Advice

<h2>One day you&#39;re just a person doing your job and your daily routine, and the next minute you&#39;re staring off into the abyss wondering how we&#39;re just all floating on a little rock in space...</h2><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/ywyhjz/whats_one_moment_you_found_yourself_asking/" target="_blank">Reddit</a> user asked, 'What&#39;s one moment you found yourself asking yourself &#39;What the hell am I doing with my life?&#39;' people were ready to share their funniest, weirdest or most profound existential moment.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was working nights, going to college days, and socializing and sleeping at... ummm....huh. Got so exhausted I was hallucinating while driving. Finally snapped when I realized I had to go to work again and hadn&#39;t slept since the last time I had to go to work and was breaking down physically and mentally.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>F*ck this, went to bed and slept 2 days. And since 2 no-call no-shows was a fireable offense, I was now blissfully unemployed. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Amish_Cyberbully/" target="_blank">Amish_Cyberbully</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I woke up one day and realized my life is exactly the same as it was 10 years ago. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/brokeneclipses/" target="_blank">brokeneclipses</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>I cried in an airport because my flight home got cancelled. Had a traveling job where I was gone at least 1 week a month and it was making me depressed and anxious. A nice lady gave me a hug and thought a family member died or something. Then she told me to quit my job. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/serafel/" target="_blank">serafel</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was working as a receptionist in my early 20s (after dropping out of high school) and I went to the mall with my mom one day after work. I found these great hot pink sneakers on sale at Hot Topic for $17...</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>And I did some mental math and realized that I could not afford them. That led me to wonder what I would do if one of my pets had an emergency and I needed to pay a big vet bill. I broke down and started crying right there in Hot Topic.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Within a week I had enrolled at a community college that had a unique program focusing on my interest 5 hours away, with the help of some student loans. I sold what I could sell, packed the rest, and less than 6 weeks later I was a college student living in the dorms.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I made straight As, transferred to one of the top universities in my field, and finished with a degree I had always wanted but never believed I could do. I got those hot pink sneakers for Christmas. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Goddamtoad/" target="_blank">Goddamtoad</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>When the shopkeeper I used to buy cigarettes from told me to smoke less. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/SuvenPan/" target="_blank">SuvenPan</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>I got rich, now I sit here at 30, rich enough not to have to work, and have no fun really! Don&#39;t know how to get out in the world. People say go to hobbies, I&#39;ve tried, all that&#39;s there are much older people... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Creative_Dog_/" target="_blank">Creative_Dog_</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>When for the 4th Sunday in a row I found myself getting up at 4 AM to log into World of Warcraft so that I could gather rare but in-demand Black Lotus to use in potions for raiding. Barely able to keep my eyes open I sat back and asked 'Why am I doing this to myself?' and quit playing that day. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ptwonline/" target="_blank">ptwonline</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was 25 years old. I woke up and I did not feel like going into work, so, I called my boss and in the weakest voice I could muster I let him know that I was not feeling well and I would not make it into work today. I hung up the phone and did the iconic 'fist in air' as a victory that my boss bought into my story.</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>At that point I realized that I was broke, all my friends were at work and I now had nothing to do that day besides sit in my room and do nothing. From that point on I have made it into work almost every day unless I could not stay out of the restroom. Also, I have advanced many times in my job and I&#39;ve been able to help other people take control of their lives. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Chazzos/" target="_blank">Chazzos</a></p> </blockquote><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I turned 25 and realized I was still living with my parents - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Leagueraps/" target="_blank">Leagueraps</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was inside a Wendy&#39;s dumpster getting the cups to get free airfare. 4 roundtrip tickets and a single one way. It was worth it but the smell of a classic triple still gives me flashbacks. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/M0n5tr0/" target="_blank">M0n5tr0</a></p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was crying over my job. I quit the next day. I now actually wake up excited for work and don&#39;t spend the night before paralyzed with dread - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Lost-Perspective-606/" target="_blank">Lost-Perspective-606</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was drinking a lot in college. Like every day and early. One morning, I got in an argument with my brother/roommate because he&#39;d drank my Cherry Coke out of the fridge. 'I was gonna put RUM in that before I went to class!'</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I heard myself say. And then it dawned on me that the class was at 10AM and I was looking to drink at it. I have a much healthier relationship with alcohol now. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/livers/" target="_blank">livers</a></p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>I had worked 15 years in baking, I am fully qualified, I&#39;ve had 6 apprentices become bakers under me. I was in charge of the biggest production in bakery&#39;s in my city.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I then quit and move to a small town (5000 people) got a job in the small bakery, where I was micromanage, underpaid and my ideas were all shot down(if I just made an idea and gave it to the front girls and it sold well I&#39;d get told how crap my idea was but they still made it because it sold)</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><blockquote> <p>After 3 years of it getting worse without realising, the alcoholic boss yelled at me for singing to myself. I applied for jobs I&#39;ve never done before, I got one and learnt how to drive a forklift and then a month later the better paying/hours one said I got the job and went to that one.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>I didn&#39;t realize I wasn&#39;t a piece of shit until I worked for other people, I had been beaten down so much, it&#39;s so nice to work with people who appreciate my work - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Antmon666/" target="_blank">Antmon666</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>When my boyfriend at the time was in the kitchen arguing with the woman whom he was currently cheating on me with... I was literally in between them as they were about to physically attack one another. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Any_Bus9336/" target="_blank">Any_Bus9336</a></p> </blockquote><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was sh*tfaced in a strip club by myself on a work night. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Burrito_Loyalist/" target="_blank">Burrito_Loyalist</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>Ordered 2 large pizzas and ate through both while sitting in bed. Literally no dopamine hit from any bite. Decided that food no longer gave me pleasure and from there I lost 115lbs. I also wanna paint a picture of how pathetic this was. I brought both pizzas to bed. Not slices, no plates. I ate them straight outta the box. And no bite tasted good. It was just an empty feeling of sadness. And I stained my sheets. -<a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Autumnlove92/" target="_blank">Autumnlove92</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 people share what inspired the moment they asked 'what am I doing with my life?'

