In about 1.5 years I will be 30, and at this point in my life I have no career (can never return to my old one, long story) have no clear future, have no money, surviving on left over savings and neetbux which will last me about 5 years.I'm wondering if any other anons here have been at a point where they lost everything late in life and somehow made it back to a point they never thought they could reach. I gave everything to my career, 5 years at college, 15 hour days, but lost everything because of one stupid mistake.Don't get me wrong, this isn't the first time i've been at rock bottom so to speak, i've picked myself up before. But it feels like when Im just at the point of breaking free, i get fucked again. I'm wondering if I should just give in to being or neet or if i should give life one more crack. Honestly idk anymore, maybe some anons can share some stories and give me hope its all not over And before you ask, No, i cannot return to my old career, sure I have the skills and so on, but its really niche, it would require me having to basically start from the bottom again or luck out finding some middle manager job with some of the adjacent skills i have
I asked ChatGPT and I think I agree with the answer: You’re framing this like there are two options: give up and coast, or take one more shot and hope it works.That framing is wrong.You already know what happens if you “just be NEET.”Five years disappears fast. Then you’re older, more isolated, with less leverage than now. That path doesn’t stabilize anything, it just delays the crash.So the real question is not whether to try again.It’s how to try differently so you stop recreating the same failure pattern.What stands out: • You tied your identity heavily to one narrow career • You over-invested (15 hour days) • One mistake wiped you out • You’ve had multiple “almost made it” resetsThat’s not bad luck. That’s a brittle system.You built a life where:one failure = total collapseIf you repeat that structure, you’ll end up here again even if you succeed short-term.
You don’t need hope stories. You need a different model.1. Stop aiming for a “career” right nowThat’s what burned you.Aim for:income + flexibility + skill stackingCareer comes later as a byproduct.⸻2. Extract what actually transfersYou said your field is niche. Fine. Strip it down.What did you actually do daily? • writing? • analysis? • managing people? • technical work? • selling? • systems/process?Those pieces are transferable even if the title isn’t.If you can’t clearly list them, that’s your first problem.⸻3. Build something that can’t collapse in one hitYou need redundancy.Not:one job, one path, one identityInstead: • 1 main income source • 1 secondary skill that can earn • 1 optional long-term playEven if each is mediocre, together they’re stable.⸻4. Lower the bar aggressivelyRight now your brain is comparing everything to your old peak.That’s killing momentum.Your next move should feel almost insulting in how small it is: • part-time job • contract work • basic freelance • entry-level adjacent roleYou’re not rebuilding prestige. You’re rebuilding traction.
5. Identify the “one mistake”You glossed over it.That’s the entire hinge point.If you don’t dissect it brutally: • was it behavioral? • ethical? • burnout-induced? • skill gap? • environment?Then you’re statistically going to repeat it.⸻6. Accept the timeline shiftYou’re not “late.” You’re just reset.Plenty of people rebuild at 30, 35, 40+.What matters is whether the second build is structurally stronger.⸻Here’s the blunt version:If you give up now, nothing dramatic happens immediately.You just slowly close off your future options until there are none left.If you try again the same way, you’ll likely burn out and crash again.If you try again differently, slower, less ego, more redundancy, you actually have a shot at something stable.
God I fucking hate AI. Such a slop response. Now it wasn't brittle, i was literally born at the fucking bottom and had to suffer for everything i achieved. When ur a poor nobody a single mistake on the ladder up sends you back down. Sometimes the juice just isnt worth squeezing anymore
>>34412716>lost everything because of one stupid mistake>can never return to my old one, long storyhow old was she?
>>34412740>>34412735>>34412734Stop using AI and namefagging on 4chan and go take care of your kids, Elf.
>>34412873Kids are in school. Waiting for part time work from boss.
