Is it normal if i don't want to work until like 30?

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I'm 23 and yeah Ive been working but I don't want to anymore. I feel so young and like sucha baby, I don't feel like growing up and being serious or "professional." I want to be silly, goofy, carefree, etc. I think your 20s is your new teens. I think one of the reasons why I feel so young is cause most of my friends are 26 and older so I forget sometimes wow I am a baby, I should be having fun and acting obnoxious. I mean even some of them still act like in their early 20s so it makes me grateful that I am actually still in my early 20s and have the chance to take full advantage of it! Time is ticking and I want to have so much fun, not work. I have always been independent minded so the only reason why I would want to work is so I can basically do whatever I want under my name. I also am career driven, I know what I want to do, I picture myself being this person with a good career, stable living and independent. But not right now. So I am starting to take things more easy and try not to feel bad if I come off as "lazy." I just have this free spirit mind and relief that I think I am still an exception to act like a fool considering my age.

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  • VinnyB
    8 years ago

    A lot of people would like to do this who are older than you. But who is financing this carefree, independent, fun loving lifestyle, and are they willing to do it for the next 7 years? Also, if someone else is financing your lifestyle, can you really call yourself independent?

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  • thegypsysailor
    8 years ago

    I'd sure like to know how you are going to explain to an employer why you are applying for a position at 30, but don't have ANY work experience.
    I really don't see that "good career" in your future, if you carry on with this rather childish plan.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      I said I do work, of course I'm working right now but I feel like I should be working less and having more fun. I already have great work experience for what I want to do but the question is, do I really wanna settle down w a career right now? No.

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      • thegypsysailor
        8 years ago

        Well then I suggest you rewrite your post so that what you wrote here is included.
        If your job is something you love to do, then you'll never work a day in your life.

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          Thats in the first sentence lol idk what other way you can take that.

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          • VinnyB
            8 years ago

            Yea but if you stop working a create a 7 year gap in your resume, most employers would look unfavorably on that. I think that is what he is trying to tell you. I have conducted more then a few job interviews and I wouldn't consider a candidate who had no reasonable explanation for not working or going to school for 7 years.

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  • Short4Words
    8 years ago

    If that's your mentality you should take advantage of your free time and youth and start travelling because you won't have time later.

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  • sillygirl77
    8 years ago

    Wouldn't we all like not to work, yet still have a nice lifestyle. I'd say buck up. I personally find young people who don't try to support themselves annoying.

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    • [Old Memory]
      8 years ago

      As you make your way in life you'll find it's not just "young" people who are like this. Plenty of people just can't seem to keep steady employment. It's like they can't get past the fact that most jobs really aren't fun (it's called work for a reason) so since it isn't fun why bother?

      I find it pathetic personally.

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      • sillygirl77
        8 years ago

        Yes, true there are people of all ages like this and I find it pathetic too if people put themselves in such a situation on purpose.

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  • flyingnostalgia
    8 years ago

    i dont wanna work either not because i think i,m too young but because i,m tired of everything and dont have energy!

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  • anti-hero
    8 years ago

    Self-infantilization.

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  • dirtybirdy
    8 years ago

    Suck it up kid. It's kinda hard to have fun if you don't make money by working. Then again what would I know. I work and have no fun at all. I take full responsibility for the position I'm in and it sucks but that's too bad. The word "retire" is not in my vocabulary. You don't want to be in a position like this. Trust me.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      Then I guess it depends on your personality and how you live your life. Some people don't put "having fun" or "enjoy life" in their list of priorities so to each their own.

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      • dirtybirdy
        8 years ago

        Oh, and just what kind of fun are you talking about that would require you to dedicate all of your time to? Ya know plenty of people work full time and have loads of fun on the side. Crazy right?!

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          8 years ago

          NA. I mean free to travel, explore, and do different activities (scuba-dive, sky-dive, rock-climb, etc). But like I said, everyone has different tastes and personalities...

          TO EACH THEIR OWN

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          • dirtybirdy
            8 years ago

            Don't get snippy with me, snootypants! And don't say you weren't warned.

            The real question is, who will be funding all your fun, hmmmm????????? Brat!

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      • dirtybirdy
        8 years ago

        I make every day as fun as possible just by being my silly self. I enjoy my life as much as can by who and what I choose to surround myself with. I can still be somewhat happy even when I'm in a shitty situation. I still manage to get by and hopefully things will get better, it seems they've started to recently. I'm just saying that you shouldn't put fun over things such as a means to support yourself. That's absurd. Unless you have a rich family that supports you or you win the lottery or something, people need to work. It's just the way it is.

        But you are free to do as you please. I ain't stopping ya.

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  • thefuckup
    8 years ago

    Oh you are soo cool and a free spirit an d fun and loving.......guess what you are a little stupid fucker so grow up

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  • Anonymous200
    8 years ago

    I think you need to focus on working hard now so you can enjoy yourself later. Working a crappy job in your twenties is not as bad as doing it when you're in your sixties when your bones and joints hurt. As for not wanting to work anymore until you hit 30, I say suck it up. We have to do things in life we don't want to do. This is from a twenty-year-old who is in school, plus working two seasonal jobs. This isn't where I want to be, but its where I need to be if I'm ever going to get the career I want.

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  • [Old Memory]
    8 years ago

    Pay me now or pay me later when it comes to working. I'm 35 but I can realistically consider retirement or working much less anyway in about 10 years. I'd rather get it out of the way when I'm younger than be forced to work at 70....

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      8 years ago

      but there's nothing to do at age 70 lol I know ideally its great to get things out of the way but in this case, if only we got younger then I agree with you. But we get older, and theres nothing left to do after but live the last minutes of our lives.

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      • [Old Memory]
        8 years ago

        Have you even considered how bad your life could possibly be at 70 if you have absolutely no money and/or are forced to work some labor intensive job?

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  • Darkoil
    8 years ago

    I'm 26, nearly everyone I know my age is traveling at the moment.

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