What’s your honest advice for a young person struggling with rent, money, and finding a job, still relying on parents financially right now?

Not looking for “just work hard,” genuinely curious what actually got you through a phase like this, and how you dealt with the guilt of relying on parents at this age.

I just feel like I’m running behind something, not even sure what exactly, money, stability, proving something to myself, maybe all of it at once. Curious if anyone else has felt that and figured out what they were actually running from, or toward…

  • ladybugs
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    11 hours ago

    Lots of good advice here, but I’ll add: try to enjoy the good things about your life right now.

    Enjoy your current relationship with your parents. Figure out something you can contribute back to them (cooking? yardwork? just good conversations between adults? You decide.) Enjoy being around other young people when you can. Enjoy whatever hobbies you have, or maybe pick up a new one if you don’t have one right now.

    It’s hard world right now, harder in many ways than it was for the past generation or two. You feel like you’re running behind because you’re comparing yourself to a standard designed in a different world, a standard which may have problematic even back then. The “typical young adult” lifestyles portrayed in TV shows, for instance, were never realistic. You’re one of many people in this situation. You aren’t running behind.