i havent worked in 8 years and i feel like i could die happy now since ive spent so much time exactly how i wanted to. does anyone with a job feel the same way?

>>60506751 (OP)
I’ve been NEET since 2004. I’m 38.

Time goes so fast as a NEET. Even when I am doing a lot of stuff, days feel like hours.

Is life fast for workcels too? Or is it just a NEET thing? I’m 38 but I still feel like I could be 18.

100%

I've chilled and lived on the internet, playing games, watching cozy tv shows and living vicariously through that. I've had a blast. I'm 32 and honestly relaxed so fucking much it's felt like retirement. I'm legit looking forward to 60 more years of this, it's been an absolute pleasure.

I occasionally take walks in the rain (especially during autumn -- so fucking cozy bros). If you don't live in a place with seasons I feel bad for you.

Literally just browsing the internet and refreshing the same 5 pages all day is an absolute blast to me. People who constantly feel the need to be physical or around people feel like a different species to me. Being eternally online is just so fucking cozy

>>60506820
Also I eat and drink what I want (blessed with good genetics for aging and staying thin). Just an absolute blast all around

NEET is optimal lifestyle choice

Issues:
>being poor
>finding a gf

I was a NEET from about 20 to 29 (I'm 32 now). By the end of it I was getting a little unsatisfied. Mostly worried about what would happened when my parents would die as well as the fact that I had no friends or anything. Things definitely went pretty quickly though.

I've been working steadily now for about 2 years and overall I think things are better for me. Making my own money is nice, I have a decent job and I don't dread being asked what I do for a living now when it comes up. My personal life is still non-existent but at least I do have a bit of hope that I could stumble my way into a relationship or something and most importantly, I don't have that dread of worrying about money or losing my job and having nothing on a resume either.

This isn't a knock against being a NEET as I do think I actually somewhat benefitted from it as it gave me a lot of time to lean things on my own and get to know myself but I really wouldn't recommend it past around the age of 25.

>>60506751 (OP)
no, i feel like i haven't lived at all really. all i can think about is someday when i might be able to quit. but by then i'll be too old to pursue things like art or music. so i just live my life on no sleep busy with work, chores, then fall over and do it again. i took a sick day last week and it was one of the best days of my life

>>60506907
also i buy games aspiring to play them but i usually don't play them or can't get into them because i don't have enough time

>>60506751 (OP)
>>60506793
>>60506820
Based af. I'm a wagie, but can't wait to be a forever NEET. Once my crypto bags moon i'm off this ride. Waging is for cucks.

>>60506884
How did you get out of NEETdom? Where I'm from, such neet would be unhireable. For shitty jobs like fast food restaurants or whatever, they only hire immigrants, they would never hire a 30 yo native. And for good jobs, well, it's obvious.

Asking for a friend.

>>60506952
Just get an easy warehouse job. Super based and perfect for introverts.

>>60506952
I ended up having to go to the place where I now work at a lot and ended up getting to know the people there, including the manager. I pretty much ended up doing a long interview without even trying to interview. When a job became available there they reached out to me. From there I did a real interview and pretty much aced it since I'm just naturally pretty good at that sort of thing.

Pretty much I lucked into the opportunity and didn't fuck up passing a vibe check and so far I haven't blown the opportunity they gave me.

While I was in the period between ending being a NEET and getting this full time job I actually did get two different job offers after going on interviews (after applying online for one) and got them. One just didn't work out on their end and the other I backed out of as it ended up not being what I thought it was from the outset.

I have a job but I'm living the NEET life.
I need to work for around 10 minutes each week and get paid a lot to click a few buttons and write a few lines of code from home.
Loneliness is definitely a factor why it sucks a bit.
Most of my homies are caught up in hard work, and I really don't want to hang out with deadbeats who can't take responsibility.

>>60506976
cope
do not speak around us true neets, workcel

>>60506996
Sure, no problem.
No one wants to talk to you anyway.

>>60506793
It goes even faster for wagie slaves. Trust me.

>>60506751 (OP)
>does anyone with a job feel the same way?
No, working feels like a waste of time and it feels like my life is being taken from me.
>>60506793
>Is life fast for workcels too? Or is it just a NEET thing? I’m 38 but I still feel like I could be 18.
It felt slow the first 3 years from 24-27, every day was something new, meeting new people, learning about new projects and technology.
Compared to university, I felt like I had more free time, which was nice at first, it's never enough though.
I fill up my spare time mostly with the internet, playing games, tv shows, movies, and also passion hobbies, drawing, 3d modeling, gamedev. I always have more I want to do and staying up until 2-4am is the only way to get more free time, so I don't get enough sleep because I have to wake up at a reasonable time for work. I feel it slowly killing me, and I do my best to sleep more on weekends to recover.

Hour-to-hour it always feels slow, not as slow as when I was a kid, but still slow. Despite that, every time it seems like suddenly the week is over. Then suddenly already a month had passed. That happens over and over and suddenly 10 years had passed, I've visibly aged, gotten fatter, look more tired, and still no gf. The only real difference is some of my investments have grown, and maybe I'll have a chance of joining the NEET elite in 5 more years if they continue to grow.

>>60506751 (OP)
Yeah I feel that way with a job because Im WFH and I excel at what I do. Because of this Im not micromanaged. I havent had a one on one with my manager in a couple of months, example. They know I do good work and they leave me alone. And the work easy. It wouldnt be for most, but like I said, I excel at what I do. Its a perfect blend of NEET and work, though it took a decade plus of hard and honestly at times dangerous work to get to where I am

>>60506751 (OP)
100% P&T vet here with the VA. Spent the last 7 years partying, playing video games, investing in crypto.

