LostAndConfused #FindingPurpose #HelpNeeded
Hey there, is anyone else feeling lost in their twenties🙋♂️? I’m 24 years old and I still haven’t found my purpose in life. College didn’t quite work out for me and now I am struggling to figure out what to do next. Can you relate? If so, let’s chat!
Here are a few suggestions that I have been considering for finding your way:
- Self-Discovery: Spend some time exploring different hobbies, interests, and passions to see what truly excites you.
- Career Counseling: Connecting with a career counselor can help you identify your strengths and interests to find a suitable career path.
- Volunteering: Giving back to your community can provide a sense of purpose and fulfillment, while also gaining valuable skills and experiences.
- Online Courses / Certifications: Consider taking online courses or certifications in areas that interest you, to build your skills and open up new opportunities.
Remember, it’s okay not to have everything figured out right now. You’re not alone in feeling lost, but there are always ways to find your path and create a fulfilling future. Hang in there! What other advice do you have for someone searching for their purpose? Let’s help each other out! #CommunitySupport 🌟
Perhaps trucking?
You just sit around all day, get you one of them purple cushions to help with your back. Don’t need to be good with hands or mechanically inclined just don’t be an idiot.
3-5 company paid school and make $100K+ after 3 years of clean experience.
For details or questions feel free to DM 😀
I could have written the title myself. I’m also 24 and lost. I went to uni at 18 but I think I chose the wrong degree idk!!! Tried to get into tech now but the job market is insanely bad and I’m still unemployed since October of last year. Sigh.
I’m 24 with no purpose as well, I never went to college
Give yourself some grace. Many people don’t find their purpose even going into middle age. The main thing is to focus on your health and explore different options.
As was said elsewhere: 24 feels late in the game, you are still early. So so many people are still finding themselves in the 30s, 40s, and 50s and later.
20s aren’t easy, it is easy to feel like you are behind or lost or supposed to be somewhere that feels unattainable. I was there, it gets better.
Find a steady job, doesn’t have to be fun, or passionate, just not absolutely life sucking- how do you know what is life sucking? You gotta try things. For some an admin assistant is painful, for others working at Sears is agony.
A steady job will give you a schedule and give you exposure to A) folks doing different jobs B) a community to interact with, peers to communicate with, etc C) some money to manage and maybe some spending money to invest in mental health.
Get exposure to as many kinds of jobs as you can, ask people about the, what do they do? Find the next interesting thing, take notice about what elements of your work, hobbies, free time interest you.
Exposure and knowing yourself can lead to any number of roles or spaces that could be a good fit. Autonomy of your work and mastery in a field can carry interest and passion a long way.
Just turned 41 completely lost, homeless, single, no kids, unemployed clinical depression and a healthy alcohol problem. Sometimes I think my sole purpose is just to check out. Sometimes on a good day I still try to think something good might happen.
People grow. They evolve. They change. As a kid, you told yourself that when you grow up, you’d be a {fill in the blank}.
This then changes when you became a teen.Your taste in music changes. Hobbies too. Even your friendships change.
Then it happens again when you became an adult. But it doesn’t stop once you cross into adulthood.
Doubt be critical/judgemental of yourself. Your likes, dislikes, values, & moral compass changes with age and with your life experiences… Which means your purpose changes with all this as well.
The prob is most of the time people don’t update their perceived goals/dreams to match who they are today. They’re still referring to the list they mentally made for themselves over a decade ago, based on who they WERE back then!
FYI – There are 40, 50, 60, & even 70 year olds who will suddenly feel like they have no purpose in life for the reasons I’ve mentioned… You’re not alone.
So when you start feeling like you’ve lost your way, or that you have no purpose — look at who you are today. Assess your strengths, weakness, likes, dislikes, friendships, ethics/morals, etc. Get reaquainted with yourself! Doing so will take time; it most likely won’t happen overnight.
Once you discover who you are today, adjust your goals/dreams/expectations/outlook accordingly so it matches the you of today.