People in their 20s : How is your life right now?

figuring things out but also kinda lost at the same time 😭

Lonely

really depressing

Terrib- wait, I’m 36 now

Zero financial stability, zero hope for a future, just doing this whole thing in survival mode.

Great. Quit my 9-5 to start a business and I am renovating my house. I have a great dog, cat and girlfriend. Things are tough but looking up. Started with nothing.

24. To be honest, not that bad. I graduated college and got a decent job. But over the course of the past year my eyes have been fully opened to how fucked this world is. Call me a conspiracy theorist but I really feel a sense of impending doom, so I’ve decided that this summer I’m quitting my 9-5 and going backpacking across the western U.S. and hopefully out of the country as well if finances allow. I want to see as much as much as I can within a year or two. I already got my equipment, and a good amount of money set aside for it. Idk if there’s still going to be a world when I reach retirement age so I’m just gonna take my retirement now lol.

My 20s are on their absolute last legs as we speak, but honestly, pretty f****** great right about now. Engaged to an amazing woman with the wedding later this year, we just bought an awesome house in a great area, stable income (not exceptional by any means, but stable), rekindled some old friendships and made some new ones, and actively participate in several hobbies. Politics is a shitshow, but I've pretty much accepted the fact that politics will be a shitshow for the rest of my life, so I may as well hyper-compartmentalize that part of my brain and only tend to it as absolutely necessary.

m25 I'd rather not talk about it thanks

Total disappointment

26, and it has not gone the way I thought it would, mostly because I’m still here. I never expected to be this old, I have had that thought every year of my twenties. I lost my dad at 23 and that furthered my spiral and led me down a dark road guided by alcoholism. Managed to finish my last semester of undergrad, despite those troubles. At 25, I met someone. The someone, as far as I’m concerned. For a moment, it felt like I finally knew why I was here. Fell in love hard. We started building our life, and it was going so well. Then my problems reappeared, culminating in a breakup at the beginning of this year that was entirely my own fault. Had two options: Keep Drinking and ignoring my issues or change. I chose door B. I miss them terribly, and will always hope things will be different and in some ways that appears to be happening, but more than anything I celebrate my progress everyday. I’m no longer the drunk, depressed, cripplingly anxious loser who couldn’t keep a job, couldn’t make it anywhere on time, and would fall apart at the slightest provocation. I don’t have it all figured out, and I don’t know if I ever will, but at least I know how to make use of the tools at my disposal. I’m for once proud to look in the mirror, I’m proud of the decisions I make, and I’m not ashamed of the mistakes I made. I regret them sure, but I don’t let them define me anymore. It’s goodbye to that old guy, and this one seems half-decent and eager to improve.

i feel like i’m on the 3rd stage of puberty, i keep learning new things each day about myself, others, and this world. it’s ok im somewhat stable financially and i have a place to call home. i think it’s going great

bad

Rollercoaster with no seatbelts

Oh I’m hopelessly in love

Uhh let me see. - Med school just non stop shoving paperwork up my ass - Living paycheck to paycheck - Petrol prices (im gonna jump off a bridge) - RESPONSIBILITIES man I cant believe when I was younger I'd used to wish I grew older quicker. I miss when I didn't have to worry about bills or this damn war causing inflation. And genuinely just having a care free attitude. But yes, I get it, I know. Im getting older. AND yes I am still young, but m*********** I just paid $60 for 18 litres. But uh, besides that i've been noticing that I enjoy looking at furniture? And I end up scrolling through facebook market quite often. But yeah, my 20's are doing great! thanks for asking

Both wonderful and extremely hard at the same time. 27 with a baby and a husband whom I love more than life itself, and we were really lucky to buy a house last June. We have family on my husband’s side nearby, and I have a close knit group of friends with my roller derby team in which I am a jammer. Work though… work is awful. I’m stuck in a toxic work environment, and applying to other jobs every single day and nothing… not a thing back yet and I have 3+ years experience in the federal government (where I’m stuck right now), and I want more than anything to be a stay at home mom. Plus, sometimes I’m really scared for the future of our world, because my children will inherit it.

