I've been NEETing for about 5 years now.
I would say I'm doing pretty good. I get all my expenses covered by monthly NEETbux and I am free to do whatever I want with my time. There are some days where I am feeling extremely bored and too lethargic to do anything, but it beats feeling depressed all the time and on the verge of crying at times like how I did when I was forced to go to w*rk several days a week.

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>>30853
wish I had a cutely crying coworky like you who I could take out on coffee dates at lunchtimes...

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>>30854
I'm a fat unshaven autistic otaku, but thanks.

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Longer than some of you have been alive. It's the only life I know so I can't really say much about it. It has perks, but also many penalties and restrictions. Acceptance is the key word.

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I wish I had the option to do that, but unfortunately I bought a house and I'm stuck with paying mortgage for another 8 years and house stuff has just been death by a thousand cuts. I don't think I'll ever have savings ever again, always one step to ruin...

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>>30855
If he closes his eyes you can be konata

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Not really a NEET right now, but I could become one in a few months

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It's been 10 years...

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God how I wish I could go back to being a NEET, you guys have no idea how good you have it until you lose it.
I had to get a j*b, I make decent money but I come home tired as hell, don't even have the energy or will to pursue my hobbies anymore.

Sorry for being so negative.

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got fired today

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>>30862
browsing /megu/ at work aren't we

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I started becoming increasingly isolated in my teens, and it has been about 20 years (yeah, I'm old) since then. I've intermittently have j*bs and done other things, but never for more than a few months at a time. Normalcy isn't really working out, but at least I have some savings and am comfortable where I am.

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>>30852
Never been a NEET since my parents sent me straight to college. I'm still very lazy though so I might as well be considered one.

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>>30852
I've been able to get into a position where I bake and sell that as a solicitor while the bills are paid off by insurance money. Need to get more neetbux but it's pretty sweet, kinda... At least I have time I fix my horrible personality!

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>>30852
i finished high school 3 years ago
i will do nothing my entire life

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I'm on my last year of college (5 years, technically 7 though because I got held back 2 years). I hate it, my exhaustion has been at an all-time high and my motivation at an all-time low, and it doesn't help that this semester has been my hardest ever and my next one is looking like it'll worse. I don't even like what I'm studying and it's difficult. I hate my teachers and I hate studying. I feel like dropping out even though I'm on the final stretch, I can't get myself together and do anything anymore, my mind just becomes blank everytime I try to focus on anything related to college.
I wish I could just be a NEET but my parents have outright said multiple times they wouldn't support me and would disown me if I didn't work or study...

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>>30868
This is easy for me to say as someone who never went to college, but I'd say whatever you do, don't give up on the last stretch. Obviously suffering is suffering even if it's "just" for 2 more years (ideally), but in my mind you'd have more freedom as a NEET with a degree in his pocket than as a NEET with average education. I don't know, it also depends on what activity you think you might enjoy doing as a job in an ideal environment.
If your parents are serious and not just trying to keep you going with an empty threat, I don't think you have to listen to them if there is an opportunity to NEET without their support. You aren't a decoration for them to show off to others, but your own person to do what makes you feel best. Though again, if they're just trying to motivate you in their own odd way, I'd understand.

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>>30868
>my exhaustion has been at an all-time high and my motivation at an all-time low
>I don't even like what I'm studying
>I hate studying
>my parents have outright said multiple times they wouldn't support me and would disown me if I didn't work or study...
Are you me?
I'm not that far yet, hell I don't even have a bachelor's degree, but I already hate it and feel like dropping out.
The worst thing is that if I drop out I'll be forced to work and I really don't know what's worse, I really don't want to spend my life away working, but it's not like I have a choice in the long run, so at least I try to avoid it for as long as possible.
I feel like screaming.
Well, once the exam period will be over things should be slightly better (assuming I'll pass), at least I might have some time for my hobbies.

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never been a neet, but i have a decent remote job with low expectations as a junior so i kinda act like a neet a lot of the time

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>>30868
Was on the same situation but managed to mostly power through. My parents told me I could fully inherit the house if I could get my bachelor's degree and a couple of master's degrees they suggested. In these past 7 years I've had a couple of mental breakdowns as Word somehow managed to completely destroy the templates I was using for both of my theses a couple of times and had to manually fix around 50 pages on each. I'm pretty sure this snapped something in my brain because I'm no longer capable of getting angry. Probably also decreased my IQ too.

