I am in my early 30s, do not have a regular corporate work history yet and recently graduated from my 2nd Bachelors (not IT related, my first was in Engineering). I do not have any savings or assets and will be facing the prospect of sitting for interviews in the next weeks. I feel a bit directionless and lost, having coming to realize that I might not be going high up the career ladder considering where I am. The posts about cognitive decline in the 40s and 50s in the past days has only made me more anxious.
Quick facts:
- Interested in programming but my knowledge is rusty and feel I wouldn't be able to brush my skills up for a job
- Worked in advertising for a long time in a completely different market
- Current goals are vague, but I definitely want to save enough to pursue interests (writing and film) in the long-term.
Has anyone of you faced a similar dilemma? What did you do against it? I feel the intertia building up over time and I am afraid of being in a limbo if I don't act soon. I do not live in the US if that helps.
Do your best to be a bit more resolute. Everyone is anxious in life about something.
I can tell you for a fact there is someone your age or younger with a family and mortgage and a career change to think about. There’s probably someone your exact age whose entire career got derailed for any number of factors, wondering if they’ll get another go at it. But here you are wondering if your brain will stop working in a few years, or if you will ever get to write a movie.
You can write your movie right now. It’ll suck, but so what? Write another one. You’ll bomb all your upcoming interviews. Go to more.
From the immortal bard Arnold Schwarzenegger:
“Stop whining”.