Hey, all power to you. I wouldn’t for a second question your decision to see the world. That’s raw real life experience. I hinted at your type of situation when I said experience in work and travel are good things.

I was more so getting at people who are endlessly untethered, when the root of their issues are lack of skills or focus, and people who drink and party every weekend or play video games all day. The supremacy of impulsivity over any form of planning. The puer aeternus or just someone who avoids responsibility.

You need to have fun, but people can easily get caught in a cycle, then turn 30 and have no skills. In a way it’s like “what the hell have you been doing this entire time?”.

However, I enjoyed reading your comment, especially about learning to budget, save etc. while under pressure and I think our perspectives are compatible as your younger experience wasn’t my intended target and what we each mean by ‘fun’.

I think you’re right about becoming an individual and disconnecting with the regular expected and limited ways of life laid out for people — especially if you feel this inner yearning for something more.

It’s true young people often don’t know what they want to do, which does push one to discover it. It hasn’t been long since I was that person.

Thanks for the comment!