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>>30869
>don't give up on the last stretch
Even if I wanted to I couldn't, at least not officially. I feel like I've already given up and I'm just hanging on at this point... actually I think I was already just "hanging on" last couple of years, but the difference now is I feel like I've already given it all I had to give.
>suffering is suffering even if it's "just" for 2 more years (ideally)
I'm suffering for 6 more months, ideally, not 2 years. Honestly I'm doing so bad though I might end up having to do another year...
>you'd have more freedom as a NEET with a degree in his pocket than as a NEET with average education
Neither of those are options for me, though. My parents want me to work the moment I get the degree, said I'm already "2 years late" due to getting held back. I tried to explain to them what a gap year is, but it's like the concept is completely incompatible with their brains. They're the type of people that think if you're not contributing to society you may as well be homeless or dead.
>it also depends on what activity you think you might enjoy doing as a job
There are no jobs or activities I'd enjoy doing that would be feasibly attainable. I'm not getting this degree because I like it, I'm getting it because it's the one I dislike the least that would still give me a good sum of money, if I have to work there might as well be a silver lining to it.

>>30870
>Are you me?
No because I'm at the end of my Master's. Word of advice, just stick to the bachelor's, going any further than this was the biggest mistake of my life and now I can't go back, I wish I had just gone to work.

>>30872
>Was on the same situation but managed to mostly power through.
The problem is this is what I feel like I've been doing ever since I started and still had some semblance of motivation or energy, and even then I was just scraping by. Now that I'm burnt out all that happens when I try to "power through" is I throw days away trying to work or study and either just scrape by on an even thinner margin than before, or fail altogether.
>In these past 7 years I've had a couple of mental breakdowns
I'm pretty calm and reserved, not really the emotional kind, I got really frustrated during my last year of my bachelor's but I mostly held it together. This year though, I don't know, I feel like something snapped. I've cried on my way home after college several times, I never do kuso like that. I also even started to just scream in my car, just random outbursts of anger at people or nothing in particular, I remember I used to laugh at people for acting that way, kind of ironic I guess. I can't make any sense of what's going on with me right now but I've also given up trying to understand it. Maybe something's about to snap in my brain like it did with you and this is just the build-up to it. Sorry for the rant.

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>>30873
>just stick to the bachelor's, going any further than this was the biggest mistake of my life and now I can't go back, I wish I had just gone to work.
How is master's that much worse than bachelor's?
In my case it's just two more years and it would probably help me.

Like I said I went to uni so I could avoid working for as long as possible, so the prospect of cutting it short seems terrifying to me.

I already spend the every day studying just so I can barely pass a exam, can't imagine it getting much worse.

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>>30874
>How is master's that much worse than bachelor's?
It's a case-by-case basis I guess, but from my experience the teachers help you less but also expect more from you. Also the master's thesis is much more demanding.
>I went to uni so I could avoid working for as long as possible
I had that mindset too until I realized that for all intents and purposes I'm basically just working (as in, doing something I don't enjoy) and at times have even less free time at my hands than someone who would work an actual job, except not only do I not get paid for it but actually have to pay for it myself... like, at least with a job you are given a task that matches your skill and all you have to do is fulfill said task and get paid, and then once that task is over you get home and rest. With college you're typically given a task that, depending on the teacher or subject, can just be completely absurd for the skills you possess, often have to go home and keep working on said task sometimes well into the night or early morning hours, only to put up with the very real possibility of failing said task. And you don't get anything for it.
>I already spend the every day studying just so I can barely pass a exam
This is what I mean, I'd much rather spend my 9-5 doing a mundane task that I get paid for than entire days stressing over something just for someone's approval. It's gotten so bad that I don't just envy NEETs, I envy blue collar workers too.

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>>30875
NTA
Be careful what you wish for. I wish I studied much harder in my younger days. Studying for a degree might be hard but there's a huge payoff at the end of it, but being a blue collar worker or a NEET is like being stuck in a limbo with no chance of career progression.

