I am genuinely worried about my future.... pls i need some honest advices.

Serious replies only

I am kind of lost,
this post is going to be somewhat longer but pls do read in your free time

I am 18 years of age and currently doing IALs about to finish it(commerce) i do 3D work ( animation, modelling, rigging) as a hobby in my free time and a gymrat. lately I’ve been feeling very uncertain about my future,

i have a fire deep inside of me that i cannot explain to anybody. its like an energy within me that always keeps me saying to be the greatest. like i'm supposed to be different. felt like it every time when i am out in the public i feel it.
i always thought/ think that i am actually different than others ( not in a bragging manner)

i used to live in the UK since i was 13 and left there when i was 15 and it broke me down. it really felt good there for me when i was in there ( friends, the environment ) . i was so upset as i literally COULDN'T do shit to go back. i made a promise to myself when i took my foot off from the ground that i WILL be back to the UK. ( some of you may not agree with me that UK is that good of a place to live)
after coming down here, i had to do local OLs due to money problem. i got only an A which is for English language.

I met a lot of sinhalese rich folks with really expensive cars in the UK. most of them were businessmen. it made me wanted to be a businessman. my best friends dads is a one too in here. they be travelling in an out of the country multiple times in a year
I was obsessed about money since then and i stopped showing it out as i was obessed in it as i got told that money isnt everything by mainly by school teachers in and some old folks. since then i kept my mouth shut.

i remember a teacher said during the last school day before OLs when they gather the kids to a hall and do prayers and say things, he said that to get an j*b and forget those bike/cars dreams. that made me pissed the fuck off.
I look at their lives and i see that they are not the people who i want to be. and they are the one whos having a not so good life due to that attitude. i only live once. why not make it 10x better and enjoy it? maybe i am idiotic to think that way?

My Parents are Docs. mum is a consultant. mind you, her pay is less that 300K.
I just dont want to get in the misery that my mum and dad goes and went though and the j*b ceilling is low. they are exhausted. mother understands who i want to be ( atleast she tries to,) but dad.... hes just like an Immovable object. always indirectly saying i should do bio and all hes sees is that and it just drowns me in frustration.

hes from down south and he always tries to pick a fight or argument with me or mum. my dad has built uncertainty within me saying that it wont work, i dont know what you are doing and wishes i did bio instead of doing research and helping to find what it is that i want to be like my mother does. like for example when i say i am migrating to another country, he says something to beat me down inside.

i release all the anger and frustration that built up within me in the gym during workouts. thats my only therapy. i never allow myself to be depressed or suicidal.

People dont understant who i want to be. its simply an internationally Renowned and Respected wealthy indvidual. that way, i can take care of myself and loved ones

All that has led me to self doubt. I dont want to remain as a normal dude who has nothing interesting going on his life. I want to be an Entrepreneur but feel like its not going where i want to go.

And right now my shortterm goal is to migrate after finishing my IALs and learn a practical trade or skill while figuring out business opportunities. But honestly I’m not sure if I’m thinking about this the right way. i am ready to do whatever it takes me to get there

for those who made it,

  • What did your early 20s look like when doing this??
  • Am I thinking too idealistically?
  • If you were my age again, how things would?
  • Is this achievable?

I’m open to honest criticism as well. I just want real advice from people who have been through life already.

Thanks for reading and sorry of this offends somebody.

Posted Mar 6, 2026, 8:49 PM UTC

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