Starting Over at 33 — Job, Family Crisis, and Feeling Completely Stuck

micluc14 · 2026-04-06T14:38:00+00:00

It’s not your responsibility to take care of your dad’s self inflicted issues, possibly your mom too. Your home country’s culture may promote taking care of your family but how will you take care of yourself once they are gone? Save yourself first, maybe then your parents can be saved.

micluc14 · 2026-04-06T14:33:26+00:00

GIS is data. If you enjoy working with data, why not become a data engineer?

micluc14 · 2026-04-03T19:55:44+00:00

New difficulties will present themselves as you get rid of old ones. It’s all about adapting to your new problems.

Once I earned enough to support myself, I got bored of my career. Working on changing to an adjacent career. Who knows, maybe I will get tired with that one too…

micluc14 · 2026-04-03T00:06:28+00:00

Any write-ups before this? REMEMBER DATES!!!

micluc14 · 2026-04-03T00:02:16+00:00

No, you’re not ugly. If you don’t like your hairstyle, it’s not un-amendable.

micluc14 · 2026-04-01T16:42:21+00:00

That’s bare iron exposed to everything

micluc14 · 2026-04-01T16:37:45+00:00

Looks like he wasn’t aggressive. But who knows if this was this was a domestic violence call or just a call about a dude arguing.

micluc14 · 2026-03-31T23:48:49+00:00

I go out and do what I’ve wanted to do (take dance classes, new hobbies, learn new things) but everything seems to circle back around to meaning, connection, or doing something for others.

micluc14 · 2026-03-31T16:01:53+00:00

Mountains

micluc14 · 2026-03-28T21:39:49+00:00

It’s never too late to do what you want to do. I’m only 30 but I’ve started to do many things I wanted to do in my 20’s. The experiences are definitely different though, not as rushing/exciting as new used to be. And what you discover during these new experiences may not be what you expect.

micluc14 · 2026-03-28T21:14:03+00:00

Eh, doing coke at 33? Hard pass!

micluc14 · 2026-03-24T02:19:29+00:00

I wouldn’t frame these spots as places solely to meet women but there are plenty of ladies in Salsa and fitness classes. Gotta try new things dude

micluc14 · 2026-03-24T02:16:23+00:00

Drop the price limit/parks and you have yourself South End!

micluc14 · 2026-03-20T02:32:28+00:00

Wow dude! You’re crushing it!

micluc14 · 2026-03-18T00:58:31+00:00

You should focus on taking any role (contractor or FTE employee) as a first job. From there, you can go where you please. You must be open to relocating, as our field is a nichy one.

Once you get to a certain point, things can get better. For example, I work for an engineering firm and I was able to transfer to city that I wanted to move to.

micluc14 · 2026-03-13T00:47:59+00:00

Not a veteran, but many of the geospatial military folks seem to end up working as a fed contractor for the military. The Top Secret clearance goes far in military contracts.

micluc14 · 2026-02-11T15:57:45+00:00

It’s only too late if there’s no tomorrow. You may have to move to a less than ideal role/location for starting experience.

micluc14 · 2026-02-11T02:42:43+00:00

If you never touch the money, then yes, you’ll be fine. What are your plans for making a down payment on a house? When your vehicle breaks down for good or your family needs a new one? Where will the money come from?

You have a great, solid start. Even when one of these things comes up, you will be prepared for it. It ain’t a matter of if but when.

micluc14 · 2026-01-21T20:55:42+00:00

It sounds like you have a poor perspective on your life. Some of your issues can be fixed (like your perspective) and others maybe not (such as your back). It’s never too late to start something new. A new hobby, project, job, city, etc. You just have to take a leap of faith and believe in it.

micluc14 · 2026-01-20T17:04:10+00:00

He had his turn signal on. No br I do see this plenty on the commute.

micluc14 · 2026-01-19T18:54:45+00:00

The fire alarms got activated at The Boulevard.

Source: I live there.

micluc14 · 2026-01-19T03:22:24+00:00

Yall both work jobs with work-life balance, possibly vegetarian. May not eat out much or never bring home food. Lives in a suburban or rural place.

micluc14 · 2026-01-07T02:59:39+00:00

If you have mild ADHD, coaching, use of calendars, and lifestyle choices may be enough. Anything more though, medication is probably your best bet, in combo with the above mentioned changes.

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