Are you happy with your age and what you achieved till now?
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[QUOTE=Sherow_Xx;41592555]I'm 20 and I feel like I've missed out on every piece of experience that I should have had. I'm still a socially awkward 15 year old with a lack of both motivation and experience in mind. I'll begin climbing the ladder of being a real proper adult instead of whatever the fuck it is I am right now.[/QUOTE]
So weird. I recognize so much of this when it comes to this quote.
Allow me some time to tell you a personal story. Back in 2009 when I was about to do my high school exams. A few weeks before that I got into an argument with my best friend. I was doing the level VMBO. He however was doing HAVO.
The argument was that he hated the people I was befriended with at VMBO. He tells me he is doing much better than them. And he also told me I had to work harder because my education sucked. I snubbed at him. Told him I was gonna prove him wrong. Later that week he had been punished for coming too late in class. He had to clean the hallway. He looked at me as I was walking by and he yelled: "this is your work in 10 years." At that moment I broke all contacts with this guy. That was my best friend back then.
Fast forward to summer of 2009. I've done my exams and I did pretty good. At vacation I had a pretty good time until one fatal night that changed me for 3,5 years. I drank too much beer. So much that I een became sick. Had nosebleeds that I had nosebleeds that went on forever. Could fill a few medium sized glasses if I put my nose over it. I was scared shitless. I was so scared that I did not touch any type of alcohol whatsoever.
This. And what hapoened earlier in 2009 made me what I am today. However, because I did not drink alcohol I missed out on so many things. Things like going out or partying with some friends. I was kinda that straight edge kid that didn't want to go out because I didn't wanted to be associated with people that do drink.
Now go further to october 2010. I had a few things still lying in my closet from that old friend I did not spoke with for 1.5 year. I let him come over via my sister since she still talked with him occasionally. And as he came over to get his stuff he told me he was sorry about the things he said back in 2009. And as be didn't want to jepordize our friendship.
From then till a long time I heard how he kinda handles weekends and parties. And I was like. Damn, I really missed out on a lot of things. Because till my 12th till then 17th I was doing nothing much more than gaming. This all continued till a few days before I turned 20. When one of my friends tell me. To drink a beer. I was like hell no. Then they told me to let fate decide and to flip a coin. At that moment I was thinking about what I missed out in the earlier years. That of course resulting in me drinking a beer.
From that moment on I go out much more. Even my sister told me I was way more likeable as a person when I was going out. I think that's because I was always stressed out and sober and worrying about stuff like school. I take things way more relaxed now. However my social accomplishments still bother me from time to time.
[sp]Thing is my parents tend to test me out with bothering questions like: why aren't you seeing a nice girl or work some more for school. Really annoying. I mean, all I can do right now is my best. [/sp]
And this concludes story time.
I've done fuck all
16 haven't done anything at all. Computer nerd. Then one day I said fuck it. Quit being shy and started being loud, funny and out going. I now have a set of good 10 friends male/female that I have just met this year and so far it's great. Most of us don't even play computer games with each other! We had a dash from the
police last week on skateboards and I had such a boost in my heart of adrenaline and happiness and fear it felt great and AMAZING we made a clean get away fine and free. This year has been the best so far and I only have more to come. But seriously guys. If there is anyone younger than me here...doubt it though.
Don't spend your highschool years on the computer the whole time. High school goes by so fast and I haven't even graduated yet and it is so fast! Even if you enjoy computer or xbox or whatever you can still play it. But find a group of friends you enjoy and can relate to and have memories with. It's worth it.
Well, I'm 15 years old. Just finished 9th grade(And Slayer20's avatar~).
I haven't gotten a answear to my high school yet, but hopefully I'll get in.
I'm very happy where I stand, mostly cause I raised my grade with more that 60 points in less than a month.
I think I'll have a shot at the real life someday.
I'm 19 and I know so much basic things, from computer programs to sports to music and yet, I manage to distract myself with something else and never try to actually be good at it. I missed so many social occasions just to sit at home playing games or watching TV, I'm not happy at all with that, I'm even less happy about my life and how I'm wasting my talents.
Overall unhappy, although these past two years I've being fighting the laziness and actually started to work on somethings. Motivation is a real and important factor for me.
No, and i've accomplished nothing of importance.
[QUOTE=Gwoodman;41596630]I'm 19 and I know so much basic things, from computer programs to sports to music and yet, I manage to distract myself with something else and never try to actually be good at it. I missed so many social occasions just to sit at home playing games or watching TV, I'm not happy at all with that, I'm even less happy about my life and how I'm wasting my talents.
Overall unhappy, although these past two years I've being fighting the laziness and actually started to work on somethings. Motivation is a real and important factor for me.[/QUOTE]
Did someone say.... [B]MOTIVATION[/B]?
[URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhlPAj38rHc"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhlPAj38rHc[/URL]
Nope! I'm pretty bad at what I do considering how I go about it and how my art is quite lackluster compared to all of these other (some even younger than I am, some MUCH younger) talented artists I see EVERYWHERE.
Plus I'm 20 and I'm currently jobless and car-less so I'm just as much of a dingus as I ever was in gradeschool.
I don't feel 20.
Doesn't mean I'm not happy though. In fact, I'm quite happy.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;41596658]Nope! I'm pretty bad at what I do considering how I go about it and how my art is quite lackluster compared to all of these other (some even younger than I am, some MUCH younger) talented artists I see EVERYWHERE.
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Well, if you made that profile pic, I'd say you have a equal chance out there as anyone else.
(maybe just in another genre than the one you're looking into.)
Hale to the naw. Twenty years old, still car-free, jobless, lazy as crap, terrible artist, zero motivation, shy, et cetera hooray.
I'm not exactly happy with what I've achieved so far. I'm living a stable life. I have a job, a nice car, a loving family who is there for me, I guess that's all you can really ask for. I'd like to get back into college and meet new people while furthering my education, and I'm looking into that soon. I'm only 20, so I'd like to hope I have a long time to get things sorted, but you never really know how long you'll live.
Yeah, I am.
I'm 16, I've got a beautiful, amazing girlfriend, I'm lead singer/guitarist in a great stoner metal band and I've already written the first album, and I'm working on the second, and sometime next month we're gonna record a demo tape.
So I'm pretty happy with my achievements right now :v:
I'm 17, I run [url]http://scrap.tf[/url]. We just hit 4,000,000 trades, we have 115,000 users and I'm a figurehead of the TF2 Economy.
I'm pretty happy with that.
[QUOTE=loppan997;41596681]Well, if you made that profile pic, I'd say you have a equal chance out there as anyone else.
(maybe just in another genre than the one you're looking into.)[/QUOTE]
Nope, that is fanart. [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/thehumans.png"]This[/url] is the stuff that I poop out.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;41596765]Nope, that is fanart. [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/thehumans.png"]This[/url] is the stuff that I poop out.[/QUOTE]
And you have people left and right telling you how awesome it is.
[QUOTE=GastricTank;41596765][url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67144542/Drawings/thehumans.png"]This[/url][/QUOTE]
That's actually not bad. Maybe you should try a animating program and try cartoons?
You know, start off on youtube / Newgrounds. See if it's appreciated, maybe start taking donations to start your own web page.
I'm not into that buisness, but I've heard some peopole are making a living on it.
Find the right guy to speak with, and you might have a thing here.
[B]EDIT[/B]: As I said, it's just finding the correct genre.
[QUOTE=geel9;41596739]I'm 17, I run [url]http://scrap.tf[/url]. We just hit 4,000,000 trades, we have 115,000 users and I'm a figurehead of the TF2 Economy.
I'm pretty happy with that.[/QUOTE]
Sounds terrific I must say. But may I ask. How has that affected your life? I am sure it has. It must be great to own a major site at age 17. Tell me more. :)
[QUOTE=dolphin;41598022]Sounds terrific I must say. But may I ask. How has that affected your life? I am sure it has. It must be great to own a major site at age 17. Tell me more. :)[/QUOTE]
It's been pretty surreal. I went from being a dude to being able to go into a server and people go "holy shit are you the real geel?"
I could live on my own if I wanted to, which is...very freeing. I buy a lot of my own food, and am going to buy my own car and completely pay for college.
Aside from money, my real life isn't any different.
No.
I have the means and abilities to do something, but i haven't.
This thread is making me so depressed.
[QUOTE=geel9;41598084]It's been pretty surreal. I went from being a dude to being able to go into a server and people go "holy shit are you the real geel?"
I could live on my own if I wanted to, which is...very freeing. I buy a lot of my own food, and am going to buy my own car and completely pay for college.
Aside from money, my real life isn't any different.[/QUOTE]
You are 17. and could live on your own because of scrap metal on tf2. That's amazing.
I'd say I'm pretty happy.
15, work on a racecar as the crew chief, and have done this since I was 7, am redoing a classic car(which happens to be my favorite car), know more about cars than most adults, doing good in school, have friends, all is well.
And if you can't tell already, cars are my passion :v:
[QUOTE=dolphin;41598217]You are 17. and could live on your own because of scrap metal on tf2. That's amazing.[/QUOTE]
If I were religious I'd describe it as being blessed. It was a stroke of luck, that's for sure. While the website...is WORTHY of its success (that is, it's not something that could ONLY succeed via a fluke), the fact that I even thought of it, or that it's still running, etc. is...something I'm really thankful for.
