conversation: User (24oway): "Situation:\n\n\n- Live with parents (0$/month, way too nice to me)\n\n\n- Have no job experience  \n- Mull about in college without moving forward  \n- No real skills that I can think of  \n- Be sheltered as hell.  \n- No friends  \n- No relationships, ever.  \n- Overweight  \n- Disinterested in many things  \n- No idea what I would enjoy doing career-wise.  \n- Video gaming was not a hobby, but an addiction. I have gone cold-turkey and am aiming to never touch a game again, instead I want to direct that obsession into something positive. I know it's difficult in this day and age where gaming is in every household, but this is a personal choice as gaming in moderation is impossible for me.\n  \n  \nGoal:  \n- Financial independence (and helping pay / month)  \n- Happiness  \n- Unshelter-ness  \n- Back-on-track-ness  \n\n\n  \nI would like to ask for anyone's help as to brainstorm a step-by-step plan I could use to achieve my goals. I currently feel lost, depressed and utterly off-the-trail of life. I come to PF as a lurker, and someone seeking honest advice. Everything goes, any advice is appreciated. I'm like one of those silver-spooned sheltered lazy retarded people that need to live in the real world, yet am afraid to enter it due to how much I already am behind everyone else. I have gotten help from a psychiatrist for the depression, was on anti-depressants, but stopped in preference to natural remedies (exercise/diet, which I have yet to do)."
  Self: "I'm not a frequent visitor to this sub, I just kinda stumbled here so you can take my advice with a grain of salt. Have you thought about joining the military? They will literally teach you everything you need to know and have a million jobs to choose from. Plus provide free financial services. You'll build life long relationships, lose weight, and  be relatively independent. When you get out you can choose to go to college or use your skills for a new career. There are so many jobs in all branches of service that people don't even know or consider.  Sorry if this post is breaking any rules, I just kinda wound up here. "
  User (24oway): "I have indeed put a lot of thought into joining the canadian armed forces. My gripe was my age. At 24 I would feel like the odd man out, with younger individuals as my superiors and whatnot. I am already having this issue at University, and it sucks even though people claim it does not matter. Maybe it's just insecurity speaking, maybe I'm too sensitive to what others think.\n\nAlso I feel like I'm already very behind, academically speaking, so delaying it even more feels terrible stigma-wise. \n\nYour advice is sound though, the military does solve a lot of the weight, financial, discipline and social issues in one fell swoop. I'm on the fence, how long does it take to start anyways?"
  hiIamdarthnihilus (hiIamdarthnihilus): "I went to basic training with 30+ year olds, and they did just fine.  In fact, the older recruits were treated with more respect by the younger ones because they generally had good advice."
  User (24oway): "That's actually very comforting to read. Thanks."
  