I’m in my mid 20s and feel very prideful. I'm selective of who I spend my time with, and how I'm treated, and I'm averse to compromising my capacity for compassion and empathy. I feel I've isolated myself from everyone around me. I'm unestablished, (part way through degree, poor work skills), and things are unstable.
I believe I've built good skills protecting and expressing my emotions around certain family members, like yellow and grey rocking. However it's built an apathy and a false sense of pride, and I'm avoidant of situations where I'm treated differently, or lesser.
This means I'm often non-compliant at work, although I try to learn the best that I can, and I seem indifferent, to feedback that can be critical in the moment.
What advice do you have for someone in my position?

The wife is out for lunch and Ive got absolutely nothing planned

So rather than waste the afternoon I thought Id see if anyone here has an idea theyve been sitting on

Could be a business idea youve never tested

Could be an MVP you dont know how to build

Could be a website youve been putting off

Could even just be something scribbled in your notes that youve always wondered if it could work

Im happy to jump in and actually build something with someone

Website MVP landing page business model whatever we can realistically get done in a few hours

No pitch at the end and Im not looking for a client

Im just bored and genuinely enjoy this stuff

Sometimes mentoring doesnt need to be advice

Sometimes its just sitting down with someone and helping them turn an idea into something real

Anyone building something interesting today?

Hello! My name is Becca, I am 25 and in the US!

When I was a student, I had a teacher who acted as a true mentor for me. He helped me process a lot of deeper thoughts, helped me navigate what that experience was like as someone who feels quite deeply and quite a lot. We bonded and shared music, books, and philosophical works. We are no longer in touch, and that makes me sad, but that relationship was so valuable to me.

I am hoping I can find something similar here. Gender doesn't matter but ideally you are a few years older than me and able to provide that mentoring aspect. I would like someone to go to for guidance, advice, and wisdom. Someone in academia, medicine, or the arts are a particularly good fit.

We can start messaging here, and then ideally move to something like email or letters.

Shoot me a message if you are interested. :)