jwar wrote:It's funny because I also consider ILF part of my support system. I mean, I really do care about you guys. Otherwise I wouldn't want to drive 8-10 hours for a meet up! Wish I could meet everyone. Maybe some day.
I just get saddened because I've dabbled in a ton of different stuff and it seems like nothing ever pans out the way I planned. I'm 34 and will be 35 in July and I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. All I want is something stable that will feed my family without the assistance of my parents. Which I'm even more saddened by. Without them, I'd probably be living in an apartment with my family. My dad is wealthy and he has made it so that I can be somewhat successful even if I'm not trying but I'm always trying anyway. I don't want to be that guy who goes through life and doesn't work his ass off. It's important to me you know?
I've got a potential battle coming, so I need to prepare, but at the same time, I just am tired of fighting all the time. I would never hurt myself either. I just don't like the thought even popping in my head. So annoying as I thought I was mentally way beyond that.
Yep, I'm 37 and have been going through that "when am I going to grow up" thing for a long time now. Everything seems to keep in sort of a Groundhog Day state of repetition with jobs and relationships. I'm ready for a breakthrough but have no idea where to find it. I'm not going to stop looking of course, but nonetheless feeling so stagnant. I too am lucky to have parents I can rely on if I need to, but I also don't like doing it at all. So I feel ya. Same exact thing goes for hurting myself—never would, but it's nonetheless unsettling as shit when even a thought pops into our heads. As for being mentally way beyond that, we're all still growing up, always will be. That's one way I got a little peace with some of the issues I've had with my dad—every day's a new day for him and he deals with things he's never dealt with before, just like we all do. I feel like we're always kids underneath, and that's not a bad thing. So anyway... big ol' hugs . Love y'all.