Redpill me how old 22 is really?

In pre-1945 Germany, one would be considered an adult with 14 (end of school). After a three year apprenticeship one would earn good money and be ready to start a healthy marriage at the best age of getting kids. Considering what our German youth today learns in the A-Levels and any non-STEM university degree, we are to be kept as adult children.

30 year old boomer checking in.
22-23 is the point where your mistakes stop being cute and people start giving up on you. The delusions your parents had about your potential will start to fade as they slowly realize you aren't going to amount to anything special. Employers, professors, and suitors will be much less forgiving and expect more of you without really expending any additional energy on you.
I think many young men go through a very dark time in their mid-20s. It's that age when you realize that the world honestly does not give one single god damn shit about you. This is what you're entering into soon if not already.

At 22 you still have 8 whole years to fuck things up and lack any semblance of a direction. I've met a lot of men who started families at your age and are now stuck, socially and economically. Now is the time for you to try new things, learn skills, do things wrong, and figure out what you actually want.

I may have squandered my 20s by getting into the trades when it seems like a lot of other people my age are having more fun and a generally easier time. Or I may have made an investment that will allow me to enjoy my 30s more, wiser and a little richer.

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26 years old and can confirm

Not OP, but I'm honestly thinking of moving to Japan to teach English. Seems like a nice place. I'd need to get a degree though, and I bought into the trade school meme like an idiot.

definition of a generation in holy scripture is around 30 years according to the genealogy of Jesus

You have time.

You should never compare yourself to other people, we all go through different stages of our lives at different times. Just for reference, I will tell you where I was at at 22 years old (I'm 28 now)

>graduated with a BS in chemical engineering and had job lined up through internship
>starting salary was $96,000/yr in low COL area of USA
>married my fiance who was my highschool sweetheart
>she had just finished her nursing course and was an RN making $28/hr working 3 days a week 12 hour shifts 7-7
>put a down payment on our first house, 3 bedroom 2 bath, 3 car garage + basement lake front property
>Got real estate license at 23 years old and started investing in rental properties around town generating a modest passive income

Now at 28, have 2 year old son and 7 figure net worth. Life is great when you make the right choices and work hard.

i'm 27 and a hopeless wagecuck with no future. i'm ready to die.

Can confirm. 20-30 is when you get a good hint at how the world really works.

Why even live if you dont become a startup millionaire by 20 like me

>waiting time

oof

Also 26 here. I can tell you that if you dont have at least a bit of your shit together by now life's gonna give you the biggest dickslap you ever felt. I'm lucky I had people in my life to help pull me out of my NEETdom. I'm actually doing way better than I was even a year ago.

One hundred percent this. Am 23, I work at a gas station but make alright money and have a roomate, so am basically independent. However, your short comings will REALY start slamming into you. For example I would lend money to certain people, and they never paid me back. I was always the nice white guy so people would always try to take advantage of me. These things don't go away unless you make them. A large part of growing up is realizing that you absolutely have to be a dick to LOTS of people so they fuck off.

"Hello OP. I'm sad to hear that you're not in the best place right now. Allow me to regale you with a fine LARP this evening. It will lift your spirits."

I'm almost 24. All I do is work, lift weights (kettlebells and bench at home) and drink. Rarely leave the house too since I work from home 5 days a week these days. I've been an alcoholic for at least three years now. No gf either. At least I have a lot of shekels saved.

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if you think I'm larping, that shows you have very low expectations out of life. Do better kiddo.

>tfw 31
>over decade neet
>no gf, no friends
>decade daily addiction
>no health insurance
>no plan for future
ask me anything

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can I have a dollar?

turn and face the west

holy fuck is this true
t. 31 yo

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Wew, lad. Almost a quarter century old. About another 20 or so years of moving around to where you don't actually feel old. Time is running out, user. Do what makes you happy. Seriously, just do as much as you can because you don't want to have any huge regrets on your death bed.
Once you get THANOS'D nothing will ever remember anything you ever did unless you cement your legacy now with a wife and kids and maybe a small farm. Save for the future and leave the next generation with humility, good work ethic and are reverent.
This is how we win. One good soul at a time.