hopefully I get hit by a car

Not great. I graduated a few months ago with a bachelors degree in a subject I now realize I've got no interest in. I'm a burden to my family. Because of family issues our house is going to be sold and we'll have to find a place in 3 months. I'm extremely introverted. The highlights of my day is walking my dogs and having a shower. Any motivation I get is short-lived. I'm tired of being tired and I'm tired of trying. I have dreams, but they're probably nothing more than delusions of grandeur to help me get from day to day. All this is just the tip of the iceberg. Failed to get my driving license too, twice.

I live with a brilliant fiancee with two magnificent cats. Had a nice salaried job, but quit it just a month ago because I was suicidal and had to go to the mental hospital for 4 months. Now picking up odd jobs + leaning on my sugar daddy (more financially responsible fiancee) until I start a fully funded PhD program in the fall in another state. We’re living paycheck to paycheck, but able to pay rent and bills and spoil our cats, and have 2 of the streaming services and take occasional road trips and go out to eat once in a while. I have three really good, close friends. I go on walks around our neighborhood, volunteer, watch good shows, hang out with friends and family. Life is variable and stability is laughable, but the people in my life bring color and are the reason I can breathe most days. My early twenties were for college and partying and all-nighters and drama. Now, I am just happy to have a warm cinnamon roll, all the windows open in my house on a 70 degree day, and engage in some light gossip with a good friend. Oh, and Lamotrigine and Wellbutrin are life saving.

23 years old. Graduated at college and living at home. I work for my dad’s business which is going fine but it’s nowhere near full time bc he started it last year and is gradually adding customers. I play adult league baseball on 2 teams in different skill divisions and a lot of friends I’ve met through it so I have to find a job that allows me to keep doing that to make me feel like I have a purpose in life. I’m also single and don’t have a good way to meet women. I feel kinda behind but there are definitely others my age in a worse situation. Life isn’t completely amazing but it’s not completely terrible and I have a few things to be excited about.

Horrible honestly

Disappointing but i’m hoping to change that this year. I decided to just say f*** it and go after what I want regardless of my lack of preparation. I’m tired of waiting for it, i’m tired of being patient

I’m just about to exit my 20s, and I am genuinely so excited for my 30s. My life right now is getting divorced from my high school sweetheart, debt, and working 2 jobs. My fun is church.

24 and just alright. Living with my best friend in a 2 bedroom. Working a 9-5 with ok pay with an application to a masters pending. Schedule isn't too busy ever, personal or work. Look forward to spending time with my friends, going to the gym and building hobbies. In recovery for an eating disorder for about a year. Enjoy learning about history and philosophy. My biggest stresses are finances, friend drama, and getting into my masters program. Struggle mostly with finding purpose which does make me depressed at times, but much more manageable now than in my teens and early twenties. Find I make less "riskier choices", or, at least I manage the risk better. Took me a while but, realized that certain activities I need to be careful engaging in (i.e drinking, smoking, hookup culture, etc..). I try not to harbor too much guilt or shame around these things. Still not entirely sure where I want to be in 5, 10, 15 etc years. I'm okay with that. I would like to have family one day, I hope. Not actively dating, but all my friends are single so it's really not so lonely. Frankly, don't really care to be in a relationship anytime soon.

Finally feel happy. Stuff could be better financially but mentally okay and doing things for myself

I am 26 abd in shits. Autistic, struggling with my major, dropped from work because office rendered TOO MUCH, going through eds/mcas/pots diagnosing, house is shitloaded and i can’t collect myself to clean it, also my knee started randomly hurting today / this night. I partially considered getting autism evaluation for getting deemed disabled and get a tiny bit of something to live easier, but in my country you can easily get schizophrenia instead of autism if you go through government diagnostics, and the only way to apply to disability-assignment commission is through the government programs. And being a diagnosed schizo has some ability to render life into a TOTAL SHIT here. On the bright side - at least my parents are well financially so they are able to provide while i figure it all out, and give me a place to live by my own. If i had housing crisis on top of everything, i would already snap.

