im writing a book. its hard but rewarding. no idea if anyone will want to read it.

>>689844905
Give me a general run down of what it's about

>>689845028
The economic impacts of social welfare spending in the USA

>>689845461
Respectable, is it gonna be formal or opinionated?

>>689845582
Formal, I have professional training as a social scientist, but I'm not employed as one. And I have my opinions, but I'd prefer to deal with the truth rather than my own biases. It's worth more to me and everyone else that way.

>>689845789
What's you line of work then?

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>have a gf in hs
>fall pretty hard for each other
>travel 1000 miles to see her when she had to move away
>tells me she loves me and wont get a bf
>i go to college after 2 weeks of staying with her
>make honor roll
>this summer rolls up
>so i call her up to let her know im gonna travel 1000 miles again to see her
>she tells me shes excited
>1 week before I leave tells me she has a new bf
fuckin hurts /b/

>>689846021
I'm in insurance. Risk analysis and the quantitative study of social outcomes overlap a lot in the methodology.

>>689846374
My stomach just dropped a little bit, that bitch

>>689844762
>most painful memories: being stood up by a group of people and realizing they were playing a joke on me, and that I had no friends
>favorite memories: finding people that called me their friend

>>689846374
fucking whores, they do that shit at the drop of a hat.

I hate fighting outside a ring or cage but I might have to beat the shit out of this loudmouth retard to set an example

>>689846714
that sucks. where did you find your new friends?

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>last week of school
>"friends" and i have been planning on eating at buffalo wild wings as celebration
>day before, everyone cancels
>eh whatever
>day we planned to go, "friends" taking pictures at bww
>tfw i dont actually have friends
>feels.jpg
>day after one of them asks why i didnt go
Give me a reason to not off myself

Most painful memory is when my Ex told me it would be funny if I would kill myself.
I can't find any distinct favorite memories, I guess when I improve my skills in art and hang out with people who consider me a friend. But my achievement thus far in my life is I haven't an hero'd yet, and don't plan to.

>>689847366
irc and 4chan, met about half of them and they are all awesome.

for fucking years I felt left out, it's nice to not feel that way for once

>>689847925
life is unpredictable, something good might turn up, keep rollin the dice /b/ro

>>689847925
Keep your head held high. Improve yourself physically and mentally. Become a person you'd be proud to be friends with. And then you'll find yourself having to turn people down because so many people want to be your friend.

Being young is hard on a lot of people. For the folk who weren't king or queen of high school, it gets better as you get older. I promise, friend.

>>689848205
that makes me happy. im glad for you. i guess 4chan is good for something after all!

>>689844762
What movie is that

>>689848358
>>689848446
Love you /b/ros

>>689848985
The Road Within, beautiful movie

>>689844762
The day I finally accepted that no one actually liked me and were just using me was liberating.
Everyone had high hopes for me in terms of going far in life and many great achievements. I put so much work into living up to it, but gave up when it got me nowhere and I saw people who slacked off become successful.
I can't think of a favorite memory.

OP here, what's everyone listening to? I'm really into Hozier at the moment.

>>689844905
Also writing a book. Don't know what yours is about, but mines epic fantasy. Getting the world design and lore consistent is the hardest part. A lot of fun but and it keeps me occupied.

>>689849520
Challenges you're facing? Besides the lore and whatnot

>>689844762
Achievements: none

Failures: all of them, including the failure to have self-pwned as of yet

>>689850175
How about some memories? Favorite toy maybe?

>>689849731
Probably just finding the time to write in between work and other commitments. Plus writers block. Other than that everything's all good.

>>689850353
I'll make a burner email of you're willing to share with me?

>>689850353
what kind of stuff do you read for inspiration? who are your favorite authors?

>>689850527
Nah all good. Totally secretive about what I'm writing. Haven't even told my partner. Thanks anyway.

>>689844762
What movie is that OP?

>>689850741
I hope you finish it, and I hope a publisher likes it enough to publish it. Good luck.