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who's your waifu

I'm 22, and been here since 2009, if you need some sort of ethos for what I'm about to say.
Here's what I did
>joined military (reserves because fuck active slavery)
>have a career together (no degree but it's almost done, in IT making 70k rn as basically a sysadmin but a little more cause big brained)
>got married and divorced (high school sweethart but she became a drug addict behind my back while I went to start a business)
>started a managed services practice (which is how I got my job actually)
>live where Tusli Gabbard lives (mummy's milkers are pretty great IRL, just saying, would never vote for her though)
>almost got to have kids but ex wife was infertile (was great for sex though, didn't have sex with anyone but me until we divorced so that's a plus)
>cucked her when she separated from me
now I live pretty well.
You don't need to do much and own the world at our age. The only reason I did is because I'm... me I guess.
I'm not chad or awesome or anything either, I just got thrust into situations.
So if that sounds like the ideal life to you, just go outside and get thrust into cool shit.
Also be smart
>Roth IRA
>Balance sheet
>Budget
>Cash-flow statement
>401k/403b/402g(TSP)/437 matching
do these all if they can apply to you. I'm finishing my MBA up after my bachelors (kinda let life get in the way), and I'm gonna teach in my spare time at a community college.
/comfy/ as fuck, basically a neet with privileges. Also girls love it when you have something you like to do and a life together (or if you're going for neet gf, nothing togehter, your choice).
Best of luck dude.

Chill zoomer at 22 you´re still a kid in the eyes of society, but you should start doing something and have an idea in what you want to do

luck is real and it is something that humans select for in mating patterns. you cannot increase it, or lose it. you either have it, or you don't.

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>good decision makers don't exist
>all good decision making is a LARP

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>I'm 22, and been here since 2009

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if you can master the art and philosophy of zen, taoism, chi gong, etc then you can be neet and still vital like a wild animal and content, even happy at times, in life. because you realize, the developmental stages of modern human society, the cultural expectations to follow along, are basically just arbitrary ideas and do not concern your fundamental existence, you life, and even if you are a social failure or non-starter or giver uper of the normal world there's still the blue sky, wind, trees, plants, animals, etc in life. my existence means something to me, even if it doesn't mean much to anyone else at all; and because it matters to me, that is enough. so i'm living in my own way, i don't care how people think of me.

22? Yeah, you're still a kid. No real adult will take you seriously, so take it easy.

But at this age you need to find some skills or ways to make money, also-- don't find some 'job' or work for someone else, find skills that you can make money for yourself and only yourself; find ways to make passive income.

It's the only way to protect yourself from clown world and being a wage cuck.

22 is a child, literally.

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Do you still live with your parents?

mexican has it right

It really never ends friend.
n was the shit.

Source on that pic?

25 y/o neet here

No joy or motivation in life. I have already noticed people distancing themselves from me. Women pick up on this more so. Almost died last winter from passing out drunk but my dog woke my parents up to get me inside. Kind of wish she hadn’t, but they can’t help themselves.

At least your dog still loves you.

You're still young. Lots of time to accomplish things.

>think many young men go through a very dark time in their mid-20s.

You are correct in this assumption, I'm a 51 year old guy, so I've been around a bit.

Shortly after my 22nd birthday I lost my long term job and ltr within 6 months of each other.
My grandparents then died within 6 months of each other.
Early 20s are often a fucked up time.

quit drinking it will save you a lot of money

At 22 you should have your life basically in order and be ready to step off into the 'real world' but you shouldn't really have "accomplished" anything.

Having a serious relationship is fine, but so is not having one at 22. I'd say kids at 22 is too early but nobody is ever ready for kids really anyway, they're just a leap that you take.

Basically, 22 is when you should have basically finished laying the foundations for the rest of your life.

Make your own decisions rather than letting a board that largely believes jews rule the world make it for you

This. Did lots of heroin from 21-23. It was actually pretty cool. Only got one misdemeanor.

Let me spell it out for you miserable shits.

When I was 22 I felt old, and worried I’d never amount to much. Now I’m 35 and a lot has happened to my life and my health that I can only tell you - be thankful you’re here and make the most of all of it. Don’t change direction mid course - just finish everything you can before moving onto the next thing. Maybe nothing means anything but life will fuck you up the arse if you waste time on the existential. Just build, build, build yourself.

Damn. This really hits home. Things didn't have to be this way.

Your only mission in life should be to kill jews

If you're serious, at least do drugs first.