Good, despite the struggles I've had thrown at me and the loss of my dad when I was 25. Feel very blessed for the experiences and the people that have come and gone

Noticing things a lot. Hoping it won't turn to noticing too much again. Knowing what I want and I have magnitude with a bit of direction so it's not all bad.

Confusing tbh. I am at this space in my life where I am no longer young to be going to a college and not mentally prepared to be working full time 9 to 5. So I am just going with the flow.

A rollercoaster of a ride I am still working on stability...not sure how to do that though

29 turning 30 in September. It’s been an absolute shit show. Pre-Covid and prior to 2019 wasn’t so bad but HCOL and crazy influx of people in Colorado has made everything a struggle. I’m just glad I don’t have kids and don’t plan to!

I’m a neurodivergent guy in his 20s trying to figure out how to be a member of society when everyone is allergic to interacting with me. so uh yeah it’s hellish

Pretty great tbh…just graduated college and started my first job 😎

A steep learning curve - I’ve lived in three countries, started therapy, was on SSRIs, helped my younger siblings find their way. Helped my mom when she left prison after not seeing her for eight years. Left behind evangelical Christianity, got my degree after five years, survived an older coworker grooming me, survived my mom who abused me the year I helped her, found the city where I want to have a home, dog walked for two years to make ends meet when no one would hire me, got my first corporate job at the bottom rung, formed and lost a short romantic connection that devastated me. At 28, I’m very intentional about building new friendships and interests that will help me, about to start a job that will double my salary and position me well to take care of myself, trying to heal the parts of me I lost confidence in while trying to survive. Life is hard, but I’m thankful and proud to be actively involved in my own healing.

27 still living in my hometown (not a fan of that), in school for a marketing degree that could be useless , and feeling like i’m running out of time.

27. Unemployed: trying to get work Aiming to learn how to drive (hopefully this year) Started going to an new sport club, aiming to carry on with it, once I get a new job (will haggle like hell, at.the interview)

Im 28 and this is not what I was told my late twenties would be. I would like a refund.

Late 20's male. I feel like we missed the last round of people who could reasonably benefit from the middle to upper class pipeline. I have two degrees, one IVY league, a couple a great jobs post school, but very little to show for it now after multiple layoffs and a job market that seems stacked against entry/mid level applicants. I've thought about going back to school, but I'm already in some debt. If I do, I'll be in too much debt to afford a house. I've always loved children but by the time I get my act together I'll be old. It just seems like everything is hyper competitive now (housing, jobs, schools) and our policy is currently focused on macroeconomics, or scaling and optimizing at the top. It's hard to get your foot in the door anywhere.

Bruta.... I'm 39

Im making more money now then what I was a couple years ago and and my disposable income is alot less :/

It’s harder to make friends

About to be in my 30s in a few months but things were going pretty well for the most part. I have a fairly well paying job, a decent amount of savings, and I'm getting married this year. The president of the United States seems determined to f*** that up though (for me and everyone else).

Doing pretty bad but better than most. Quit my job due to my girlfriend taking her life last year and working through depression trying to find a new job in the worst job market in history. My dad died a few years ago as well, but hey got a decent inheritance so that makes up for it. /s Life sucks, but at least I'm not homeless and have some family support. At least that what I tried to tell myself.

I lost my dad in November 2025. It's going just as you'd expect.

A rollercoaster. Lots of shit happening, both good and bad, and it's kinda crazy.

Pretty good. 26 and graduated in December, got married in January, bought a house last June with fiancee/now wife. Things are looking up and I feel like I can relax now that I'm just working and out of school. Just trying enjoy my new life, wife, and house. P.s. work out more in your early 20s.

