I think I'm going through a midlife crisis at 31

[wyvrn]

I'm 28 and I feel the same way. If I had about $100k saved up, I could do real estate investing full time. But for now I only have a few properties. I am sick of typical jobs because I have worked them since I was 15, and they are basically all the same. I do not want to grow up like my mother, always giving to everyone else but never living her own life, and doing the things that made her happy. That's why I work so hard now, to have a future where I have choices. Seems like the part of your life where you have the most ambition and energy is taken up by school, then the cubicle farm they call work. I have resolved not to work past the age of 40 at a typical job, no matter what sacrifice I have to make. And then I realized the only way to accomplish this is to set my goals, short term and long term, and concentrate on meeting them. The more I allow myself to feel down, the greater chance I do not reach my goals, and how depressing would that be? Fight the good fight, but along the way educate yourself more than your peers and make the best choices. It takes time, but I believe I will come out ahead.

 

[CastorTr0y]

i would consider getting a job in a different field. it sounds like you just hate going to work/the time it takes up

 

[goog]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
I feel like I'm losing it. Everyday I have to literally drag myself into work in the morning and I suffer through 8-10 hours of being somewhere I don't want to be. I'm glad to have a job and all but I feel like my soul is dying a little bit at a time, all the things that I want to do in life are constantly being put on hold because I simply don't have the time to pursue them. I'm 31 and I'm realizing that I have NEVER really done anything that I wanted to do. I spent most of my life trying to be the good kid, especially since my father was'nt around when I grew up and I was trying to set the example for my younger brother. Its like one day I woke up and realized that soon I won't be young anymore and all the things that young people get to do has passed me by. I just wish I could take some time and just enjoy life instead of having to constantly rush around, meet deadlines and fight through traffic. I think if I can just hang on for another year or less I might be able to purchase a few apartment buildings and live off of the rent that I collect but its getting harder and harder to be patient. I just really long for some interrupted peace and solitude even if its only for a little while.

Anybody else out there going through some tough times?

Sounds like my life, except for the money, and the escape route. :frown:

 

[Ranger X]

I'm having my quarter-life crisis as we speak.

 

[igowerf]

I'm 20 an I feel that way... but my summer job will be over soon and I get to go back to school and move into my new apartment.