I feel that i will never be successful

I know EXACTLY how you feel.

if you find something that makes you content with life, fuck being sucessful. id rather live broke and unsucessful but satisfied by the little i have acheived then to constantly chase a dream, lifes what you make of it

you are not alone!

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you're about to hit a stage in your life where you'll want to do exciting things to prove you won't fade away. there's a reason why men about to go through their mid-life crisis want fast cars and trophy wives and it's exactly what you're feeling. try talking to someone about it, find a point in your life where you're comfortable and you'll feel just fine.

welcome to the group.

So, I know exactly how you feel, too. Actually I think a lot of people said incorrect things here and I made an account just to have a say because there's a lot of stupidness being said here.

1. Yes, you can be satisfied and broke. I know plenty of people who are. It baffles me, but it is true for some depending on their specific circumstances.

2. It isn't necessarily depression. I'm not sure what it is about Generation X and the desire to change the world. I don't think most people can "change the world," though, and if you set out in life wanting to do that, you will probably end up very frustrated. The world is really stubborn. Also, focusing on the end result instead of the journey is usually what causes great ideas to fail. If you spend more of your thoughts asking yourself, "is THIS thing going to change the world? What about THIS thing that i'm doing?" you won't be paying attention to the moment, and therefore won't likely be doing a good job on the thing you're doing in the first place. Then, the chances of failure are higher. So enjoy the journey, and work on accepting the possibility of your ideas going nowhere. It helps free you from the shackles of wanting that elusive "Success."

3. It is completely ridiculous and untrue that thinking you will fail means you will fail and thinking you will succeed means you will succeed. This is something people like to think because it gives them a sense of control over a largely uncontrollable and uncertain world. It helps certain people explain "why bad things happen to good people" when in fact there is no way to explain that. Things happen, whether by the will of God or the will of nature or just by the course of randomness. However you choose to explain it doesn't matter, because what happens still happens and what doesn't doesn't.

4. Maybe this is something Uniquely American, and maybe this is something uniquely generation X, or maybe this is something that happens to everyone on the cusp of adulthood, whatever cusp the current culture determines. Maybe hundreds of years ago this happened to people at 14-16 years old. It happened to our parents at 18-21, and now it happens to us at 27-35. Whatever the case may be, as your brain matures it becomes less naive as it gathers more experiences and while some things make more sense as we age, some things make even less sense. At a certain point, I imagine it's probably normal to be like "Holy shit, what have I been doing all this time? A third of my life is over already!!! PANIC" Not everyone feels this, of course, but I'm guessing enough people do if this post exists.

So, um, I personally really don't know why I'm not more successful. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just not. So I'm going to keep going one day at a time, try things that come to mind, avoid laziness, take chances, and if I die in obscurity then at least I did the best I could. Kind of sad, but at least I won't have any regrets.

Hey I could totally have written this. I feel exactly like that.

welcome to adult life, once you hit 30 most of the fun times, and I mean really fun, innocent times are, or at least should, be far behind you.

life is completely what each person makes of it. and each person measures their own individual success, greed, happiness, whatever.

If life isnt fun anymore, then you should try to make it fun, if you find you cant do that, you will be one miserable person to be around, especially to yourself.

I remember my professor saying to us, "Most you students entering 30's will question life" I did and you get up focus work your plan to completion. You have TIME!

welcome to modern day society. Life isn't fair and thats the truth, some people are born into money and never have to lift a finger their whole life,no matter how bad of a person they are. Some are born into poverty and work like slaves to be unappreciated and paid squat no matter how good of a person you are.

Its not you, its the world you live in. People that manipulate others for profit are considered successful and accomplished people, while those that work hard and are fair with others dont really make much and are considered losers.

Its simple really, do what makes you feel good about yourself, if its helping other for very little profit then so be it, its what makes you feel good about yourself, and thats what matters. Dont use society as a gauge in which to measure your worth, because society is screwed to the max these days. I mean people that risk their lives to save others are paid small salaries like cops and firefighters compared to someone who plays basketball and makes multi millions, who do you think is the more worthy person to make more money,probably not the one that does huh? Just look at the disparity between people who are no different than one another, something is very wrong.

Do what makes you feel good about yourself, thats the ticket to being happy.

Good Luck

Ever been to college? If not, move in with your parents and go to college. If so then you still have a lot of time to make somthing of yourself. Feel like you wont be successful? You won't then. Think you will? You WILL. Say it out loud, "I am great". Keep the thought in mind that you are great and will do great things. What talents do you have? Can you do well as an engineer? Can you do somthing for medicine? Can you draw? Can you sing? Can you make others feel good? Whether you make the next new invention to make life easier or you teach the worlds a new way to live happy, you WILL do great things. If it helps, I beleive you'll do somthing great. So does the thousands of people on this site. We know you can help the world. It's up to you find out how. Good Luck!