Currently I am a uni student, working 4 days a week during the summer, moving to about 3 during term time.

Every day I’m not working I feel tired constantly, regardless of amount of sleep. I push through anyways to get the work that needs done finished, then sit down and just collapse basically. I wouldn’t even call it relax, just sit and switch off.

I don’t have any energy or motivation to play games anymore, even though I used to play avidly. I play guitar but it’s been feeling like I’m not getting as much out of it now…

Once I’m out of uni, I’ll be in full-time and, if I get into the industry I want, more mentally taxing work.

In short, is there something I’m missing here, or is work-eat-sleep-repeat all there is until I retire? Cause frankly I’m more sure I can be arsed if not…

EDIT

Thanks for the responses, I kinda posted this in a moment of hopelessness for life and I don’t really know what I wanted as a response.

Asking for the meaning of life? Lemmy’s great and all, but I don’t think I’ll find it here lmao

Regardless, there’s a few things here for me to look into and take further, so thank you again!

If this is to close for comfort for rule 3, feel free to delete mods

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    803·
    1 year ago

    Life is what you make of it. There’s no meaning, no purpose. You have to make your own. That takes effort, but it can be rewarding.

    • Kalash@feddit.ch
      201·
      1 year ago

      There’s no meaning, no purpose. You have to make your own. That takes effort, but it can be rewarding.

      It’s like an open sandbox RPG. But you’re forced to play it.

    • Seraph@kbin.social
      15·
      1 year ago

      I’ve always said the meaning of life is a blank page. You get to fill out out. But that’s both freeing and terrifying at the same time.

      • ChexMax@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        Except it’s not really you /get/ to fill it out. It’s more like you have to start filling it or you will die. If you ever let your pen stall for too long, you will become homeless, and you will starve. I’m just so tired and my page is still so blank.

        • Seraph@kbin.social
          3·
          1 year ago

          That depends on your perspective. You are describing the terrifying aspects of filling out a blank page that represents your life. Not the time for writer’s block to be sure!