Right now, thinking of how life and school is, how it will be, and then what the rest of my life is going to be like, it all sounds really... pointless. I'm pushed around through school, being forced to go to all these stupid classes, spending almost all my day in a sucky environment, being bored and stressed. Then, when I finally get home, instead of being able to relax and do what I'd like to do, I have to spend the rest of my day doing homework. If I don't, then I get a bad future and everyone becomes upset with me. I do get small breaks occasionally, but they always go by so fast, I can't even enjoy it. And then I'm back to the school thing. Then, I finally finish high school, and I probably go to college, where I get to do the exact same thing, but eating up even more time. Then I get a job, which takes up the majority of my day again. While I don't have homework to worry about, it's also extremely unlikely I'll get any breaks longer than the two days I regularly get, except for on special occasions. I certainly hope it's more enjoyable, but I get the feeling it probably still won't be that great at all. And then I retire, where I don't have these obligations over my head. But by then, time has already rushed by and left me with nothing to hold on to, nothing to keep for myself. All I can dream for is a good afterlife, somewhere else for me to try again, have a better round. All my life will be mindlessly subjecting myself to others, for the sake of my life's direction. Will I always just be a pawn? What is there to have that makes this worthwhile? What could make me accept this? I'm sorry. These are just the ramblings of an ignorant teenager. It's just, I don't understand anymore. I don't get it, what makes life so worthwhile? I highly doubt I can obtain it. And if I can, I probably don't want to.
Yep. If you are of even moderate intellect, school is horrendously boring, draining, and insidiously evil (but maybe this part you haven't figured out yet). You might like college if only for the freedoms, but I was already independent in high school so I didn't find much new, and most of my college classes and most of my peers are just as stupid as they were in high school. What I love doing is my work. Once you do something where you are valued and you are passionate about what you do, it's a great gig. If you are sort of a dumb, "safe" person, you might end up in a mindless, dead-end cubicle gig blaming everyone for why you hate your job so much. I know a lot of people who work 18-hour days at prestigious law and business firms, but they don't feel this way, because they do work that is valuable and thus they feel valued and proud of what they do. Hell, I know bakers and plumbers and electricians who feel this way. Everypony needs to calm down about these things. I know why we have so many of these threads, but I think people would get angry if I shared my opinions on the matter. It's not like we have a philosopony subforum or transactional psychology analysis subforum. All these "woe is me" threads really make the general discussion page look like bronies are a bunch of dramatic basket cases.
I think everyone thought like that at one point. Truth is, if you think your life is pointless, it probably will be. Life's what you make of it, it's all perception. Look on life with a positive outlook, life will be good. Look on it with a negative one, it sucks. You're a teenager, believe it or not you're supposed to feel this way. School sucks, nobody understands you and life never gets better. It does. As I said, your mind still hasn't fully developed, no matter how much you think it has. The brain only enters maturity at about 25. If you still feel that way at that age, then by all means come back to us with this. Until then, just remember that being negative can have a blurring effect on your perception of life. Just because it seems bad, doesn't mean it is. It often seems that those who enjoy life are naive, and don't see the struggles. I assure you, that's wrong. Most of them see life clearer than all of us. Just bear that in mind. Look at what you have, realise that it's not all bad. There are some people in the world that truly suffer the rough end of life. We should all be grateful for what we've got. You may think that I'm able to say this because I've got it easy and I can just shrug off other people's problems as hormones. I promise you, that's not the case. I'm only 17, so I'm still having to deal with the trials of teenage life, but I've also been through some real crap. I'm talking on a major scale. So take my word for it when I say life is worth living, no matter how you feel.
Make the most out of life while you can. Really, all of us go through this phase at some time, but I live through it. If you don't enjoy life right now, then try your hardest to get at least some enjoyment out of it.
look, life isn't that bad. You just have to look around a little bit and see little things in life that make you happy. for instance mlp, or just coming to this place. You're still young, and life will be better. As CMC's by your post, it seems that you still have find your special talent, something in life that makes you happy, and that you can earn money. when you discover that something, go to collage for it, and you'll be happy working that job. Yes, you will have some obligations and there will be stress, but you'll enjoy what you're doing and feel really good when you got your job well done. also after highschool, in collage you'll find people that have same interest as you, and you'll be able to get along with them very well. also along side work, you'll have great life with many many little things that will make you happy. just now, go out there, off your computer and look to the sky. look and see beauty of life, of world we're living in, and say that's not worth living... you can't say that, huh? *hugs tightly*
I Can Relate to this, Naikado. Even tho i want to have a good future but the way i been heading, i don't know if that will happen if i didn't lack so much discipline in my life, i'd be heading in the right direction. I had so much of it, in high school but why not now for college? I want to enjoy life as much as i can and not work and by work i mean having nothing to deal with school. I just want to have fun till a point in my life, i'l need to grow up and take life a bit serious. As Lupr said. Your mind will be fully mature at the age at 25. i'm 19 and still the have the mind of a high schooler. So don't feel bad, dude. No one is really sure what they want to do in life till for a long time from now. I'm confused on what i am descant to do in life.