I’m 26 and passed mid life crisis by marrying love of my life and now I don’t have to fear loneliness

Late 20s. Nothing about it would look good compared to my parents/grandparents’ generation - I’m not married, I don’t have kids, I don’t own a home or land. But I do have savings and will eventually own a house if disaster doesn’t happen so I think I’m doing better than most, partially because of luck at getting a good job for a while and taking advantage of the extra income when I had it. I just don’t think it should take as much effort and frugality as I’ve used to live what looks like a mediocre life to other generations.

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Cherishing my time where I can still respond to this kind of question. (Turning 30 this month)

Late 20s: financially sorted, good career, still very active and healthy, single, starting to slowly lose connection with old friends due to changing life trajectories. Overall not bad but not as social as I would like.

Follow up question do you care about what’s happening politically? No judgement. I didn’t when I was 20

Confusing, and I'm still finding myself coming into who I am. Lately, I've been grappling with societal pressures and contemplating what it means to be a woman. Do I follow the cookie cutter template of marriage and motherhood? But in doing so, I would sacrifice my career and everything I had fought to achieve. Would I still be able to recognize myself? Would I still be me? Is the societal template something I truly want or a path that I am expected to accept?

I’m honestly in the best period of my life. I have an amazing partner and we’ve been together almost 4 years. He’s the light of my life. I’m close to graduating medical school with a near perfect GPA and chairman of multiple conferences and societies. I have 5 published research papers and projects. I’ve even been nominated for a National humanitarian award. Sorry, I never get to discuss my accomplishments with anyone apart from my closest family, in fear of seeming pretentious. Hoping internet strangers can be proud of me lol.

Very disappointing. I'm 21 and turning 22 on April 19th. I started community college on a full-ride scholarship at 18. I chose Computer Science first, and then switched out of it because it got too hard. Then I switched into cybersecurity but hated it, so I graduated with an AA in General Studies in May 2025. I took 7 months off to work as a barista and recoup with myself. Then, I started my BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in Risk Management/Insurance, Economics, and Organizational Communication. If I could go back to being 18, then I would've just done an AS in Business Admin and then transferred and done a BS in Business Admin. That would've been the smoother/cleaner route. I feel like my life has just gotten so off track at this point.

incessant grind

Closing my 20s out this year. Spent a lot of time in my early 20s trying to figure things out just to have an epiphany in my later 20s that there’s really nothing to figure out. Nobody knows wtf they’re doing except the people in power investing to make money off of you. Other than that, it’s okay I guess. I don’t know what I want for dinner though.

Ughhhh

Turning 30 in a few weeks, have a six figure job, no debt, a nice house with nice things and hobbies I can afford, might be getting promoted again soon...still having a quarter-life crisis.

It's never been harder to be grown and I'm growing up 🤣

27 and having a struggle, I moved to another country and now Im doing papers for my spouse, and yes with just one income life is a b**** and it lasts some time now. Apart from being lonely and mostly in depressive state i can say that im somewhat pushing forwards. Since im a blue collar worker I am looking forward to acquire some better diploma because this lifestyle goes nowhere.

Hmm studying and trying to catch up

i feel alright. new job pays pretty decently even though i dont have really any free time anymore. going on a trip with my girlfriend soon that im very excited about

Well you se- oh wait... I'm no longer in my 20s...

