trapped in my childhood home after graduating college, which i'm not really happy about, parents are controlling and don't want me to leave "until covid is done", obviously i disagree but also can't find a job rn after going to a Good School and Trying Hard and i feel like a failure. it's not the worst it could be, but i'm not happy
Been there. Wish I had advice, but even if I'd truly risen past that part of my life, we live during a uniquely insane period of history. Just have sympathy. Don't be too hard on yourself; the whole standard of "go to a good college, get a job, strike it out on your own, and create a life for yourself" shit hardly applies to anyone anymore, if it ever did. You're not a failure; make life work however you can and try to separate out other people's idealized visions of what a worthwhile life is supposed to be.
I'm in a similar situation, just graduated and I'm back home with no job prospects. I've gone back and forth feeling like a failure too. Just try and remember that we got dicked by circumstance, and that does not reflect your value
trapped in my childhood home after graduating college, which i'm not really happy about, parents are controlling and don't want me to leave "until covid is done", obviously i disagree but also can't find a job rn after going to a Good School and Trying Hard and i feel like a failure. it's not the worst it could be, but i'm not happy
Been there. Wish I had advice, but even if I'd truly risen past that part of my life, we live during a uniquely insane period of history. Just have sympathy. Don't be too hard on yourself; the whole standard of "go to a good college, get a job, strike it out on your own, and create a life for yourself" shit hardly applies to anyone anymore, if it ever did. You're not a failure; make life work however you can and try to separate out other people's idealized visions of what a worthwhile life is supposed to be.
I'm in a similar situation, just graduated and I'm back home with no job prospects. I've gone back and forth feeling like a failure too. Just try and remember that we got dicked by circumstance, and that does not reflect your value
Fuck this is me exactly now except without the controlling parents. Everything just feels so stuck rn. Best of luck comrade