Has this situation happened to you?
You're talking to your parents about life and they say, "when I was your age(20s) I had a full-time job, house, car, etc" But then you look at your life and see that you have none of that right now.
Now my excuse is blaming the economy and the fact that in most states the prices for housing is still insanely high. So am I alone in this situation? Does anyone here have a home, great full-time job with benefits good pay and a car to go with it? I only know people with so-so jobs that rent and usually take transit, some with cars, but still live at home.
Just because your parents did all those things does not mean you are supposed to...I am an unemployed college student with no prospects for a job for at least the next four years, and given the chance, I would stretch those four years as much as I could...We will have to work later, and for the rest of our adult lives (well, until retirement). Then we will think back at our unemployed youth, and wish for those times when our only real responsibility was to pass the exams. Having said that, I live in Europe, where the social and economic situation is quite different than in the states, and I am a pretty strange person when it comes to life philosophy...I believe that most people do what they do because they think that it's the ONLY possible way, and that they MUST fulfill society's expectations (which, of course, is crap), and I disagree with that. I think that everyone's lives are different, so their life choices should be tailor-made by them for their own situation. Lastly, I believe that the most important thing in life is to feel good and be happy. To quote Bob Marley, "Open your eyes, take a look within. Are you satisfied with the life you're living?" In my case, I have no job, no degree, no car, almost no family. But, I do have a house, a garden, a girlfriend and an awesome cat. These things make me satisfied with my life; happy, even. If I were in your shoes, I would drop a tab of LSD and meditate on your past, present and future. Psychedelics expands the mind and enhance the senses, allowing deeper connections, and the bypassing the built in filters to make wiser and less biased choices. It also exposes one to oneself, if that makes sense, allowing one to see oneself the way one is, not distorted by one's own character, preconceived notions, and other limitations of human consciousness.
