the state of the world makes me unmotivated to finish college

Sadness / Grief

24 year old college Junior, went back to school after a few years dealing with pandemic fallout that shattered my life. I just...I don't feel like things are getting better in the world politically, financially, and ecologically. It's sooo hard to put in effort into stuff that I care about in school bc the world we live in is not the one I want to continue existing in. I want to focus on making the world better...but I can't because there's not a lot of active movements putting a dent into our onslaught of escalating facism. All I want to do is sleep. Watch tv, do things that relax me that feel restful because it takes so, much, effort to be present and alive. I feel like no one else at my school feels this way or at least they don't talk about it. Not to mention...there's hardly any jobs for recent grads!? Idk how to keep going if we don't....address that the world we live in is genuinely dying. I'm about to go to class now, feeling empty and depleted.

Posted Sep 21, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC

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