Pretty bad. 25F. Timeline: 20: Fresh out of my first relationship that I ended one week before turning 20. Entered my junior year of college and decided to graduate one semester early as the pandemic killed the college experience. 21: Graduated college and started my first corporate job on the other side of the country in a state I had never been to. Got harassed and abused by management and coworkers. 22: Met the love of my life who was avoidant and showed BPD and cluster B-like traits and behavior. He treated me like shit and abused me and I didn’t even know it. Spent the year trying to stabilize him. Cut off my family (boomers). 23: Got laid off and panicked. Boyfriend withdrew and started body shaming me and putting me down. He lost his job too. Moved halfway across the country to be closer to his family. 24: Found a new job on the other side of the country 6-8 months after I was laid off. It was a promotion, but a pay cut. Boyfriend moved with me unemployed and continued his shit behavior. He worked two one brief contract and then his dad’s friend provided a referral to a FAANG company. He took the job and left me on the other side of the country alone. Pushed back hard to not let me move with him. Withdrew hard. I persisted and moved to be with him 6 weeks later, putting my job at risk and hoping to ask for permanent remote. 6 weeks into moving, he packs up the car while I’m away for a few minutes and says it’s over, leaving me homeless with no transportation. My job is based on the other side of the country. 25: I have spent since July of last year trying to pick up the pieces and move on. But I’m falling backwards. I found a place cross country at the last second but my roommates were psychotic and I avoided eviction proceedings by 1 day. I had to find a place to live at the last minute that is now double my old rent and I’m in a city I hate and in a job that does not respect me. I am trying to push for a promotion so I can use it to find a better job, but my boss is blocking me from getting it. I have 10 weeks left until my lease is up and I am choosing between quitting my job and moving back home with my parents when that time is up or scrapping together month to month housing indefinitely until I can find a better job. My city does not really offer monthly housing or flexible housing. I have no friends (lost them all) and my family is back in my life. They are financially supporting me because I don’t make enough money. I can’t seem to land a new gig and can’t find decent housing. I have very minimal support and am still very much not over the breakup. Sometimes I question if it’s worth moving forward with the state of my life, the job market, and how the world is doing in general.

I'm living the life i want

Shitty

mostly awful

Still figuring things out, but honestly, can’t really complain. Everyone has problems, and my life is pretty great all things considered

Anxiety, complete disorientation, trying and failing, realistically failing more than trying But I got energy, physical health and a lot of love for this little life of mine so I’ll go on and keep trying

Pretty good. Getting married next year, I’m a teacher and coach, and we’re aiming to buy a house.

Bout to end it bruh (my 20’s because I’m almost 30)

Graduated college last year. Got a job right out of it. Rn I feel like I’m about to be scapegoated for something that wasn’t my fault. Least I got pretty good savings if anything happens.

\26. Fucked. Mental health is at rock bottom, my dad is akin to a ghost in a care home, I'm in 5 digits of debt trying to keep my mum above ground while she's unemployed, my relationship with my friends is rocky, I'm still to this day single, and I don't like my career. But it is what it is, got to just keep moving.

M24, life seems fine. Currently learning my second job, living on my own in a new city for about one year. Often a little bit lonely, but just found a girlfriend and joined a volleyball team.  Beside that, i have a bit to little time for vacations or visiting friends/family. But it’s temporary and in two years I can work on my dream job and will have more time. Don’t know where live will take me, but I’m open. Soo could be better, but also could be much worse 

I’m 24 and terrible atm, i just got laid off and it was my first big girl job that i was really proud of. Not sure what to do from now on and the job market is shit. But i am sure i will figure it out and it will be okay

Chaotic and choosing myself. Broke off a long-term long distance relationship on top of my already existing burn-out. Moving back in living with my mother who I've never lived with in my life (former foster child). Wanting to save money and explore more. Had my first f*** up in the trades and I'm also learning how to take on my own projects. Becoming more intuitive about other people'sintentions and setting firm boundaries. I'm going to work less and invest more in hobbies and my loved ones. I have a workaholic history, been working more than 4/5 days ever since I was 15. Now for years I'm working nearly every day for 5/6 years (because I had none to support me and with minimum wage it's hard to pay for rent and groceries).. living at my mom's place is going to give me an advantage I've never had in my life. I'm sad I broke it off with the sweetest ex ever, but the distance felt like grief and turned me bitter. Maybe one day we'll reunite.

Wife, two kids, MBA, Church, full time job, and owner of a small business. Life is good but could be better.

