25-Year-Old Plans Studies Until 31; Forum Urges Immediate Work

A Spanish youth with limited training plans degrees until 31. Users advise working now, exercising, and facing reality instead of delaying.

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25-Year-Old Plans Studies Until 31; Forum Urges Immediate Work
Studying until 31 won't fix a broken life at 25

A 25-year-old in Spain with little training, down 11 kilos, and long-term sadness seeks advice on a consumer forum. His plan: finish a higher vocational degree in Administration and Finance by 27, get an office job, study healthcare later, and complete his education around 31. He shares this without drama, like filling out a form. That’s where the backlash begins.

The issue isn’t the plan itself. The problem is that the plan ignores every real gap: no job, no partner, no hope, no energy. Education acts as a refuge, a horizon always two years away, preventing him from facing today. It’s the classic trap of confusing training with pogre.

What happens to a 25-year-old unable to find work in their field?

Someone who was exactly there gives a blunt diagnosis: fresh out of vocational training during the crisis, wasting two years sending CVs with no calls back. Their solution was leaving Spain. Low-paid internships abroad were enough to live, sometimes leading to multinational jobs with savings potential. The uncomfortable conclusion: he wasn’t hired despite many applications.

Alternatively, technical trades offer opportunities. Some argue money lies where dirt meets technology—industrial mechanics, installers, concrete workers—sectors lacking professionals because people avoid dirty hands. The logic holds: many love wearing ties and coming home clean but can’t tighten a nut.

The third path, unpopular but vital: start working immediately, any job. Advice repeats that every day lost delays life direction, and margins shrink by 30. Work and study simultaneously if possible; otherwise, just work. Training should prepare for life, not replace it.

The body as leverage: 11 kilos lost and a home gym

This becomes tangible. He admits losing 11 kilos and noticing strangers treat him better. He asks if being fit matters; the answer is an unequivocal yes. One case illustrates this starkly: at 25 with an average physique, he was ignored; his ideas lacked weight at work, and university peers avoided group projects. After intense gym sessions, colleagues included him, and office managers recognized his value for better roles. It’s disgustingly unfair, he summarizes.

Practically, he wants a boxing and weight gym at home but antiestéticars cobi19. Alternatives suggested: weights, cardio, swimming, sauna. Plus daily disciplined walks, clearing both mind and arteries.

Underlying sadness and advice nobody wants to give

He states clearly: mostly sad, lacking zest for life. Common advice isn’t therapy or pills, but occupation. Find hobbies beyond movies, internet, music: instruments, drawing, models, photography, video editing. Activities allowing self-improvement provide reasons to rise each day.

Another harsher view emphasizes responsibility. Life’s meaning emerges when bearing burdens, some argue; misery’s antidote is fighting for something worthwhile. Counterarguments arise quickly: mortgages are foolishness; rich people live well worry-free. He rejects burdens, overwhelmed by sadness and family issues.

Amidst this, an unanswered question lingers: Who has ever liked you, and how did they know? Many admit failing to read signals. Partnerships appear as gaps titles cannot fill.

CVs as sticker collections

Criticism targets credential accumulation. Vocational admin degrees, healthcare studies, language certificates, random courses: Are you collecting them like football stickers?. Underlying argument: most employed lack extensive studies, and prolonged education may evade labor market realities unconsciously.

Sensible advice suggests focusing on one sector, preferably finance, already started, adding practical languages, not empty titles. Business administration degrees are dismissed. Education prepares for life; this phase shouldn’t last forever.

The protagonist apologizes for response tones, thanking users for seriousness. The matter remains unresolved: plans persist, sadness too, and whether anyone hires him at 27 hangs uncertain. Honest prediction: degree finishes, first job arrives late and poorly, and hope—missing per his own admission—remains pending. Yet surprises happen; clicks often arrive unexpectedly.

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