Life after school
People study and study for years.
School is a safe place.
But it is not “real, real life”.
I remember finishing university in 2008. I just finished a 4-year degree and felt empty and still stupid.
I tried things to make up for it.
Now is 2025, I still feel stupid and empty. I finished college in 2023.
I guess that feeling never goes away.
I guess that is life. I had to go to school twice to see and understand this.
You never feel full, you always feel empty. You are always trying to do something.
You shouldn’t hide from reality.
You should really find something to do and keep busy.
You should target 3 areas in life at this point.
- Socialize with friends your same age who feel the same way as you.
- Work on your passion projects.
- Work on something bigger than life itself.
This translates to for me:
- For me I talk to Chien Nguyen (David) from Vietnam. He went to school here in Canada. He is 3 years younger than me and we have similar interests and same problems at our same age range.
- I work on my passion software projects with the team.
- I work in web development with the team.
I guess you keep these 3 things going for life to have stability.
If I don’t do these things, I lose out on growth and health which are the most important things I think.
That is the reality of life. You don’t really want to get left behind and feeling empty.
Life is work too. You don’t want to think negative and feeling unable in the West.
Race, culture don’t mean anything after school I think. After “school, school” this is real life. What do you do to maintain growth and health?
You have to learn and work hard to maintain a clean edge.
Can not stay in school forever??? I did school twice when that should not be needed.
After school for 2 years you should be thinking and trying how to be on your own doing stuff to maintain yourself in this world and not rely on anyone really. You can sense this and experience this around the 2 year mark. This grows you.
I did not grow up fast enough I guess and did the wrong things LOL! I got to laugh at myself. That is what happened. It is just life.
Now I got to figure a way to maintain growth and health -> happiness.