Existential crisis after struggling so much for so little as an artist.
In other words, he’s fucked, he knows it, and yet he can only keep going, all while deeply regretting his life choices.
this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2025
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In the mean time I've seen students in their 50's make a succesful careerswitch. It's scary, it's risky and you have to start at the bottom again, but it's certainly not impossible.
Heh, I'm actually doing that right now, and I'm 57.
Wish you good luck!
Thanks!
I want to add onto this
You don't start from the bottom. All the knowledge and skills you've had are still there. What that does mean, is that now you can be interdisciplinary. Which can be immensely useful
Dunno if you're at the absolute bottom. A lot of careers would appreciate the professional/business experience anyway, especially interchangable skills.
too real
It's a cry for help. Darkly funny to some, I suppose.
Coincidentally, I read this while listening to a very sad song 🤦🏽.
That's capitalism, baby!
where joke
(to be clear I'm not dissing the author, the opposite)
The joke is our lives
This comic always makes me anxious
Writing down common self doubts about their career trajectory.
It's accurate, but I wouldn't want any of these to hang on my walls.