that could cause complications as well.

I have been working at the same company for 2+ years now. When I first started, things were okay. I did feel a bit out of place and had to report a coworker for basically bullying me at work. Otherwise, my job duties were fine.

Over time, the company has become more and more demanding. I don't have time to get up from my desk anymore. I don't even eat some days other than a handful of chips or a granola bar because I have no time to eat. I feel like I can't even go to necessary medical appointments because if I miss even a second of work, I will fall behind that day. Sometimes I don't get done working until 7PM and I even sit at my desk to get ready for the day at 7:30AM. I hardly have time for dinner anymore and usually end up cooking a frozen meal or pour a can of beans into a bowl and microwave it.

My health has absolutely declined. I never feel energized and want to sleep 24/7. I even have a permanent cyst on my tailbone from not having enough time to get up from my desk enough. I have developed cavities from stress and not drinking enough water.

I think about how much I'd enjoy not having to live anymore daily now. I really don't see a point in living this way. I can't just quit my job because I am going through a lot in my personal life and REALLY need this income. I just am so lost and don't know where to find any suggestions or support anymore. I'm not even 30 years old and feel like a failure of a person.