>>689850898
The Road Within

>>689849351
His voice is amazing I'd fuck it 100% homo

>>689850637
Other fantasy books, history books about medieval and the Middle Ages. Read a lot of historical mythology primarily about Greek and Viking culture. Also play video games and watch TV shows and movies. Gotta be careful to not borrow to much from other people's work and history however.

>>689851218
I would too

>>689851218
peewee longway and kevin gates

I've failed a lot over the last 5 years and I feel like I'm finally starting to climb my way back up. The only thing is I haven't had friends in so long that I don't know if I ever will again. I've spent my entire life pretty lonely, it's hard to imagine things being different somehow.

>>689846845

>Demonstrate the logical thinking and prioritizing skills of a schizophrenic toddler
>BAAAAWWW WHY DON'T BIG STUPID MEN RESPECT US BAAAAAWWWW

Why can't any of us find women who aren't balls-out retarded? I HAPPILY settle down a 6/10 butterface if she had more than two brain cells to rub together

>>689851036
Just saw trailer
Looks like 6/10
Would not watch

>>689851313
much byzantine? thats a cool area that is underexploited. you should go read some highly successful non-fantasy fiction so that you know what good writing is. a lot of people have good ideas but they still cant write for shit.

>>689851614
well, most guys in 4chan dont socialize irl enough to meet a girl that's cool. they just get burned a few times and withdraw into wizard apprenticeship. then they crib.

>>689851614
Hormonal birth control makes them even crazier than normal.

Also, adolescent girls are fucking retarded by nature.

Age + no birth control leads to sanity.

>married 11 years

>>689851670
I personally enjoy it as I used to suffer from anorexia, so I can relate.

Crowning moment was in ROTC so the TLDR for that, military program for highschool. Anyway, I'm still a new poster an haven't figured out green text so I'll do my best.
Sophomore year I was rising through the cadet enlisted ranks.
Made it to petty officer 3rd class (navy unit E-3
The "chief's board" was approaching (super tough multi-day event to see if your good enough to make Cheif)
My senior instructor come up to me
"Hey anon, you wanna do this thing"
Me? Holyshit.jpeg
Say yes would be honored
Next day PT
FML .jpeg Cheif mile sucked nut of you want a killer workout ask for it, but it's too long o go into.
Me and a junior are the only two of five to finish.
Next day come in so early suns not up.
Get put inside a 3x3x6 box.
Get verbally drilled on navy knowledge
Get tested on formation proficiency
Think I did good
Still nervous as fuck
Get interrogated by my superiors
Dark room, flood light, everything.
That night comes around go watch midnight show for the winter soldier.
Get home too late for sleep
Stay up until repeating abuse the next day.
Drag ass through school
The day comes
Three of the 10+ candidates are told to wear uniforms the next day.
Two of those three get promoted
I am one of them
HOLYFUCKINGSHIT.jpeg
I beat the best of the best
First sophomore in four years to do so
Feels good man

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>parents pay for me to go to a great private school
>graduate with honors
>go to college, get addicted to oxy, dropout
>get addicted to heroin back home
>finally kick the habit at 23 yrs old
>all my (rich) private school friends move on to great jobs. marriage, life
>still stuck at home, recently unemployed
>mom keeps blaming it on herself. dad in england blames it on the divorce when I was 13
>too self involved to kill myself
>too indecisive to make hard choices

I'm fine. I'm OK/happy most of the time, but when I look at the big picture my life is pathetic.

I caught a fish today

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>>689844762
man this pic makes me sad, reminds me of when i was in a relationship

my achievements i guess was getting laid at 17 and having a steady job right now that i enjoy

my failures was probably being something like how i decided to go to a community college to transfer out but im about to be in my second year but wont transfer in two years, watching my old high school friends at an actual uni or state college is depressing

favorite memories was probably when i had a gf

most painful is probably in the process because my parents are divorcing, dad has leukemia, and my dog that i grew up with is dying at age 14

im only 19

>>689852265
a lot of respected people got a late start. figure out how to use your life experiences to be a stronger person. like, use your frustration at your lack of progress to work harder than the people around you. make up for the lost time. good luck friend.

