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I'm 31 with no degree and no retirement savings. I'm doomed and therapy isn't going to help with that.
Lose the defeatist attitude . You're only 31 years old. You've got over three decades to save for retirement and you don't need a degree to get places in life. Start saving now, even if it's a tiny amount. Just be consistent and increase contributions as you get raises or better opportunity. It adds up and having something is a lot better than having nothing. Don't give up before you get started.
Eating cat food is better than starving, sure, but I'd rather just save myself the trouble with the 9mm retirement package.
I can't save money. I'm spinning my wheels paycheck-to-paycheck, I have no life, I have no friends, I almost fucking died when I collapsed at work from heat exhaustion, the climate is getting more extreme every damn year, everything is too expensive and only getting more expensive, I live in hell and I am sick and FUCKING tired of Dems telling me my shitty fucking life is worth living.
Why the fuck can't you ever acknowledge that life is hard for people? Why do you have to belittle our suffering and tell us we're worried about nothing and that if we really tried we could make our lives worth living? Is this funny to you? Do you like to make me angry?
Maybe I won't make it to 65! Maybe they'll make it illegal to be trans in my shithole state and I'll be retiring early.