Currently I am a uni student, working 4 days a week during the summer, moving to about 3 during term time.

Every day I’m not working I feel tired constantly, regardless of amount of sleep. I push through anyways to get the work that needs done finished, then sit down and just collapse basically. I wouldn’t even call it relax, just sit and switch off.

I don’t have any energy or motivation to play games anymore, even though I used to play avidly. I play guitar but it’s been feeling like I’m not getting as much out of it now…

Once I’m out of uni, I’ll be in full-time and, if I get into the industry I want, more mentally taxing work.

In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire? Cause frankly I’m more sure I can be arsed if not…

EDIT

Thanks for the responses, I kinda posted this in a moment of hopelessness for life and I don’t really know what I wanted as a response.

Asking for the meaning of life? Lemmy’s great and all, but I don’t think I’ll find it here lmao

Regardless, there’s a few things here for me to look into and take further, so thank you again!

If this is to close for comfort for rule 3, feel free to delete mods

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire?

    You might die before then. I definitely saw “bottlenecks” in my mid-20s and late-40s where friends dropped like flies and some never got back up again.

    Anyway, it sounds like you are having a crisis - people talk about the mid-life crisis but they can happen at any age but often a turning point:

    • Late teens - wait! I have to grow up and get serious?
    • End of Uni - wait! I have to get a job and all that other adult nonsense?
    • 30 - wait! I should really be married and having kids by now.
    • 40 - wait! My biological clock is ticking, I haven’t been promoted like I thought I would and my body is starting to creak.
    • 50 - well that didn’t turn out how I wanted but there’s still time.
    • 60 - where did my life go? Ah well, retirement is looming, I can’t wait for all that free time.
    • 70 - death is looming, where did all that free time go?

    Unfortunately, the meaning of life is what you make of it, so start managing your expectations.and don’t measure your happiness against other people’s - they’re probably less happy than they appear.

    I can’t claim to have any clear answers but find.out what you love doing and build your life around doing more of that. Don’t let your worklife eat into your personal time. Stop caring what people think about you, but that’s not a license to be a dick. Make the world a better place for having you in it. If you need help, ask. Eat well, don’t smoke, drink in moderation and wear sunblock - these things will help your later life be more worthwhile.

    • atticus88th@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      I think at around age 50 theres some negative sentiment towards younger generations and that racket they keep making. Source: am 50

        • jackie_jormp_jomp@lemm.ee
          5·
          1 year ago

          I used to be with ‘it’, but then they changed what ‘it’ was. Now what I’m with isn’t ‘it’ anymore and what’s ‘it’ seems weird and scary. It’ll happen to you