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Old Jun 30, 2015, 07:55 PM
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i am 16 going into my junior year of highschool i have a summer job i will be starting next week and i always worry what i am gonna be like in the future and i am stupid enough to look for a job worrying of me not having a job when i am older i always seem to overthink about this any tips?

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Old Jul 01, 2015, 03:07 AM
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I often worry about my future as well. I'm 19 and I've always worried about the future. I hope to finish college and become a nurse.
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Old Jul 01, 2015, 03:14 AM
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Dont worry. Just let it happen.
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Old Jul 01, 2015, 09:04 AM
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I started working at 13! (forced by my mother) I'm now 43 and have worked several, SEVERAL jobs over the years. What I learned from starting work early is that, you have to work, my dad had great work ethic and that may be part of why I was obsessed with work. When I was a junior in high school, I was working 40 hours a week during school and 60 hours a week during the summer. Don't let it affect your grades and make "you" time during which you have a blast. Good luck!
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Old Jul 08, 2015, 08:24 AM
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i am 16 going into my junior year of highschool i have a summer job i will be starting next week and i always worry what i am gonna be like in the future and i am stupid enough to look for a job worrying of me not having a job when i am older i always seem to overthink about this any tips?
Im 25. Worried this is what ill be doing with the rest of my life. I what to change career paths but completely lost. And when i go to look around the Internet for ideas or maybe back to school it is too much to take it, overwhelming and i give up.
I dont think its too 'un normal' and debate/worry. Definitely put some good thought into something you want to do tho.

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Old Jul 08, 2015, 03:01 PM
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I started to worry at your age (I'm 65 now) and the advice I would give is to use the worry to explore what you might want to do and how to train to do that. I just worried and took what jobs I could get, etc. and it was not until my 40's that I started doing what I wanted and working for my own purposes (even while working for others). Get in front of the worry instead of staying behind it and letting it block your view of what you want and what might be possible for you. Since you're a worrier you probably have a great imagination, use it to your advantage to imagine what's possible now instead of what's all in your head about the future (worry). Since it's the future which we can't know, I figure one might as well imagine good outcomes instead of possible bad ones?
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