22 years old and I’ve literally done nothing with my life.

>be me, get into university at 16
>choose a major just because it’s the same one my sister studied, since I never had any real interest in anything before going to college
>fail the major, drop out after a year and a half
>spend another year and a half working low-paying jobs for young people, like restaurants and factories
>enroll in another university, same exact major, didn’t develop anything about myself, just picked the same thing at a different school
>only now realizing that what I’m studying and the job options I’ll have afterward make me deeply depressed and unmotivated
>while I’ve been studying, the field got oversaturated with students, and what used to be a promising and well-paying career is now underpaid
>still doing terribly, can’t study or do homework, failing courses out of pure disinterest
>22 years old, no savings, no income, still living with my mom

I still have about 2 years left to barely finish this degree. I’m determined to complete it this time, even if it was a mistake and the job depresses me, I’ll do it just to feel like a little less of a failure.

I really love cinema and literature, and I’m currently writing. I’d love to make a living doing that, though I know it takes time, experience, and luck.

Most likely I won’t be able to make it writing, and I’ll end up working the rest of my life in a job I hate. Not everything is black and white, but that’s how I see the future, and I get a knot in my stomach when I think about these things.

Any advice? Words of comfort? Similar experiences?

>>33232459 (OP)
Create a plan for your life.

22 is the first level after the tutorial.

>>33232497
Also, I would note that to be an accomplished writer you must have something to say, which implies years of living that you don't yet have. However, you might start now and write something interesting if you limit yourself to day to day experiences and observe closely. Look at carp in a pond. Look up Thoreau (Walden), Chris McCandless, Richard McKenna (The Left-Handed Monkey Wrench).

>>33232459 (OP)

A lot of us feel you on the job market. most STEM and high paying majors are now oversaturated and the market is constantly optimizing to need less employees to reduce spending. I got a year left before I graduate and I'm gonna do a lot to polish my resume but it really is hard to do that with classes and my part time job on top of that :( I wish the best for you anon

i would literally give anything to be 22 and have done nothing

like literally just go to school for a different thing and start at 26 instead.

>>33232459 (OP)
wait another 2 year and then start doing stuff.