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JGTH

Feeling lost after college, need advice

I'm 24 and just graduated from college with a BS in CIS in good standings and moved back in with my parents, but I have no idea what my next action should be; with the plans my parents have for me I don't think it mattered to them what I got my degree in, just that I got one.

My parents want me to give the entrepreneurial route a fair shake before anything else (namely reselling stuff on eBay/Amazon and an artisan startup) since they believe it would be a better match for me than some corporate job as I'm not the most social person out there (I can handle most social situations just fine; just not the most talkative type). I have talked to them about my concerns and we agreed to give this about 6 months to work, but I don't know; all this seems to be an extremely competitive industry to make into a full time gig these days. There is all these rules and regulations on Amazon like gated brands limiting products you can list and I'm barely getting anything moving on eBay sales wise; certaintly not enough to live off of, and this artisan business is going really slowly. I'm also not getting enough help from my folks concerning all of this, either.

I think I would be perfectly happy to be making a wage in the 40k-50k yearly and I believe I don't have to absolutely love what I do to make it work, but my parents seem to think it is the end of the world if my future job is less than perfect. I would love to have my independence back without my parents in it all the time again; I miss it dearly and they don't seem to understand just how much I do. I also can't sleep well for the life of me ever since I've moved back in with them which just makes everything about my situation harder to deal with. They're dead set on giving all these things a 6 months period to work, so talking to them about it won't really get me anywhere.

Any advice? Sorry if this seems to be sporadic, but like I said I'm dealing with major insomnia right now so I can't think straight right now. If you've read all of this though you're a champ and I deeply appreciate it!

Posted Jul 16, 2017, 9:33 PM UTC

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