It’s been amazing, and I highly recommend not working and living a comfortable life. Thank you Uncle Sam for providing that life for me

>>60506751 (OP)
I didn't have a job from 2012 - 2023
11 Years Not A Slave
It was great, I was with family, drew comics, watched anime and movies, travelled and fucked with crypto. At first I was doing freelance from 2012 - 2017, then the rest of it I was living off crypto, however my crypto bags went to nothing and I ran out of money. I had to go back to work and that was one of the most awful experiences, now I'm working again. Those years were great and went fast but I was also worried about money and my parents getting so much older. I need money. You don't want to end up broke like I did with zero income.

>>60506820
This. And yes, watching the seasons change is also one big reason why I would never work indoors or move to SEA. I can recommend picking a special field of interest for example like geomancing or whatever and ordering cheap used books online and really research and dive into that topic. Sometimes I go to the nearby university and visit the library to study on my own.

>>60507347
Good luck anon. I pray for you.

>>60507256
That's cool.

>>60506751 (OP)
>1pbtid
come on, OP, say something.
Beeing in a 1pbtid feels stupid

>>60506751 (OP)
Being NEET is amazing. It is bliss. Being neet is literally living and having a life.
People spend most of their life/week at work, work IS their life.
It is great for the body. 40 hours of work is stressful for the body, even if it is just a job you travel to just to sit infront of a computer. Just think of all the wear and tear on the body just to get to the office.
And why are they called neets and not just retirees or people with no job? We should start calling all workers "workcels."

bump

>>60507507
Not in Employment, Education, or Training

>>60507787
Interesting but it seems like there is a negative stigma attached to it. It just sounds like a retired or rich person to me.

Married with 3 kids. Haven't had a moment to myself in over 10 years.

>>60507928
Crazy. My dad retired when was a child.

>>60507970
>>60507928
And we also hired a nanny.

>>60506751 (OP)
What did you do in those 8 years?

I've hit a net worth where I'm thinking about just stopping working, at least for a while. There's lots of stuff I want to do with my time instead of waging.

>>60508029
> What did you do in those 8 years?
What do you do during winter and spring break when you’re in school?

>>60508086
I'm asking what OP did not what a school kid does.

>>60508104
?? Same thing.

I don’t enjoy neetdom much. I wish I could be satisfied just watching TV, browsing 4chan and playing video games, but I can’t. A little jealous of >>60506820 honestly.

>>60506751 (OP)
It's been just a year for me and I got to thinking if I ever need to get back in the cage I think I'd rather die.

>>60508208
I cannot do what he does, but I have hobbies and doing them on weekdays > weekends. I can't even stand to leave my place on weekends when all the hoards of angry people come and crowd my comfy spaces.

>>60506751 (OP)
Yes, but I work on average less than 2H per day at a time I choose and this is the high ceiling. A true wagecuck who shows up at work at the same hours and leaves at the same hours cannot possibly comprehend this life.

>>60507928
Does the family bring happiness tho?

No woman will ever consider dating you if you're a NEET.

the literal definition of NEET implies no learning because of the no education part , NEETing more loosely defined doesn't preclude studying or pursuing career paths that don't involve waging
i think certain career people can be NEETs when their job is comfy

>>60508593
going out to nature places on holiday weekends when all the boomers and wagies are frantically getting to the beach and parks to enjoy their time off, is funny

I'm a NEET.
haven't worked in 15 years (i'm 30 yo) and I'm spending my money on goyslop and whores at least 3 times a week.
already own a home
feels good man.

>>60508739
Oh no… anyway…

34 yo NEET here. I have been NEET for 9 months after working very hard for the past 10 years in high paying country and making as much money as possible.

At the moment I have enough money to live for the rest of my life as long as I don't have children.

I have been spending time with my family and friends. I have an great social life and I feel like I have the time to do whatever the fuck I want. I have been focusing on exercising as well so I feel way better at 34 than at 24. I have been in relationships on and off and I have been seeing a nice girl for the last month.

There is quite some pressure from my family to work again, just to comply with social norms, but if I work again it will be something easy. I am not sure what I will be doing DESU. Any suggestions?

>>60510467
Can you afford to live in the capital city of your country in a nice area? If no, get a job.

>>60511118
why would you want to live in a capital city? worst most crowded place in any country

>>60511118
I can live wherever I want in my country and I am happy in the place where I am right now

>>60506751 (OP)
38 years old I start to neet 4 years ago when they start with COVID vaccination bullshit.
Btw be a neet but be an healthy one, so don't eat junk food take the sun everyday, train at least 3 times a week, sleep how much you want, and for my personal experience if you want fuck don't use tinder, find a girl on insta with 500 followers or less start to texting than if look good send her a pic of you naked
Fuck her
And repeat
Life is easy so just relax

Been unemployed on government assistance since 2014 (29 now), have been studying trying to find what I'm good at since then though, finally found my passion in finance, going through uni for it atm.
Unemployment has become so fucking unfulfilling, I just want to earn my own money so I can save enough to live somewhere not as depressing as this cold shithole and start a family there with my gf.
On the bright side, I learned to budget and that most entertainment is pure unfulfilling slop, so there's that.
Hope we all make it, anons. Good luck niggas.

>>60511118
What kind of stupid, bullshit statement is this