Not half bad. Engaged, just got an apartment with no (non-fiancée) roommates, moderately-fulfilling career in a MCOL coastal city that is close -- but not too close! -- to most of my family. Cut way back on drinking and am focusing on my health, although I still vape too much and pay too much for legal weed. Not very fit but working on it, working on dealing with stress. Lots of friends nearby. All I need is to get back to cooking non-slop meals and to focus on my non-video-game hobbies again and I think I'll be set. Until wedding planning time comes around, at least. Edit: 27 years old

Never been lower!

I was in a dark place in my early 20s and didn’t think I’d make it. College went downhill after Covid and my grades tanked. School stressed me out and I was unsure about my future. I miraculously graduated even though I thought I wouldn’t be able to. I actually didn’t do any work for one class but the professor passed me anyways. I think I’m still alive today because my boyfriend and friends were always there for me (therapy helped too). Now I’m 26 and have been a registered nurse for about a year now. I’m starting a residency program next Monday and I’m excited. I’m happy that I have a stable career that will get me far in life. I’m still with my amazing boyfriend and he is the one who I want to marry. If I gave up back then, I would have missed out on all the wonderful things that has happened to me these past few years. Next step for me is to move out of my parent’s house. I don’t mind being here for the time being to save money and pay off some loans.

Finally starting to figure out what I want, well for now at least…

Got accepted to grad school in DC. But dont know if I should accept or pass on the opportunity because its such an expseivie place to live. I am not currently financially stable, nor do I have any other plans once my lease ends in August. But its soooo expensive. So you know, doing great.

Pretty good

26, looking for a house with my partner. Life is good for the most part, but my parents are getting older and I can see their health deteriorating. My dad's cognitive and mental health in particular is worsening, which is really hard.

Eh, so so. Trying hard to remain positive and not wish away this season.

Absolutely amazing!

It’s expensive but I’m content for the moment

on the outside, it seems great. im 24 and own land and just built a small house, i have a nice car, a great and loving relationship, etc. but im burnt out, dont like my job and am trying to find something else, my mental health is suffering because i still havent found the right medications to help me, and im just exhausted all the time

Trying to spend the last year and a half of my 20s making up for the wasted 8.5 years of battling mental health, heart break and health problems. It’s hard work.

Not in a suicidal way mind you but I thought I’d just simply expire at 20 or something along the line

21, Life after graduate feels so depressing, loss of direction

I’m enjoying most of it. But I chose a bad career path and have a shit dead end job. It’s really the greatest stressor of my life right now. If I could solve that without going back to school that’d be great. I think I’d be so much happier

Great, I have hobbies and a stable job, and should be engaged in about a month. Money wise I’m alright but not where I want to be, but on the whole, great

Well 22m here... Financially great - I made 90k 2 years ago, 101k last year, and 70k this year so far. Got into a new relationship which is a lot of fun (got out of a 3 1/2 yr one the same week my little brother lost his life to suicide, so that was really hard last year and still creeps up on me). But I got a motorcycle he and I always talked about, its awesome. Although I've never been close to most of my family (haven't talked to either parent in several years), that bothers me a lot and therapy helps thankfully. Gym is going great too! squat 500, bench 315, at 185 BW. Grand consensus I am really good at the objective success measurables of life, but I have a hard time succeeding emotionally, which ironically is now my highest priority. Maybe someone can resonate a bit here.

I'm 29 and turning 30 this summer. I've spent much my 20s abusing weed and am now 2 years weed and alcohol free. I've also started going to the gym regularly and am in the best shape of my life. Despite this I spend most days wondering what is the point of living. I have slowly pushed all my friends away over the past 10 years and spend all my time alone. I work a remote job I hate in IT and have no energy to socialize outside after work. I know it's my fault but all I can do is try to get through day by day and improve myself and hope it gets better.

25 in May, lost af in community college and pretty depressed. No idea what to do or where to start

29, struggling financially partly because of the state of the economy & partly because I was stupid enough to listen to my parents advice to buy a house before I was ready. I used everything for my down payment & immediately went into debt for new appliances, repairs, vet bills, etc. Just gotta tighten up the purse strings for 2 years & I'll be out of debt & building an actual emergency fund.