(ignorant teen here )Hmmm, I agree quite a bit with Nakaido... while I realise school is important, I also realise that living all my life, spending it on one job doesn't sound the best. I certainly intend to become an engineer, and afterwards, maybe continue on my education to become a lawyer... but I would also say that I'd also want to try to... "hit it rich", I guess. And, eeeyup. Don't see that happening with a normal job, is my opinion... At least, not the "rich" that I'm looking for. Sooo, I'm also hoping to eventually go into making games, websites and that sort... Just saying, but keep to education as well... that's just my opinion. I get pretty depressed about the future and that sort as well... But you may as well make the best of now, you could succeed at literally anything if you try. If the idea of living your life as a slave to grades, and then wages doesn't sound good to you... then why not try to go for something much more, while keeping to your education at the same time? If I'm not wrong, Bioware (game developing company, for those who don't know) started off with 3 doctors, who had just come out of university... And basically, to sum a long story short, their education helped them achieve the success they were trying to gain. And now they're rich. Aditionally, I'll add this interview... http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=16175 ...I'm an optimist sometimes. :derpe: Life would be okay in my opinion with a normal job as well... but, I'm just saying my opinion here. ^^
Eeyup, this is me too. But like Yeti said, it are the little things that can keep you going. Listening to music, writing a dairy, riding my bicycle, and ponies of course. I also tend to escape from it all using my imagination, whether I'm going to Equestria or my own little dream world. With small joys like these, life is endurable for me. Also, smiling at the sillyness of it all from time to time can help a lot. Try to live by the day. Try not to worry about the future too much, and have faith it will turn out all right for you.
*Reads thread* Hmm.....Needs more Pinkie Pie...... Spoiler: 10grams of Pinkie Pie [video=youtube;-tiynTPuUUM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiynTPuUUM[/video] Dude. This is the time of your life. Think positive. Work hard now so you can choose whatever you want later, but ENJOY yourself, even if it takes a little mental coaxing! I get myself to do math by going through a set of what I think are logical points: I can choose what I like and dislike so I choose to like math, therefore, I like math. BAM! Math geek forever! Maybe you could try that! And if that doesn't work, then add a twist every now and then! Anything to spice things up, like making pancakes for dinner or thinking up fun puns. If you could get anything from that tangled paragraph up there, then you've won half the battle!
I have had all these same thoughts, this is why I quit my depressing job and went back to school. I am now extremely poor and am having to survive on $20 a week for food. Then my grandmother had to bail me out of getting kicked out of the place I was renting, due to falling behind on the rent. But this is worth it because being happy and poor is better then being financially stable and miserable. I still believe quitting my job was the right decision, because the misery of it caused me to become and alcoholic and any more time there could have caused who knows what. However I am in huge debt now, mostly to my best friend, who bought me a computer so my online life and 100% of my hobbies didn't have to come to an end. But yeah financially my life is a mess. Anyway, the point is that not conforming to the way things are can lead to even worse situations. Several times I have been a hair away from becoming homeless and begging on the street.
