There are times in a person’s life when a person simply does not know what to do. “Maybe I should just die,” a person might think. “Nothing matters anyway and I offer little to nothing to the rest of humanity. At worst I am a drain and at best, a slightly smaller drain.”

While this is true, there are certainly a few things a person can do to pass the time before their inevitable and welcomed death.

Get A Job

Having a job relevant to one’s interests that allows one to use her particular skill set in order to contribute to society, even in the slightest way, can be rewarding and bring meaning to an otherwise meaningless life.

Although this does not apply to you, there are still many things that need doing. For example, maybe you would like to be a barista? You have the experience and it would be a good way to meet some new people and just get yourself out there. Life isn’t all about the job you have, right? It’s about being happy. And the grinding of the coffee beans and whooshing of the milk steamer will work well to drown out the thoughts of what could have been, had you just truly applied yourself at any one of the numerous opportunities that have already passed you by.

Move

A new location can bring with it a fresh perspective and new experiences.

It is most likely the case that it is simply your location that is the problem and not your severe lack of motivation, social ability, and, let’s face it, talent. If you can just find a new city, one that better suits you and your particular self-sabotaging nature, maybe somewhere on the opposite coast, you will surely find happiness.

Moving will also serve to separate you from estranged friends and painful memories while providing ample opportunity to make new friends to form painful memories with and eventually become estranged from.

Tip: Save some time by refraining from telling anyone you’re moving. They probably won’t even notice!

Do Whatever

Since there is no reason why you wouldn’t have a lot of free time on your hands, it’s best now to just do whatever. This is what people want, right? I mean, ultimately? People work a lot so they can just do whatever, whenever they get enough money to do it. But you’ve found a way around that, haven’t you? You are the winner here.

Take A Nap

You’re tired, pretty much all the time. Why don’t you take a nap.

Watch TV

If anything decent is on. If not, I guess try to fall back to sleep.

Write A Novel

Just kidding, go back to sleep.

Originally posted on my personal blog that only my mom reads.

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