Still trying to figure life out, I feel like I’m ahead but behind at the same time

Finished my undergrad, in graduate school now (less than a year left), planning my wedding. Just had an abortion though and it’s broken me. Mixed bag here

I want my life to end soon.

i turned 22 a week ago! preparing to graduate from college in a little over a month! plans? absolutely none! head? on fire!!!!!!

Two more months of my 20s left, sort “wasted” most of the decade on two generally toxic relationships and recovery is still on going from the second one that ended last year. On the bright side, I got two amazing children out of those deals and I’m figuring out that custodial situation as we go, I just graduated in December with my Bachelor’s and recently adopted a pup for companionship. On the negative side I just had a surgery to remove a foot of my colon, I have a newfound panic disorder to manage and I ruined a few other social relationships via my self-medicating/self-destruction when trying to deal with everything I’ve described. In short, hoping my next decade on this planet can at least meet my willingness to find peace and stability somewhat halfway.

Great and fun but also incredibly stressful.

...fine :/. Covid killed my hopes and dreams, the industry i got my degree in (where i was very successful) no longer exists, and the economy is so bad that I know I'll never own a home or be in a financial position to have kids. But i'm doing ok. The job I do have is keeping my head above water, and its stable, no chance I'll lose it anytime soon. I'm slowly saving money. I live in a great city and am close to lots of friends who i get to spend time with. I even get to take a nice vacation once or twice a year. Its just not the life I envisioned or worked towards. Its certainly not the life i ever would have chosen. its just the one ive got. And thats ok.

I'm turning 30 in 2 months. Socially this is probably the loneliest I've ever been. Hardly have anybody to talk to anymore. But financially I've never been doing better.

Life’s good, no complaints. The world is going to shit but there’s been bullshit for as long as civilization has existed. Just gonna make the most of my time here

miserable. im lost. a waste of life tbh

Turning 27 this year and I'm now above the water from all my dumb mistakes. Life is good, will be up and down as always, but I hope to keep moving up.

Not bad. Just bought my first house but I’m in a pretty shit state/city and I feel like my age, I should be experiencing a lot more culture, diversity, etc. Finding a new job with my current salary has been hard and my current employer gave me a decent raise recently so on paper I have no reason so move. I’m incredibly grateful for where I’m at for my age, but part of me wants to take a risk and live my life as I’ve always envisioned.

terrible. my brother died when I was 23. my dad died when i was 25. I hope I can salvage some fun in these last few years. But it’s been absolutely the worst time of my life.

I’m trying to figure out what I want to do with my life. I’m comforted by my coworkers who are older (40s-50s) saying that I am doing well for my age and not to stress too much cause often times people don’t start figuring stuff out well into their 30s going into their 40s. And even then it’s not fully figured out.

Still an immigrant in the U.S. after 23 years of living heres since I was 4, my mom remarried and been happily married for 5 years but my step dad has cancer now….trying to figure out how I can provide for my family but can’t get a career due to my status. I want to start a gofundme for my step dad but I’m also afraid that it won’t do well. But hey, I’m at least trying and staying positive so I won’t have to worry anyone. Best advice I can give is just do what you can

Doesn’t matter. And don’t respond to this comment. And don’t upvote or downvote. This comment doesn’t exist. It’s just an imagination. I didn’t write it. It just been here on its own. I’m actually doing grea

I’m busy stumbling through it trying to stop my constant failures.