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>>30876
(not to mention how physically demanding blue collar jobs are and how they're about to be replaced by automation)

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>>30876
>I wish I studied much harder in my younger days.
I hear this a lot, but I can't help but feel like this is one of those scenarios where the grass always looks greener on the other side, regardless of what side you're on.
>Studying for a degree might be hard but there's a huge payoff at the end of it
I agree, I suppose. I've yet to see if said payoff is even worth it or matches my expectations. For all I know I could just be having all this work only to still have all of the struggles of a blue collar worker when it comes to my pay or even finding a job. An even worse outcome would be if said job is somehow just as or even more stressful/time-consuming than what I'm going through right now. No amount of money would make that worth it in my opinion.
Also just to be clear I already have a degree and I don't necessarily regret that, I think it was worth it, I just regret going for the master's.
>being a blue collar worker or a NEET is like being stuck in a limbo with no chance of career progression
I understand the blue collar bit, but I fail to see the negatives of being a NEET assuming you've got enough money to get by. Maybe I'm just dumbing it down but you've got all the time in the world to do whatever you want, I couldn't care less about a "career", I've always thought that was just a stupid concept that got forced down on us as people.

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Don't know who has to hear this but college and uni times are needed to get into internships and get certificates. Good degree alone won't prepare you for a j*b

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>>30876
>Be careful what you wish for. I wish I studied much harder in my younger days. Studying for a degree might be hard but there's a huge payoff at the end of it, but being a blue collar worker or a NEET is like being stuck in a limbo with no chance of career progression.
got my honours degree and so far I've been preferring blue collar type of stuff (I get to choose what doesn't harm my health)

anon should still do his best so he too gets to choose

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>>30880
>so far I've been preferring blue collar type of stuff (I get to choose what doesn't harm my health)
It's nice not having to think, isn't it?

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>>30881
yes but unironically. getting into daydreamy flow states all day while getting some exercise and then getting to play with my brain at home all I want feels a bit too damn good

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>>30879
>get into internships
Yeah, as if I already didn't have enough work.
Also I don't care about getting a job that much, I just don't want to be kicked out of the fucking house.
The worst thing for me is the realization that I don't need a "good" job.
And it's like I'll be able get a good job, I'll be able to afford a house within around 6 years of working (assuming the housing economy doesn't get fucked like it did in US) and then what? I have basically no use for money.
I don't wanna travel, I don't wanna do anything really, I just wanna stay at home and take it easy.

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>>30882
I meant it unironically anon.
>getting into daydreamy flow states all day while getting some exercise and then getting to play with my brain at home all I want feels a bit too damn good
This is exactly the type of thing that makes me regret going for this master's.

>>30883
>I don't care about getting a job that much, I just don't want to be kicked out of the fucking house.
>The worst thing for me is the realization that I don't need a "good" job.
>I have basically no use for money.
I don't wanna travel, I don't wanna do anything really, I just wanna stay at home and take it easy.
I'm the exact same, the only possible use I could have for money would be buying vidya or hardware related to vidya. Maybe get into music, but I'm in no rush for any of these things. I don't mind getting less money and saving.

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Personally knowing guys who commute for an hour and back, come home tired to eat defrosted kuso and complain about w*rking on public holidays doesn't motivate me at all.

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>>30885
Well in case you couldn't tell from what people are talking about in the thread not everyone has the option of being a NEET.

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I hate university but the alternative is having to go back to my awful town and work in my family's farm operating some barely working machine because my dad is a dumbass that doesn't understand how diversifying your business works so he just keeps buying different tools he doesn't even have the manpower for. I already tried retard wrangling but he doesn't want to listen, now I understand why my mother divorced, he thinks that working the more is the better just because "it is" and "you have to be your own boss!" when all it brings is more suffering.
Also all of my neighbors are negroid minded scumbags and one of them has even stolen like half an hectare from us, in my country only criminals have human rights, I curse Zaffaroni and everyone that shares his evil ideology to eternally rot in hell.
Rant over. Sorry.

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>>30887
heh he's you.
Wait until your dad gets sick and you have to give up all your aspirations to return and fulfill your family obligations

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Moved to >>>/qa/168806. (On OP's request)

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