24 and Feeling Left Behind, FOMO is Hitting Hard

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I feel like a complete failure. FOMO is eating me alive. I’m 24, rotted for years, and now I’m realizing just how far behind I am. While other guys my age are already deep into their careers, making money, getting degrees, and setting up their future, I have nothing to show for myself.

I could have graduated by now, but I was too lazy. Too much of a low-energy zombie to do anything productive. All I have is a worthless professional diploma in administration that nobody cares about. If I want to get into finance and pass the CFA exam, I’ll be 30 years old by the time I make it. THIRTY. And that’s assuming everything goes perfectly from here on out.

To make it worse, I don’t even have access to university yet. I need to pass the entrance exam just to start. Meanwhile, the guys who did things right are already stacking cash, moving up in their careers, and leaving me in the dust. The gap keeps getting wider, and I feel like I’m in quicksand.

I wasted my youth, and now I’m stuck in the loser’s bracket trying to claw my way out. Every year that passes, the regret gets worse. I could have been someone by now. Instead, I’m just another irrelevant nobody trying to undo years of failure.

Is there even a way out at this point? Or is it over?
 
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Stop thinking everybody is above you and rich,the economy is soo bad nobody is buying houses anyways,as long as you have a good car like a bmw your not behind that much
 
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Never too late to find your purpose
Better start soon though or your soul gets destroyed once you die
 
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Stop thinking everybody is above you and rich,the economy is soo bad nobody is buying houses anyways,as long as you have a good car like a bmw your not behind that much
Those successful men are going to marry all the pretty women we want
 
Feel the same way and im 26
 
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just start now jfl don't dwell on that shit
 
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Stop thinking everybody is above you and rich,the economy is soo bad nobody is buying houses anyways,as long as you have a good car like a bmw your not behind that much

Bullshit. Everybody is buying houses at like 22, if you have to be a wagie AND a brokie just kill yourself. I only wagie for extra money before my surgeries, after that I am just going NEET and whatever happens happens.
 
I feel like a complete failure. FOMO is eating me alive. I’m 24, rotted for years, and now I’m realizing just how far behind I am. While other guys my age are already deep into their careers, making money, getting degrees, and setting up their future, I have nothing to show for myself.

I could have graduated by now, but I was too lazy. Too much of a low-energy zombie to do anything productive. All I have is a worthless professional diploma in administration that nobody cares about. If I want to get into finance and pass the CFA exam, I’ll be 30 years old by the time I make it. THIRTY. And that’s assuming everything goes perfectly from here on out.

To make it worse, I don’t even have access to university yet. I need to pass the entrance exam just to start. Meanwhile, the guys who did things right are already stacking cash, moving up in their careers, and leaving me in the dust. The gap keeps getting wider, and I feel like I’m in quicksand.

I wasted my youth, and now I’m stuck in the loser’s bracket trying to claw my way out. Every year that passes, the regret gets worse. I could have been someone by now. Instead, I’m just another irrelevant nobody trying to undo years of failure.

Is there even a way out at this point? Or is it over?
make a garden, it makes me happy ;-)
@Orc what would you recommend
 
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I feel like this at 17 jfl I spent the last 4 years rotting and im sure the next 4 will be the same
 
lots of moss.
why do you like moss so much? also do you use any gardening forums, i'm on a few, i want to join more gardening communities though, i might get some ducks
 
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why do you like moss so much? also do you use any gardening forums, i'm on a few, i want to join more gardening communities though, i might get some ducks
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everyone loves moss
 
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You could've been an NPC with a "better" job!
Just save up some shekels, buy a tiny house somewhere cheap, and work part time doing something easy like security or something. Now that's success
 
Over? Career? Rotting? Man you seem out of wack, life is about doing what u want just cuz u aren’t a goyim slave and making good money to buy shit that realistically u don’t need unless it’s shelter and food.

Everyone has their own pace u think ull feel better with a fat bank account you are a meaningless spec in this vast ocean bud take it one day at a time
 
thanks for the scare. 21 here. Wont be like you :D
 

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