[QUOTE=Steffmeister;41584795]So, I had this problem I was struggling with.
I became 20 last november which made a big impact on me. Because I know a lot of people judge me differently now i'm older. Also I get to do less things I was doing like in my years of being a teenager. In other words I miss my younger years. I am probably still in school till my 24th. I am slowly climbing up from the pit they call MBO over here. Now doing level 4. (highest)
Enfin, I pretty much got over most of it after I received my diploma of MBO 3 this month. Because I take a lot of free time this summer vacation I also get to realise how good my childhood was and that I had fun (on my own) as a teenager. Now we slowly move forward. And I look at what I have accomplished as a individual.
I think I accomplished jack shit personally. OK, school is the only thing I am pretty happy about because I am making progress. But damn when it comes to me having a girlfriend, even I get dissapointed with myself. Twenty years in and never made a damn move. My life kinda revolves around it because it's on of those things you must have tried.
It's kinda funny in a way because when I received my diploma a few weeks ago my mentor told my parents I always showed up on school happy. And she told them that if I was sad or demotivated. I always hid it my sadness very well.
Wrapping things up. Am I happy with what I achieved right now now I am 20?
No, simply because people (ladies) find me not mature enough to be relationship material. The basic thing about life is get a girlfriend, get a good education + job, buy an appartment and start a family.
I have a feeling if I don't take make a move soon I might regret it, forever.
So far my mood for the day.
So Facepunch. My question to you. Are you happy with your age and what you achieved till mow?[/QUOTE]
I think if you're young you really shouldn't be worrying about stuff like this too much. Be secure in your current situation but always be looking for ways to better yourself. Do what you think is right - never let other people coerce you into making life decisions you don't want to make, but only make decisions when you're informed enough to make them. Be constantly learning and evolving, getting out of your comfort zone is the best way to do this and you'll gain maturity, understanding and courage incredibly quickly. Socialize. Never be afraid to talk to new people. Don't judge anyone by anything except their personality, don't apply labels to them and most importantly don't try to squeeze yourself into a label. Be your own person but make sure you have the confidence to let yourself be seen by other people for who you are. Do. Never stop doing. Always have a short term objective, you don't have to pigeonhole yourself into a direction yet but always have something to look forward to.
I get depressed incredibly easily but I tell myself something like this every day and try to follow at least some of it - I find it helps
[QUOTE=iggy650;41598215]This thread is making me so depressed.[/QUOTE]
A lot of people are 17/18 etc and go "I haven't done anything with my life!"
What opportunities have you had? You've been in school for pretty much the entirety of your conscious life. You've been restricted and held back, you've never been allowed to grow. Your entire life, you've been following a regime set by those around you. When you're young, you have to eat, sleep, and shit. When you're a bit older, you go to school, hang out with friends, and do the above. Even when you're in college, you're not given any opportunities.
But then, at around 21/22, you're set loose.
You don't have to do anything...but you could do everything. There are NO guide rails, no people forcing you to do anything at all (aside from following the law). You can go out and do ANYTHING that you can. And you have, if you're lucky, FORTY YEARS of freedom to make a legacy.
Don't worry about doing while you're young. You're not really given an opportunity to. You're being prepared for greatness in later life.
[QUOTE=geel9;41598426]A lot of people are 17/18 etc and go "I haven't done anything with my life!"
What opportunities have you had? You've been in school for pretty much the entirety of your conscious life. You've been restricted and held back, you've never been allowed to grow. Your entire life, you've been following a regime set by those around you. When you're young, you have to eat, sleep, and shit. When you're a bit older, you go to school, hang out with friends, and do the above. Even when you're in college, you're not given any opportunities.
But then, at around 21/22, you're set loose.
You don't have to do anything...but you could do everything. There are NO guide rails, no people forcing you to do anything at all (aside from following the law). You can go out and do ANYTHING that you can. And you have, if you're lucky, FORTY YEARS of freedom to make a legacy.
Don't worry about doing while you're young. You're not really given an opportunity to. You're being prepared for greatness in later life.[/QUOTE]
I never imagined in my life that such a great motivational speech would come from someone my age.
I am 4 years old. I lost my football in my neighbors yard I am fucking depressed. :suicide:
18, didn't finish high school and the only carreer I would be happy with would be medicine or the military... Wich I've failed.
Childhood dreams wasted by poverty and I wonder If I'll ever achieve what I'm planning.
Well, guess I'm not so happy or victorious at all.
Not at all. Even though I'm only 21, I feel like a lot of people my age including my peers have done 100%+ more in their lives than I have. I can't remember the last time I was truly happy without any doubt.
All this depression X.X
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