- Going to work
- Paying off loans
- Finishing a project
- Mastering a hobby
It’s all just…never-ending. I can’t do it all…or really any of it. The rest of my life looks like a never-ending stagnant grind right now. I’ve really tried to finish anything, but when the timeline is years?! How do I even do this when I’ve only got like…50 years left? And MOST of that time is grinding a job?
“Start now” I hear you all say. I’ve done that. Everything is indefinitely unfinished. I don’t have the time to commit to it, for another hobby or interest is more engaging.
They will take way too long to be paid. I’ll be in my late 40s before some of them are done. They are also taking half my paycheck each month.
I understand being in that pit, I was there in my 20’s and early 30’s as well; deep, deep in debt with credit cards and student loans. But I was able to get out of debt in my late 30’s, and then in my 40’s things just started snowballing. I’m almost 50 and in really good shape financially now, but if you’d asked me in my 20’s I would have sounded just like you. It takes a while to get going if you’re not lucky enough to have a headstart from wealthy parents or something. I grew up poor as fuck so I know exactly what it’s like to have not just nothing, but be net negative. Just don’t give up or feel hopeless because as your career progresses it gets easier and easier.
And make sure you do find things that make you happy while you’re plugging away at your obligations. That’s really important.