Is it normal for a 20 y/o to not have any income

that was easy and kinda borin cause i did mostly residential & commercial stuff but it was a good foundation

now i do industrial troubleshoot and live 'too important to shut down but needs work' work

They have no drive to work. None. They’re more concerned with everyone else’s business, they don’t care about taking care of themselves. And they can only communicate via cell phone. They have no clue how to carry a conversation in real life.

I dont get why your dad would tell you this. You are living under a great economy assuming you're in the US. I remember I started at 8 an hour at my job during 2008 and it was the only thing I could find in town during the recession. Now everywhere I look theyre starting at like 18-20 an hour. Hell amazon is starting at $18+ now. You are living in a really good economy rn theres no reason to not have a job. Amazon has good benefits and pay. They will make you work your ass off but all factory jobs do that. UPS also is great. You could potentially make 100k+ a year in just a few years there if you're willing to drive.

Most of the time there’s a website, if there’s a particular place you want to work at it’s worth sending them an email enquiring about any upcoming entry level positions.

You may also want to join recruitment agencies, they can be good for temp jobs especially. The most important thing is persistence, virtually every adult deals with unemployment at some point, just keep asking and keep applying and you will eventually strike gold.

Believe in your self. I see the beginning of a success story

I didn't need much. It was also expected that I would never want anything that my parents wouldn't be happy to buy me, and it didn't occur to me to defy that expectation. There was often lots of shouting and insults and 'you should be ashamed', and I tended to do whatever I had to, to avoid it. I came to realise all too late though that it was actually arbitrary and that no action of mine would ever help me avoid it. If I could go back in time, I would tell myself to just do whatever I wanted because it didn't matter: the 'game' was rigged, and "the scapegoat" was my entrenched family role.

When I wasn't singing or playing in classical music groups or concerts or doing my homework I wrote secret journals, listened to an Evanescence CD I bought on a school residential holiday (a rare significant purchase that wasn't supervised!), and lived inside my head. The most rebellious thing I did was become a Christian and go to church against my father's wishes (my parents were both atheists) and have a long-distance relationship with a boy I met on holiday (it lasted 2 months and we didn't kiss or see each other after the holiday, and I was a Christian and didn't want to have sex before marriage.). Those things were worth my parents' rage.

When my mum thought I needed clothes, she bought me clothes, and if I wanted money, I asked for it and she gave me some if she agreed with what I wanted to buy. Also, we're big into birthdays and Christmas and random presents in our family, so I got lots of random presents of things my mum thought I wanted/was okay with me having, and she paid for all my orchestras, choirs and school trips. I got a weekly allowance from her for my lunch and bus money plus some left over.