- You're not stuck where you started. My story at 33
I’m 33 years old. I graduated high school with a 2.1 GPA. By the time I was 25, I was broke, struggling with drug addiction, and nearly homeless. Then a close friend of mine passed away, and...
335 points32 comments3 d ago
- How to get out of sex industry
Hi all I’m 23F formally a hairdresser. I moved countries in June and I used to be extremely passionate about editoral work like photo shoots etc. I came to this new country to have a fresh start...
121 points35 comments2 d ago
- Anyone else have no clue what career they want this late?
27F feel stuck. One office job, one daycare job, associate degree in early childhood. No idea what else I could do. I want something that actually pays decent. Not good at math or science. Anyone...
108 points44 comments5 d ago
- I've spent 11 years working at a funeral home. I want a career where I don't have to be everyone's calm person anymore.
I'm 37 and I've worked at the same family-owned funeral home in Ohio for almost 11 years. I'm not a funeral director or embalmer. I started at the front desk and eventually became the office...
102 points34 comments1 d ago
- Jobs for stupid people?
I am genuinely a stupid person. I am an airhead, I can’t remember things and I can’t figure things out on my own. I’ve always been this way- when I was in school, in college, even when I was...
90 points39 comments5 d ago
- Constantly jealous of other successful people.
Some background. I am in my 30s. Never cared to go to collrge after HS, also had no family that would push me towards that direction. My parents didn't even graduate from HS. I kept trying to get...
71 points47 comments5 d ago
- I’m 34 years old and just lost a job I absolutely loved. I’m devastated and scared about what comes next.
I’m a 34-year-old male, and I’m having a really difficult time processing what happened this week. For the past 4 years, I’ve worked for a state elected official. I was there from the very...
66 points25 comments3 d ago
- I'm 37 next week. Partner of 10 years left me, and I'm realizing I have no direction and feel like I wasted my best years. No idea where to go from here or what to do.
This has been the worst year of my life. I have dealt with a major depressive episode, marked by extreme anxiety and intense rumination. It was triggered by a bad breakup. That initial event burst...
65 points17 comments2 d ago
- I'm 30, recently laid off, tired of working dead-end jobs, and want to go back to school and finally build a career, but I honestly don't know where to start or what to do
I’m 30 years old, recently got laid off, and honestly, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about where my life is going. Most of my work experience has been in warehouses, long-haul driving gigs...
64 points24 comments1 d ago
- Almost 40, feeling lost and stuck in life. How do I turn things around?
I'm approaching 40, and I feel lost. I have no motivation, no goals, no real drive to do anything. Every day just feels like another day passing by, or one day closer to the end, depending on how...
52 points26 comments4 d ago