Either
>Finished a 4 year degree in college
or
>Received some sort of specialized training at trade school, already had an apprenticeship for 6 months to a year and a year of on the job solo experience in a trade.
or
>In military, went through boot camp, first tour of duty finished, now either signing up for another 4 years for career or using the military to pay for 4 year college degree.
or, worst case scenario
>Drafted, go to bootcamp get sent overseas to war, 1st tour complete.

not old at all. most 22 year olds are dumb as fuck

I'm 33 and I would not want to go back to early/mid 20s. Being in good shape was nice but my mental health was horrible. It's still bad, but less panicky. OP you are still very young, I wouldn't worry so much.

about to turn 26 & been here since 2013
>no job
>no education
>no gf
>overweight
>get up and browse pol every day and play vidya
>rinse & repeat

pretty good advice. I fucked up and didn't start getting my shit together until 28 after wasting so much time doing dumb shit

33 year old boombox here.
To expand on this: you'll realize that in this world there's only one person who's looking out for yourself: you. (Especially if your parents are gone).

So start putting yourself first instead of others. If you don't then the world will overtake you because everyone else IS putting themselves first.

What a boomer take. The world literally won't be worth living in within a couple of decades. International Jewry and the banking system must be stopped.

Based trips of truth and tranquility

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No idea how young you are

You're fine OP. 22 is around the age when you realize you have to start taking initiative and go out to make your own life. It's our upbringing which makes us think we're supposed to be already "living the dream."

Most guys spend their early 20's having this mini-crisis because now they have to have agency for themselves. Nothing is going to get handed to you, so now is the time to start working towards living the way you want to live. You WILL start from the bottom, but the important thing is to keep working at going somewhere, to your goal, and eventually you will get there.

That feeling of being "old" is really the feeling of maturity. Your life has actually started now.

The world has evolved from when your parents were 22. For better or for worse is beside the point, but anything boomers tell you along the lines of, "When I was your age..." can (and should) be cast off as bullshit because it's completely irrelevant in the modern day. There is no list of achievements that you need to meet by/at a certain time in your life - life is not a video game.

I got plans for now but idk what to do if they dont work out

Money, women come and go - time just goes. I did lots of dumb things but more than anything I wish I had that TIME

32 here.
At 22 you are not full adult yet. You have adult responsibilities, but you're not fully mature yet, you will still change quite a lot. 25 to 27 is about when I became who I currently am.

I'm 31 and I havent accomplished anything. Dont be a 31 year old virgin.

I don't think I was really a grown up until I was almost 30. It's probably different for everyone, but 22 is still a kid.

Finally came out at 27, huh?

This is the truth. At school I kept my head down and did my best due to dislike of drama and low confidence. I left with a couple of dreams but no real idea about work/career. The most important thing at the time is that I was growing in confidence. I found a decent full time job asap and left home. All I cared about was working hard, paying my rent and being able to have a good social life. I did that for about 4 years until I was 23 and then got hit with a hammer of depression and anxieties. The boss I had worked so hard for, got on well with, socialised with many times over the past four years, did not give a shit. Told me
>"come back to work or hand in your resignation."
So I quit. I was stunned at how quickly my life went to zero and everyone else just carried on. Family blamed me for my problems or avoided visiting me due to them feeling uncomfortable. I spent the next 6 months like a hermit blowing through all of my savings on takeaways and booze.

I did manage to sort myself out and get work for a few years but I then got laid off and fell back into my depression. Now its been ten years and I'm still no different. I have no friends, family all turned their back on me or have repeatedly blamed me for my problems. I'm dead inside now and just barely survive day to day. Still can't believe why life decided innocent young me who just wanted a simple life deserved to be given this pile of shit for an existence.

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I hate you

Bad idea

I'm 23 and I feel like I'm running out of time for accomplishing my goals even though I have a nice job and am finishing my master's studies

not in this timeline kid, the game has evolved and the challenges are basically becoming a numale neutered homo or you will be ostracized from advancing in society

true, wasted so much time on a dumb ungrateful bitch. If I could get that time back I would

are you mixed race?

>Be me, 23 years old, nearly 24
>Recently lost place in ATC course because not good enough to pass
>Can't find another job
>Never went to college/university because always thought it was a scam and didn't want to accrue debt
>Instead, have a barely useful qualification in electronics
>On the verge on moving back in with parents and getting on Centrelink because nojobs
>Have not a single clue where to go next, what to do, or how to fix my shitful life

White.