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>>689849351
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYAxkRAQ_CQ

some good ol moonman

>>689847232
story

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I got one for you OP. this just happened today
>be at work, helping some kid through a coding problem (I work at a place that teaches basic programming to kids)
>some other kid comes up to me, demanding my attention, we'll call this kid L for future reference
>L wants me to help him mod his minecraft sword (we teach minecraft modding in java aswell).
>tell L that I'll get to him after I'm done with current kid
>L doesn't say anything just starts bouncing up and down like a retard
>okwhatever I go back to helping student
>Not 10 seconds after I turn around L has unplugged his laptop and puts it on top of my student's and DEMAND that I make the sword for him
>This is not the first time L has done this
>I take laptop and put it back to where its supposed to be, tell him he has to wait like everybody else
>finally finished with earlier student, go over to L
>he's sitting there with his head in his hands not doing anything
>tell him I'm here and we can get started
>he's just got his head in his arms like he's crying
>ask him if he's crying
>he shakes his head in the affirmative
>oh come on, I call his bullshit, tell him to show me his tears
>he looks up, there's big ass years rolling down his cheeks
>ohshit.jpg
>spend the next 10 minutes making his MC sword as cool as possible to get him to stop crying like a whiny bitch
>we still get a call from his mom at the end of the day about how I don't pay enough attention to her kid

I fucking hate this kid.

>>689851510
If you spent your whole life lonely you wouldn't really give a shit

>>689852992
fucking kids need to grow up sometime. i was like that one time until my shit got slapped, then i acted right.

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>>689852557

Yeah I know. 23 is young. Lots of people change careers and life goals late in life and all that...but it definitely sucks when you know you're at a pivotal moment in your life yet you're so paralyzed with the idea of making a decision about what to do.

Too many times have I made a decision only for it to fall apart a few months into the plan.

I get overwhelmed with how many choices there are in life...

>>689846374
Hahaha you stupid faggot

Has a long distant relationship
That's when you get nudes and end it

>>689853362
sounds like you need a solid partner to rely on and help you get through the difficult times. but that's not easy to get until you have your shit together. catch22

>>689853548
Get off the thread, don't want negativity in here you inbred

>>689853635
hes right about the second part though

>>689853362
You seem to be the type of person who has zero idea as to what they want to do in life. I was the same. I took a gap year and traveled around Asia and Europe. Really put some things into perspective and gave me a better understanding of myself.

>>689853810
thats the most cliche shit ever

taking a break to travel and do what? see and experience something for a year or so?

you still have to snap back into reality, idk how that gives you a better perspective into anything but props to u

>>689853759
True

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>>689844762
calm your fucking ego man

>>689853810
>>689853969

yeah i dont get how borrowing money from mom and dad to go on a trip makes you understand what you want out of life.

kind of like, cheesy

>>689854334
its pretty fucking stupid, you dont come to terms with yourself for putting up with a shitty flight to a shit hole country to do tourist shit

what you need to do is have no money and go traveling across america with your best friend or something to really come with terms with yourself

>>689853558
Most of my romantic relationships can be more or less referred to as flings. Still really great girls, but no one I really could connect with.

>>689853810
>>689853969
Yeah one of my best friends from HS just took a 6 month trip around Asia after graduating college. Really proud of that dude.

But that takes some money, and I'm broke as fuck after 5 years being addicted to opiates. I can't even take a road trip to put it into perspective, but maybe that's be being pessimistic.

You're right about me not knowing what the fuck I want to do with my life though.

>>689853810
So you use your parents money to "put things into perspective?" Bullshit, that's so fucking common to do it's sad

>green text?

>>689855414
newfag leave