15/01/2026
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posted by 15-squirrels
https://shorturl.at/Xu2Gb
๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ก๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐, ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ง?
Maybe this is a taboo post to make, but I ask this, as someone in a difficult position.
I have been freelance translating and interpreting with clients for a hot while now. Stable clients. I now approach 30, which many consider to be a pivotal age in life.
To get to where I am, I slowly drifted away from friends, groups, people who cared for me. The past is something I occasionally like to look upon, as reflection. The best of my former friends who stayed on the corporate path are getting married, getting together with arbitrarily successful people, and leading wholesome lives.
Meanwhile, I'm just a guy making ends meet and sweating behind a computer screen. The money is fine for what my country's economy offers. But the friendships, relationship opportunities, a lot of these important things people do to pursue a stable irl life, I can't really pursue them the same way. Seeing the corporate people find ease in life as they settle down gives me a sense of corporate fomo? Or something like that.
I feel so far away from the people that are now having a blast in life and being relatable to each other, and that leaves me feeling unable to relate and thus left out.
Can anyone relate to this?