Garbage

Learning more and more about adulthood

shit

The same as when I was younger but with more money

Good

Just entered my late 20’s and it’s different than I expected! My family historically has kids early so I thought I’d have at least 1 kid by now. I’m kid free and 7 years into a committed relationship. I didn’t go to college thank GOD because COVID started when I would’ve been a sophomore. Instead I was about 9 months into a career that I’m still in. A growing 401k, thriving relationship, and I moved out of my mom’s house at 20 and never moved back in. I did live with my partners family for 2 years but hated it so I moved out and down the rd for a year. Lived on my own 40 minutes away from my partner for a year which garnered a huge growth period for me. We just moved into our first apartment together late last year. I’ve been taking college classes for free through my job since ‘22. Life is good, just different from what I expected.

25, dead end job, no degree...very lost

Better than my 30s

Horrible, only at the beginning of my 20’s but I am depressed, single, have only 1 friend, and I don’t even earn enough to move out of my family’s house

My salary I earn now would have been considered upper middle class and now it’s just low class.

Just turned 23. So far so good, actually. Managed to finish my university degree, without retaking any subject and with distinction, despite not liking what I studied much. Keeping in good course my relations with family and friends, both old and new, with which I had the opportunity to travel across Europe at least once a year. And let's not forget my dog! A Golden Retriever with the purest soul I know. I won some awards and recognitions for some short films and scripts I've written during the years, managed to go to some Netflix studios and see how is that world from the inside, and I also was elected to be a young juryman for a film festival, despite there being A LOT of candidates. What I really need to do is to lock in with my book, my dream project, but I just can't be consistent with it lol. I also had bad years, of course. Before hitting my 20s, I broke up with my girlfriend at the time after a really difficult 2 years relationship that ended being toxic, which led to 5 or 6 years being completely single and uninterested in anyone, just focused on me, healing and trying to be better. I also had a whole year in which I felt mentally burned and at the gates of depression because of personal and family problems, but I overcame that, partly because of all the amazing people I have beside me. A few months ago I started my master's degree, where I met a lot of cool people but specifically this amazing girl which I profoundly love and whom I want to share every moment with. I don't know what will happen between us in the future, knowing that, along with other things, she'll move to another country before the end of this year because of studies. Honestly, I'm scared. But I'm going to enjoy every minute I can with her no matter what, and I'm definitely going to try my best not to loose her. All in all, pretty good!

26. Last year I lost my best friend of 15 years to suicide and two weeks after that my girlfriend of 3 years left me for someone else. I met someone new, went to therapy, moved out. Finished my apprenticeship and got a permanent role. Money is tight but not awful. Bills suck but I manage. I’m much happier with my current girlfriend. Feels like I’m building my life. The sadness comes and goes and maybe it’ll get easier, maybe it won’t. If I could avoid any further kicks to the nuts just for a couple years I think I’ll be okay.

Not great. Haven’t found a full time job in the field i am in and am looking for a way out. Still living with parents. Friends live all over the country and I I think I have had a fallout with one of them. I cannot describe my love life, as it is just me being complacent. I hate that I haven’t found anyone to love and a full time gig! Every opportunity I seem to not be good enough. I f****** hate being an adult. I got major ADHD and I want my life to fully start so badly. I am slightly overweight, over stimulated, and hate, HATE that my life has gone this way. 27m. I feel like everyone is dragging my feet and I feel like I’m getting older all the time. I want a full time job please…

26m, couldn’t be better. Have a stable job that allows me to learn a lot which will help me earn a lot in coming years. $100k/yr currently, plenty for all my expenses and fun and saving. My friend group has shrunk, for the better. Stopped associating myself with people that did not have similar goals. The fun to be around crowd with no real added value has slimmed by 80%. Closer than ever with my 3 closest friends. Taking my health seriously. I rarely drink anymore but don’t never have one or 20 every once in a while. Focusing on fitness. Lifting and lot of hiking where I live. Continuing to explore faith. It’s hard but ik it’s a work in progress. I haven’t found “the one” yet but as soon as I started taking it so seriously and loosened up and just focused on having fun, the more opportunities arose. This is the one thing I’d say I would really like to have but haven’t found yet. Being 26 now I’m trying not to be too hard on myself. Overall 8/10. Excited for the future and enjoying the present.