You can be an uneducated NEET until 30 and you are young and with a bright future on my book. The sooner your start doing something the more time you will have in the future

youtu.be/p978u4r-q4c

Also, bitterness towards others sums to zero the more real shit life throws at you. Eventually the fates make you suffer and suffer more until you really know what matters. I strayed from every path. I did every wicked deed. It was boring in the long run.

If it’s any help, any bois with Gamma tendencies - drop the bullshit - find something you are good at and develop your expertise. Anything. Become a Delta and be happy, useful and busy.

I am 22 and I haven't even had sex, let alone getting married.

Shit, I've never had a girlfriend.

Move back with your parents and go to trade school faggot

That feeling is really just an optical illusion. You can do it buddy it's never too late.

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I've been 22 for the past decade and it does not get any better

Sam Hyde is a great example of what not to do. He’s really very entertaining but you get the sense that even when things are going well for him, he has to fuck it.

>a bunch of sub 30 year olds complaining that theyre too old
is there anything more pathetic???

I remember machimina respawn was talking this a decade ago. Hutch and nanners agreed upon young adult was a real rough time until you got a bit older.

Imo normalfags will be fine, if not successful in their eyes. However for retards like us, shits gonna be not the spiciest meatball until we fulfil some probable silly goals we have. Be a punk, fuck what other cunts are thinking and do what makes you happy. We're pioneers bros! Stumbling ahead in an age of the greatest technological period and it's gonna get even more groovy. Stay strong! Get strong!
P.S. You havent lived until you fucked a blind tomboy who headbutted your dick and wrestled her ass into submission

OP here
im also cheme grad. just got my first job at a big chemical company. starting is 94k. i was also thinking of getting my real estate license.

biggest thing i dont have is anyone in my life. i feel so alone and my parents are old so i spend any free time i have taking care of them...both my siblings are piece of crap burden NEETs too

I dunno m8, I'm not really interested in trade work at all. The idea of splicing cables together for the rest of my life bores the fuck out of me, I'd much rather be doing something intellectually stimulating.

However, I do think the reality of society in 2019 in that you can't really choose the terms of your own work anymore if you want to have any chance of earning a decent income. Trades are definitely the more prudent option. Doesn't leave you with much chance to earn a really good income, but they pay well enough.

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If you don’t know what intellectually stimulating thing you would rather do you need to stfu and work. It will reveal itself as you work

Worldly accomplishments are meaningless. You're going to die - the only goods of any value are spiritual.

I would politely suggest
>move back in with parents
>go to trade school/college/military reserves
>learn the securities market and the tax code of australia
>learn the real estate market of australia
>trade securities until you have enough to start a mortgage on a house
>apply capital improvements while renting out the home (3 month contracts if possible)
>sell the house as soon as it appreciates to your satisfaction (I'm not going to give you hard numbers, that's a field I'm not professional in, but my grandmother never settled for less than 20% in a year's turnover time)
>find a career that's fun all the while
>pursue it
>be happy with career you enjoy
or come out to hawaii and smoke weed on the beach. I see a lot of disillusioned people find satisfaction doing just that and fishing/surfing/grilling food for people.
You need to make yourself happy, and I know you can.
Good luck user.

It's crazy how true this is

Idk man there's a lot of stuff I want to do. I've missed a great opportunity to have my master's studies in Japan because my dad passed away. I guess I'll have to be patient and build slowly.

The way I find people is conventions.
I go to anime, sci fi, and vidya conventions.
If none of those appeal to you, I'd suggest you look at the hobbies you like
>cooking - classes everywhere
>dancing - classes everywhere
>swimming - classes everywhere and gets a good body
>fighting - usually a good place anywhere
>martial arts - usually a good place anywhere, depends on the M.A.
find people there. make friends. just imagine that everyone's that robot from r9k that just wants a friend. Some will be into you, some won't. The ones that are will be worth all the trouble you put in to find them.
That's how I've made my friends as an adult.
That and going to college for a while helps expose a lot of impressionable people to you, making it very easy to get on their good side and be friends.
>plus lots of easy girls but we don't talk about that

>It will reveal itself as you work
That's a good point. I really enjoy dynamic problem solving and spatial sort of shit as I've found out in ATC training, but a lot of external circumstances really ruined that for me and I to be honest I always had little issues where I'd forget certain actions or airspace rules and wouldn't do something properly. Something as simple as forgetting that 11,000ft can't be assigned when the QNH is low, that sort of stuff. Thought maybe the ADF or joining the coppers would give me a fairly dynamic and fast moving work environment as well.