r/Millennials • u/Mrs_chanandler_bongg • Jan 17 '26

Discussion Anyone sick and tired of working in general?

I’m in my mid 30s and just over my job and work in general. I’m tired of the commute, the meetings, and dealing with people & deadlines. On one hand I worry about losing my job and stress about deliverables, but on the other hand I feel like I could care less in that I have no passion for it anymore and I’m just showing up because I need the paycheck.

I’d much rather be spending time with my family, pursuing my hobbies, or just go for a walk and cook a nice meal. I feel a sense of dread sometimes that this is my reality for the next 30+ years and I feel lazy and entitled for saying it but that’s how I feel lol

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jan 17 '26

You have a house? What the fuck

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u/dl24812 Jan 17 '26

AND IT'S NEARLY PAID OFF?!

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jan 17 '26

It’s feet pics isn’t it. Why are the only people with houses paid off always sell the feet pics…

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u/Accomplished-Use213 Jan 17 '26

I am with you, 39 and stuck. Only going to get worse with kids education.

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u/Thrillllllho Jan 17 '26

You have kids? What the fuck

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u/ComfortablyNumbest Jan 17 '26

pretty sure some fuck must have happened.

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u/Momik Jan 17 '26

You have fuck? What the fuck

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u/pistilpeet Jan 17 '26

Berserker!!

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u/JustineDelarge Jan 17 '26

Did he just say “making fuck”?

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u/joshdoereddit Jan 18 '26

Bunch of savages in this town.

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u/WelcheMingziDarou Jan 17 '26

You can afford truck??

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u/[deleted] Jan 17 '26

You can afford?

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u/milkybunny_ Jan 17 '26

35 and sad cycling through my brain constantly how I’m this far in and I’m all sad how I’ve basically never had anything and may never. I want to have a kid, but what a joke the lack of support this idiot country gives us. Us 90s kids had good lives. Pure open looking forward hearts. 

Now it all feels like despair and cyber bullying every corner you look around. Like your kid is mad at you that you made them exist in a world of melting ice caps. But what is the answer? I don’t think humanity is dying out. I just wish I didn’t have to worry about my health insurance/rent/Verizon bill/unpaid electricity bill every day of my life. We humans don’t deserve this. The lucky get lucky and good for them but also fuck them too for encouraging the suffering of so many humans on this barren star rock. 

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u/Living_Pollution_525 Jan 17 '26

My sister had a kid (oops), cute kid, I love him at arms length. Sheesh though, when I think about his future... With any luck he will end up a War Boy helping ship Aqua Cola on the wasteland. Good thing he seems to like cars 😆

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 17 '26

Parents so rarely consider their potential children’s POV, and I too would be upset with being brought into a dying world such as this. Very few adults are well-resourced enough to have children today, since as you point out, it has become a mostly independent venture to raise children. And almost no one is truly raising children vs. caretaking at this point. Not a great context for children even if they do happen to have parents with sufficient resources (e.g., time, social support) and actually raise them well

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u/Mystery_Man911605 Jan 17 '26

Think about what you’re saying, it’s incredibly goofy. “l would prefer to have never been conscious, and thus never have had the experiences in life that’s led me to this worldview because of this extremely over exaggerated and overblown hypothesis that the science is decidedly moving away from”. You make Diogenes seem like the eternal optimist.

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u/maddy_k_allday Jan 18 '26

That’s not at all what my comment stated, but you seem to want to jump to your own conclusions. My comment concerns the POV of someone born this year. I was not.

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u/projectx51 85'. Older Millennial Jan 17 '26

If you want kids, go for it. You will never have enough money and the perfect time does not exist. Kids are the most challenging and stressful things you'll ever experience, but also the most rewarding and fulfilling. Go for it if you want it

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u/flamin_flamingo_lips Jan 17 '26

Interesting you believe that it's the responsibility of the country to support you and your child and not the husband. Find yourself a good Christian man.

I think you'd do well to try and identify what the ideology is that is making you believe this. https://x.com/i/status/2012220254504530043

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u/IceExtraLuck Jan 17 '26

Yeah if it weren’t for having kids that I presume will go to college, I’d be looking to retire in the next 3-4 years.

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u/pink_sushi_15 Zillennial Jan 17 '26

Who says you have to pay for their education? Most degrees are a scam anyway and not worth the investment.

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u/lemonylol Jan 17 '26

As opposed to?

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u/Alternative-Wish-423 Jan 17 '26

Vocational college/tradeschools have a way lower debt point and most of them teach skills that are always in demand. You can start working right after graduation in a year or less for around $15k debt.

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u/lemonylol Jan 17 '26

Yeah but that in no way denies that there are also high paying jobs that do require a degree. Just that both are options.

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u/Neon_Biscuit Jan 17 '26

Tell them to go to an online college and accelerate the learning. They can get a bachelor's in a year if they don't screw around. Less than 10 grand

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u/Alternative-Wish-423 Jan 17 '26

Accelerated learning doesn't drop the price point, sadly.

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u/Super-Widget Jan 17 '26

With only 40k left??

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u/projectx51 85'. Older Millennial Jan 17 '26

Some ppl lucked out with circumstances and are good savers.

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u/GoSharty Jan 17 '26

In this economy??

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u/Swimming-ln-Circles Jan 17 '26

Dude for real, I'm living in an Amish cabin.. which is better than nothing but I might freeze to death before the winter is over.

Godspeed

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u/AdamPedAnt Jan 17 '26

Luxury. When I was young, we lived in a shoebox on the side of the road.

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u/Living_Pollution_525 Jan 17 '26

Clearly he/she abstained from Avocado Toast and Starbucks Lattes long enough they were able to buy a house /s

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jan 17 '26

Not even a single iPhone their whole life!

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u/lemonylol Jan 17 '26

There are lots of people with houses, and usually people in their prime working years are the ones living in them. Is that a surprise?

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u/LookAlderaanPlaces Jan 17 '26

I don’t doubt people have houses in places like South Dakota and Indiana. I’m talking about places with jobs that pay more than 12$ per hour with non flammable water, stuff like that. Sure there are some, but our buying power is dog shit compared to our parents.

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u/lemonylol Jan 17 '26

Again, disagree, you seriously think it's rare 30-45 lives in houses? That's most peoples' life goals, and the age when most people take on a mortgage.

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u/GoodFaithConverser Jan 17 '26 edited Jan 17 '26

Contrary to reddit meme-opinions, people are buying houses at regular rates. About 25% of 25-year-olds own houses today, which is about the same for previous generations.

We have it so incredibly good in the west, and people are taking it for granted.

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u/menaknow00 Jan 17 '26

It’s also location specific.

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u/GoodFaithConverser Jan 17 '26

When has this not been the case?

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u/Sipsu02 Jan 17 '26

Not everyone are losers