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My random thoughts 3 months before I turn 18 (lemmy.ml)
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Is a age that is both full of, and devoid of opportunities. I feel like being a adult is just lying about how much you have your shit together to people who also lie about having their shit together. After we got out of college, we are just going to sit in front of a computer like the generations before us for the rest of our life, with the only difference of be paided less then them. I don't want to be like this. I want my life to be more then this. I want to go out explore and change the world. When we gen z first comes to high school the world seems full of opportunities, we imagine us achieving great things, but not one of us could have imagined the entire generation having a mid-life crisis at the age of 18.

To all the Gen Z, and in the future, Gen Alpha. Welcome to the 2020s, welcome to late stage captalism.

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[–] MirthfulAlembic 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I would recommend against expecting to change the world. This isn't because you can't or shouldn't try to. You should definitely try anyway. But very few people individually end up changing the world in a significant way. Progress is built on the backs of countless people each pushing a little to together push a lot.

Aim to find one specific area that you can become very skilled in and use that to improve things in a small way. If you're lucky, you might end up having a big impact, but you'll hopefully feel less depressed if you don't.

For now, focus on trying out as much of the world as you are able. Learn to be present and appreciate what you can do now. I spent a lot of my youth so obsessed with the future that I missed out on a lot of experiences. Things suck; however, there's a lot of cool stuff out there anyway.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Get involved locally. Change the world in your vicinity.

[–] MirthfulAlembic 4 points 2 months ago

That's a much more succinct way of putting it!