The mind only enters maturity at 25, huh? Hey, I'm 25! Yay. I'm "mature." Okay, all joking aside here, even at 25, I can relate to some of what you've said. I enjoy college somewhat, and the greater freedom that comes along with it, but I still hate the whole homework thing, but I understand that it just comes with the territory. I think about it this way: I have to do all this darn homework now, but when I get a job doing what I want to do, instead of doing something I have to do, it won't feel like work. Notice the difference there? Employment up to this point for me feels like, well, a "job" because it's not something I enjoy doing. It's something I'm doing to make money. However, after your college education, you'll hopefully have a wider range of opportunities at your disposal. Also, don't look so far into the future with such detail. I mean, I'm glad you're thinking ahead and thinking of retirement, which is a good thing to do at almost any age, but don't rush it nor think of how things may turn out to be. You don't know how things will turn out. That's the unpredictability of life. Life can give us bad things, but it can also give us good things. Life has its ups and downs. Enjoy the ups, but know that you can overcome the downs and they won't last forever. I know once I'm done with college, I won't have any of the homework and I'll (hopefully) be able to enjoy my career. Also, you may have more free time than you think in the future. You're using your current circumstances to sorta predict future ones. Don't do that. In fact, don't even think that far in detail, as I said before. That's what I do. I do plan for the future in terms of the big picture, but I don't think into the details of it too much. The details I save for the short term, the here and now. So far that has worked remarkably well for me. I know right now I have to focus on my studies, but that won't last forever. If things go as planned, within a year I'll have my degree and my life will change once again. Most-likely for the better. That kind of optimism keeps me motivated to push forward. There are also other things in my personal life I'm not too happy about, but I won't bore you with those details. Just know that I apply the same kind of thinking with that. I don't focus on the negative, I try my best to think positively and realize, that even at 25, I'm still young and have many years ahead of me. Those years can be filled with sadness or happiness, some of it is not controllable, but you'll find that a good part of it is. One's outlook on life can really make a huge difference. I think you're too young to even have to worry about such things. I know what you mean about high school. I hated high school. To be honest, it sucked a lot. I couldn't wait to get out of there. I was so happy when I graduated. I remember when I received a letter from my high school in 2009 informing me they were having a 5-year reunion for my graduating class. I took great pleasure in shredding it to pieces. The only good thing that came out of high school was the education, the few friends I made at the time, and the one and only girlfriend I had. Otherwise, it sucked, but I pulled through. You will too. You'll look back on it later and say, "Yeah, it sucked, but I'm glad it's over." You may even realize there were some positive things hidden within. If you skipped everything I've said so far, here's the main point of the message I want to leave with you; Don't focus so much on the details of the future such as free-time, or what your day-to-day life will be. Leave that kind of thinking for the here and now, and the near future. Just think of the big picture in the future. Don't assume that your lifestyle is going to be the same later as it is now. Realize that even bad things must come to an end at some point. Life is what you make of it, and although there will be negative moments and positive moments, as such are unavoidable, it is your outlook on it that will determine how you paint the big picture. Life is an adventure, so enjoy the ride, because once it's over, there is no going back.
You are so insightful Epony. If I hadn't given you rep too recently I would have given you more for this post. I am only 1 year younger then you at 24. I actually thought I was on average older then the average pony. I am kind of immature for my age and am very irresponsible, I still haven't got this whole being an adult thing down yet and am still making mistakes that have nearly bankrupted me. Anyway this thread isn't about me. All I will say is any life is better then no life at all. If nothing else realise that making a seemingly insane life changing decision could be the best option. For example I quit my perfectly good but depressing job and became unemployed for a year. I do not regret this decision, as I am now back at school and learning a passion I have had most of my life. Now I just need to find a temporary job in order to survive financially.
This was pretty much my thought process for the majority of last year, and it can really be a trap. It's a mental state that's difficult to get out of if you spend too much time worrying about it, and all it really accomplishes is to make you doubt yourself and put off the things that will make you happier. Allowing yourself to have an optimistic outlook is very important. It helps the world seem full of a lot more potential. Unfortunately, society seems to think of optimism and dreams as being unintelligent and illogical, but you need aspirations in order to find something to work for, otherwise all the work you put into your everyday life seems pointless. Maybe you could try and figure out the things you enjoy doing, and try and find ways you can incorporate them into your life more, as well as ways they could become possible futures for you? That way you have something to look forward to in your everyday life, as well as something to work for for the future. Also, the closer you get to college, the more you may realize that you really do have potential to point your life in the direction of a meaningful future. Even if you don't really know what you want to do yet, it's still helpful to know that there really is more to life than high school Anyways, there's really no way of knowing what your future will be like, so rather than doubting yourself and imagining a pointless life, give yourself reasons to be hopeful! Hope that helps
Well hey, at least you didn't pay quite a few thousands of dollars to graduate college with a degree in a field you care nothing about, working in a dead end job that you hate with nowhere to go. It pays well yes, but not well enough, and every day is worse than the last. BUT...All is not lost, I'm taking the time to sack away money, to improve many different aspects of my life, to explore new possibilities, expand upon old talents, renew old friendships and forge new bonds, and of course to take time and do things I enjoy. You can't let yourself sink into a mire of despair and hopelessness. You need to stay positive and forge ahead. Because it's only pointless if you make it so. "Don't take life too seriously, you'll never get out alive." -Van Wilder (sorry, couldn't help myself :derpe
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