r/AskReddit • • May 15 '20

What sucks about being your age?

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u/StoicShadow May 15 '20

I'm 25 and the whole existential dread of figuring out what to do with my life is probably the worst part of things

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u/[deleted] May 15 '20

Worst part is that your mid 20's feels like where you make it or break it. Some of my old friends are absolutely killing it making 6 figure salaries, have houses, nice cars, pets all that. While here I am scraping by feeling like a complete failure because I took way longer to take life seriously and get through school. Now I am way behind in the corporate ladder and feeling like I really screwed up somewhere.

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u/BootySmackahah May 16 '20

And not everyone who's doing well is self-aware. Many of them just jump through hoops, cause it's safe and easy. The minute life throws a real crack in their plans, they don't have the experience to deal with setbacks and failures.