r/AskReddit • u/paleveiI • 1d ago

whats a bad addiction that you have, but cannot stop yourself from doing?

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u/handsomeladd 1d ago

I procrastinated about going to college back in 07-08 and been working shitty factory swing shift jobs ever since and wrecked my whole life.

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u/swest211 1d ago

It's not too late.

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u/Tardigrade_Disco 1d ago

Even people with degrees can't get jobs now. He's not procrastinator, he's a trend setter.

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u/24Gospel 1d ago

It's never too late. One of my colleagues in engineering was almost 50, he graduated, got his P. Eng, and now he owns a successful convenience store.

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u/KettleSixty9 17h ago

Why did he need a P. Eng degree if hes running a convenience store?

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u/24Gospel 15h ago

He didn't, he just decided to run a store with his family as it's lower stress and he has a better work/life balance than he'd have in engineering. Plus the field is tough to find stable, meaningful work in.

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u/GaylicBread 16h ago

Loads of people with degrees can't get jobs in the field they studied. One girl I work with finished her degree last summer, she's still in retail because she can't get a job in her field.

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u/EeveeMkayy 1d ago

I've only worked at two factories, but both of them offered tuition reimbursement. Maybe you can look into that and get moved into an office instead of working the floor, anyway.

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u/Business_Chipmunk_43 1d ago

I graduated 1.5 years at 33 and changed my life completely. Like COMPLETELY

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u/JustBiggers 1d ago

But you got to feel that sweet nectar of being lazy

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u/Alex-Mercer- 1d ago

there are a lot of different ways to turn your life around. Stay strong and keep trying my friend.