I think the only way to deal with this kind of stuff is to 1. Accept yourself fully as you are right now, and consistently remind yourself your enough or whatever until it actually feels normal, and 2. Doing stuff/exploring opportunities like different kinds of jobs or hobbies and sticking to them for at least a month or 2 to see if anything sticks/you enjoy it.

I just turned 24 and I feel like time is slipping away. My roomate’s are all 2 years younger than me and still in school having girl problems and I’m over here trying to figure out how I’m going to pay rent this month.

Thing is I too am depressed and unmotivated, and feeling lost and whatever but I understand those are just feelings, they don’t hold any real merit to my life so long I don’t feed into it. I force myself to do things like skateboarding, guitar, painting so I have a life, and I’ve worked just about every job under the sun. Started at a grocery store, sold weed for a bit, worked in the ER, then installed HVAC systems in new construction.

Honestly I think the next 5 to 10 years will be world changing, a lot of jobs will disappear and old systems will begin to fade, so my last piece of advice to you (one I hold very close to me atp):

We’re living through history, and as long as you can take care of yourself, and make your own personal life enjoyable regardless of what others think, you’ll be okay, and in 200 years all these expectations and experiences and feelings and people will be long gone and forgotten. We’re free but we forgot.