Daily Discussion - March 05, 2021

I have been in a prolonged state of existential crisis for almost a year and it's getting ridiculous.

I feel like I'm not gaining enough experience in undergrad to get a job in my field but I don't even know if I want to work in my field anymore since it's environmental science which apparently doesn't pay well. Then again, I don't know what other fields I'd be interested in. I'm super passionate about environmental issues but most jobs aren't about saving the planet, which is something 18-year-old me was too naive to realize. I'm also afraid of getting a job that's going to suck up all my time or force me to move far away from my parents. And then there's the status anxiety that comes with graduating at the top of my class in high school and feeling like a waste of potential, as stupid and egotistical as that sounds.

Basically I'm just really scared.

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