One day you&#39;re just a person doing your job and your daily routine, and the next minute you&#39;re staring off into the abyss wondering how we&#39;re just all floating on a little rock in space...So, when a Reddit user asked, 'What&#39;s one moment you found yourself asking yourself &#39;What the hell am I doing with my life?&#39;' people were ready to share their funniest, weirdest or most profound existential moment.1. I was working nights, going to college days, and socializing and sleeping at... ummm....huh. Got so exhausted I was hallucinating while driving. Finally snapped when I realized I had to go to work again and hadn&#39;t slept since the last time I had to go to work and was breaking down physically and mentally.  F*ck this, went to bed and slept 2 days. And since 2 no-call no-shows was a fireable offense, I was now blissfully unemployed. - Amish_Cyberbully 2. When I woke up one day and realized my life is exactly the same as it was 10 years ago. - brokeneclipses 3. I cried in an airport because my flight home got cancelled. Had a traveling job where I was gone at least 1 week a month and it was making me depressed and anxious. A nice lady gave me a hug and thought a family member died or something. Then she told me to quit my job. - serafel 4. I was working as a receptionist in my early 20s (after dropping out of high school) and I went to the mall with my mom one day after work. I found these great hot pink sneakers on sale at Hot Topic for $17...  And I did some mental math and realized that I could not afford them. That led me to wonder what I would do if one of my pets had an emergency and I needed to pay a big vet bill. I broke down and started crying right there in Hot Topic.  Within a week I had enrolled at a community college that had a unique program focusing on my interest 5 hours away, with the help of some student loans. I sold what I could sell, packed the rest, and less than 6 weeks later I was a college student living in the dorms.  I made straight As, transferred to one of the top universities in my field, and finished with a degree I had always wanted but never believed I could do. I got those hot pink sneakers for Christmas. - Goddamtoad 5. When the shopkeeper I used to buy cigarettes from told me to smoke less. - SuvenPan 6. I got rich, now I sit here at 30, rich enough not to have to work, and have no fun really! Don&#39;t know how to get out in the world. People say go to hobbies, I&#39;ve tried, all that&#39;s there are much older people... - Creative_Dog_ 7. When for the 4th Sunday in a row I found myself getting up at 4 AM to log into World of Warcraft so that I could gather rare but in-demand Black Lotus to use in potions for raiding. Barely able to keep my eyes open I sat back and asked 'Why am I doing this to myself?' and quit playing that day. - ptwonline 8. I was 25 years old. I woke up and I did not feel like going into work, so, I called my boss and in the weakest voice I could muster I let him know that I was not feeling well and I would not make it into work today. I hung up the phone and did the iconic 'fist in air' as a victory that my boss bought into my story.  At that point I realized that I was broke, all my friends were at work and I now had nothing to do that day besides sit in my room and do nothing. From that point on I have made it into work almost every day unless I could not stay out of the restroom. Also, I have advanced many times in my job and I&#39;ve been able to help other people take control of their lives. - Chazzos 9. When I turned 25 and realized I was still living with my parents - Leagueraps 10. When I was inside a Wendy&#39;s dumpster getting the cups to get free airfare. 4 roundtrip tickets and a single one way. It was worth it but the smell of a classic triple still gives me flashbacks. - M0n5tr0 11. I was crying over my job. I quit the next day. I now actually wake up excited for work and don&#39;t spend the night before paralyzed with dread - Lost-Perspective-606 12. I was drinking a lot in college. Like every day and early. One morning, I got in an argument with my brother/roommate because he&#39;d drank my Cherry Coke out of the fridge. 'I was gonna put RUM in that before I went to class!'  I heard myself say. And then it dawned on me that the class was at 10AM and I was looking to drink at it. I have a much healthier relationship with alcohol now. - livers 13. I had worked 15 years in baking, I am fully qualified, I&#39;ve had 6 apprentices become bakers under me. I was in charge of the biggest production in bakery&#39;s in my city.  I then quit and move to a small town (5000 people) got a job in the small bakery, where I was micromanage, underpaid and my ideas were all shot down(if I just made an idea and gave it to the front girls and it sold well I&#39;d get told how crap my idea was but they still made it because it sold)  After 3 years of it getting worse without realising, the alcoholic boss yelled at me for singing to myself. I applied for jobs I&#39;ve never done before, I got one and learnt how to drive a forklift and then a month later the better paying/hours one said I got the job and went to that one.  I didn&#39;t realize I wasn&#39;t a piece of shit until I worked for other people, I had been beaten down so much, it&#39;s so nice to work with people who appreciate my work - Antmon666 14. When my boyfriend at the time was in the kitchen arguing with the woman whom he was currently cheating on me with... I was literally in between them as they were about to physically attack one another. - Any_Bus9336 15. I was sh*tfaced in a strip club by myself on a work night. - Burrito_Loyalist 16. Ordered 2 large pizzas and ate through both while sitting in bed. Literally no dopamine hit from any bite. Decided that food no longer gave me pleasure and from there I lost 115lbs. I also wanna paint a picture of how pathetic this was. I brought both pizzas to bed. Not slices, no plates. I ate them straight outta the box. And no bite tasted good. It was just an empty feeling of sadness. And I stained my sheets. -Autumnlove92 

One day you&#39;re just a person doing your job and your daily routine, and the next minute you&#39;re staring off into the abyss wondering how we&#39;re just all floating on a little rock in space...  So, when a Reddit user asked,...