Is it normal that i'm terrified of working the rest of my life?

I just got back from a college visit today and I had this sudden realization hit me that all of the stress, work and school is just a start to the rest of my life. I don't want to be in college working all the time because I'm too broke to afford anything. I don't want to be studying all of the time. Right now, I'm a senior in high school and between college prep, work, and extra-curriculars I have no time to actually sit down and watch a movie or hang out with my friends. I'm just scared that I'm going to be working the rest of my life like this and that I'll look in the mirror one day and realize the best years of my life just vanished.
Is this fear normal!?

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85% Normal
Based on 59 votes (50 yes)
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  • MESOMIKE

    I'm what they would call a "trust-fund baby". No work for money....none! Ever! That, in itself, creates problems. Sometimes, it seems that life would be simpler if I just worked a job and made my income (however small) stretch (I don't mean this to sound ungrateful or offensive...it's just MY experience...that's all). Having a job probably isn't as bad as people think, and trust me.....having it "made" financially isn't all is cracked up to be....

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  • aussiewolf

    welcome to life!

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  • peterr

    I am lucky and don't have to work anymore. Hope you get there too. I think a blowjob would do you a lot of good.

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  • sunnymom

    Working most every day is a normal part of adult life.

    Just don't forget to have fun too! You only have to do one day at a time...and who knows? Maybe you will find a job or business that you love.
    Nobody wants to do what they hate for the rest of their lives...but not working means poverty unless you are rich to start.

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  • GiveOrTake

    I feel your pain , know exactly what your talking about !

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  • PoisonFlowers

    It's horrible, isn't it? Especially when you think about how unpredictable the events of life can be. Something could cause you to die tomorrow, and yet everyone says "keep working and you can enjoy life later!" Well fuck that. The problem is, that in the society that we've created, we need to slave away in order to put food on the table. And that's how you come to the point where you look in the mirror with the sickening realisation that the years have passed you by.

    It's sad when a kid figures this out for the first time. We make life a series of preparations and rarely ever simply live in the moment without a thought to the future. Then as we get older, we become more and more used to doing this. I hate it, I really do.

    So yes, it's normal!

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  • dappled

    It bothered me that with the retirement age ever extending, I will die before I retire and thus I'll have spent all my adult life working the best part of the day, five days a week, forty-nine weeks a year.

    The way I dealt with it was to reposition my opinion and try to enjoy work. I'm stuck with it so I may as well enjoy it and try to help the people I work with enjoy it too. So I try to keep smiling and make others laugh.

    Until I win the lottery, it's the best thing I can do.

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  • lewlew80

    There isn't even time to take an honest crap I tell ya, busy busy busy..

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  • DannyKanes

    Lol, agreed with Aussiewolf, welcome to a thing called life

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  • Gutear

    very normal...

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  • roothead1

    Yea, that's normal. Everyone feels the same way about it I think.

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  • happyB

    Yes, it's a normal fear because it is the reality of life if you are a responsible adult.

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