Hey /adv/ I'm 18 right now and considering just giving up and retiring from life. And you can give me advice whether it's a good idea. here's why I want to do it
>Been a loser since 2020 because I never rebounded after COVID
>Didn't go back to school so the last time I was ever in school was middle school. Never experienced high school and didn't even get a chance to drop out. Dropped out in 7th grade
>5 years pass of NEETing my mom and stepdad want to move in together and I'm coming, i think its a fresh start
>3 weeks since moving and I'm still a loser
>Thought i was getting a job, failed the interview
>Decided i could do doordash instead pay $600 to this Indian guy for a secondhand chinese scooter to do deliveries off of, shit breaks 3 days later, that was most of my money
Now what?

The fuck country you live in that let you drop out of middle school

>>33373505
I didn't really drop out until I was technically in high school. I just stopped going to school and I guess the policy is No Child left Behind they let me pass 7th and 8th grade while literally never showing up.

>>33373482 (OP)
When you're much older you'll look back at this and laugh at how silly you were to think your life was over at 18. Truly a thing so preposterous that only an 18 year old can think it. I'm jealous, frankly. I wish I had the time you have.

>>33373482 (OP)
All I can say is I'm in the exact same boat.

>struggle through school my entire life
>covid hits
>bitch teachers tell me to stay back a year
>do it
>hate it so much I drop out of highschool
>neet for 5 years

now I'm here

>>33373482 (OP)
>didn't even get a chance to drop out.
So you're a sub-dropout - dropping out would have been an unattainable *achievement* for you. Hahaha!

See my other comment just now: https://archive.4plebs.org/adv/thread/33373377/#q33373491

>>33373482 (OP)
Listen kid you're probably going to get a lot of shit advice in this thread but listen to me and me only. You're a loser now, but that doesn't mean you have to be a loser forever. Get your fucking shit together.

>>33373527
You have no idea how bad things have gotten

>>33373604
I don't doubt that. I also don't doubt that you are genuinely struggling. That being said, as a man in his early 40's, I know two things to be undeniably true. The first thing truth is that, at 18, everything feels ten times as bad because you're experiencing it for the first time. You have no experience or proper emotional regulation to deal with it. The second truth is that at 18, your life hasn't even formed enough to be considered a failure. At 18 you have the time to do literally anything. You can move halfway around the world, you can relentlessly pursue a passion or skill or project. You can stay up all night, you can bounce back from sickness and injury, you're young, you have energy, your body works. I'm not trying to say that being 18 means you can't have problems or suffer from depression but there is a reason they say youth is wasted on the young. It isn't until you get older do you understand what an absolutely priceless treasure being young is. Trying to start your life over or muster up the energy to make giant life changes is 100x more difficult when you're 40+.

>>33373482 (OP)
Work. You probably aren’t disciplined enough for school; ideal age would be 24 to 28, old enough to have calmed down from youth, young enough to have all your energy still. Just work. It’s bad starting out due to low pay. Just learn skills as you go and leverage them into better jobs. Do this, use some of the money to enjoy life traveling when you’re around 22, use Interactive Brokers to put maybe half of it into a broad market global index fund like ZEQT, and don’t touch it.

If I had done this at your age I would be fine right now. I can promise you living at home and being broke loses its appeal in your 30s.

>>33373675
Listen to this guy OP
It’s not over
It hasn’t even begun
But you’ve got to show up for it

youre going to be like 4 different people between now and 30

>>33373482 (OP)
I have checked out of the jewish prison bus

>quit wagie job
>sold everything I had in my name
>all property I own is in somebody else name
>stopped renewing IDs
>stopped paying taxes
>stopped paying car insurance/plates
>free groceries and free techslop (lots of it is hidden in the back nowadays but there are still plenty on the shelves)
Fridge is always packed, I have no bills, obligations, responsibilities or worries.

I am free.

What did you do all day for the last 5 years?

>>33373482 (OP)
Learn a trade or some other marketable skill
Sign up for night school and get the diploma
Buy a car and move out by 21

Your mom or step dad can’t find you any work?

>>33373482 (OP)
Being a loser isn't an excuse, I've been a loser since 1990. If you live in a place where doordash exists, then there's probably busses and public transportation. Find a job and take the bus to work, or swallow your fears and ask for a loan from your mother/step-dad and fix your scooter.

If you're in America, you're still young enough to go to job corps. It's kind of shit, but you'll atleast get something to put on a resume and some semblance of training. They pay you while you're there, not much at all, and pay you again when you complete, 15 years ago they paid me like 1500-2000 upon completion in two different checks. You can probably also finish your high school requirements or get a GED there, too. And that place is full of losers, so you'll fit in.