So for the last few months I've been feeling pretty low, I'm 23 and I work like 50-60 hour weeks and kinda figured fatigue was the reason. But even recently when I was off for a week I was still feeling the same. My confidence is really low comapred to what it used to be. I'll go to the pub and just feel like I don't really want to be there and just feel constantly drained. I dropped out of Uni a year ago and started working. I dislike my job and I think that coming to the realisation that this is my life from now on has sunk in. I've never really been very good at opening up to people and sharing my problems, hence coming on to here.
I'm 22, so of a similar age. You work to live and then you live to work. I figure that if you're not happy, reduce your hours if possible and look for another job. You have plenty of time to think about what job you want to do, do you want a physical job? Do you want to work outdoors? Do you like an element of danger? Maybe you will have to study to go into said occupation, maybe you won't, but you need to do something different to get out of the rut you're in. Try learning a language. I think you only live once so why keep on doing a job that you hate just to pay the bills. Its probably best that you don't outright quit if you rely on an income, but there's plenty of stuff you could do. You could do an access course and train to be a mental health nurse. Join the merchant navy and travel the world. There is literally so much you could do...
I tried reducing my hours but the company always seems to be ridiculously under-staffed and I find it hard saying no when they need cover as it tends to be just me and one other guy willing to help out (so if I don't he gets stuck with even more). I have no idea what kinda work I'd want to get into if I quit though. I was studying music journalism and kinda figured when I dropped out I'd just work on building up a decent portfolio while I worked but that never really happened and now I don't even know if that's what I want to do. I get what you're saying though, I need to take a look at my options and find something I'd be happy doing. I never really toyed with the idea of oing back into education, I've had a quick look at some access courses though and that's given me another option to think about so thanks for that.
Hey Kenny you sound like me before I came to Australia 3 jobs worked every day and ended up been 60 hours. Its ok for a short time like a few months if your saving up up for something but to keep it up for longer I think it will drain you. I would try cut your hours down to at least 40 and the time you have free look into somthing you might want to as you need to be at least 70% happy with a job. Im 27 and looking changing job fields its never to late.