i don't know why i constantly think about how short life is (and by extent the meaninglessness of the day to day monotony) but it never fails to get me down. especially when i realize i don't have time for, well, anything beyond work & school at this point in my life. it feels like i'm wasting what little time i have (even though i'm in my 20s??????). why am i thinking about this. ugh.
I think everyone goes through this at some point in their 20s, especially when the daily grind feels like all you have time for. I certainly did, especially in the months leading up to my 30th birthday; and my partner turns 25 in a couple of weeks and it feels like it's every few days that I'll come home to find her stressed and upset about the idea that her life and career are stagnating and that she feels she's already "peaked".
It could be worthwhile thinking about what your long-term goals are and what you can do now to help you get there. For example, you say that you're in school, so then I would imagine you are working towards a qualification that is hopefully going to help you to build a career. So, spin the narrative: instead of thinking of school as something that eats up all your time; remind yourself of what you are going to get out of this at the end. e.g. I only got through the final few months of my postgraduate degree by focusing on the fact it was going to give me an advantage in an extremely competitive job market. When things get tough, focusing on the future and how what you are doing right now is going to shape it can be motivating and give you a better sense of direction and purpose.
And, of course, if you're unhappy with the direction your life is going in then that is a sign that you should take action now to try and change it. Annoyingly, what people thinks is going to be a fun decade (20s) is often spent broke, trying to figure out what you want to do with your life, and working your ass off to make sure you will someday achieve it. Use this time wisely!
Great, I was so excited for my online interior design course I'm taking and I just literally today found out I'm gonna need all these materials 90% I don't have and they never told me that in the beginning
they want me to do all this stuff like film a roleplay thing of a interior designer working with a client
your suppose to act it out so you understand what it's like working with clients and everything, all this stuff is gonna be so stressful I wish they would have told me that in the beginning I thought I was gonna read and write and do tests and listen to things not do things IRL ugh
All good courses for hands-on professions will include practical elements and teach you about the industry. e.g. I'm a scientist - but I wouldn't be employable if I didn't have laboratory experience. Likewise, an interior designer with no experience is no good to anybody! If that is a route you are interested in pursuing, then the skills they are going to teach you are going to be vital to working in the role.