Have you ever been afraid of the future?

True. But still, no need to worry too much about it.

His worries are understandable. Being at that age where your friends get married or even become parents, you must have it hard to still be stuck at your parents'.

I wish you to get any job soon, pihip.

I'm afraid of the future too, because the same things as you.

I don't want to sound immature, but honestly starting a family is the least of my concerns. What I would like to do is to start contributing to my family's expenses in a meaningful way, I don't mind sticking with them anyway - they're wonderful people.

Anyway, and with this I drop the off topic, thank you guys for your support, it means a lot. :)

In terms of my future, I'm not worried.
I don't have any major goals in life because of a feeling of meaninglessness (and laziness) and I've always been in control.

But I worry for the future of those around me especially my little sister and my gf.
If I were to die to tomorrow I'd never be able to help them, or make sure that they do nothin they'll regret forever.

I am more optimistic for the future than anything. The future holds so many different possibilities, both good and bad. The past is unchangeable, but the future is malleable. You might not have complete control over the outcomes of every single aspect of the future, but you still have the ability to wake up one morning and say "I am not happy, I want to change this".

The future holds the potential for improvement, for contentment, for pleasant surprises. I try and not let the fact that I cannot see the future get in the way of my hopes for it.

Then again I DO admit to spending a lot of time fretting and stressing over things that I think are going to happen. Sometimes you just have to let the anxiety take over so that you can move forward. That's not necessarily a bad thing either, that's just life.

I'm in constant fear of being forced out of my comfort zone. Responsibilities are only going to pile up, and the more they pile up the further away I'll be distanced from a convenient lifestyle. Even though it's a necessary transition, it's an unwanted one.

I was. Let me turn this short.

When I was seventeen I was scared of never finding love or having friends, so I decided to make an effort. I felt socially inept, so I started small talking people I met in waiting rooms, bus stops, etc. Now I'm checking ads for things like comic cons, art conventions, craft-works, etc in hope to find someone nice to meet.

I used to give lots of fucks about the news like the newest laws and ever worsening news that state we're all doomed one way or another. This scared the shit out of me and made me feel powerless, so I stopped watching the news and think more of my own problems. Why? Because the shootings, robberies, rapes, murders, and gory car crashes, have a chance of less than zero of happening to me. Why join in the hysteria?

I was taught the phrase by my father "No matter what problems come, I'll overcome them.". I repeat it every time I worry, ever since, I've been way more relaxed than ever before and more productive.

Always and still am, I don't like the fact that I don't know what will happen to me in the future or where I will be standing. I find myself worrying more about the future and concentrating on the present.

I'm just afraid my tec will get outdated.

I'm honestly more afraid of things staying the way they are now.

I am more the person who cares for the moment i suppose. We came from nothing, and will become nothing, so i take things as they come.

Honestly to me this is a failure of the previous generation rather than your own. My great grandfather was taught metal working and machinery by his father so thoroughly he could build his own car from base metals. My grandfather always envied that skill but was pushed into schooling and never had time to learn all those skills from his father, instead he got things that he never made use of. He's still a good mechanic etc.

Fast-forward that to me and all I was taught growing up was how to fix a bike.

In the last few generations many factors from relationship stability to reliance on public education to a culture that kills small business means skills aren't being passed down and children are not being given jobs and basic practical skills. If my grandpa wanted a job he had a job on the farm. When I want a job I have to go through tedious application process with a stranger representing a faceless corporation.

Don't get me wrong, I'm the same age as you and I've lived on my own for over a decade and have a good sized family to take care of and own my own home ect... But I see people my age struggling so much to find a decent job, hell I hate my own but can't afford to leave it, it's very rarely their own faults that they can't get something or at least can't get something that's not some retail or restaurant crap job. My area is supposedly 'prospering' because it has more jobs, but it has far less full time decent jobs and far more marginal low end part time corporate jobs...

Our industry is sold out and our family businesses crushed. The future won't be as prosperous as the last few decades unless things are turned around.

I've been looking forward to the future since around about the time of Year 9 (so that would be 8th Grade in the States). I found school extremely useless and boring, with almost no one who had the same kind of ambitious nature as I did. I did achieve good results (not great since I found it all so bland) but sufficient for my intended career - I saw academic results as a means to an end. For me the future right now is the world of work, where I can make the most of my skills, most of which are far more applicable to the workplace than the classroom.

I'm definitely worried that I won't get the job I've made preparations for since I was 15 next year. I'm afraid that it won't be all I've imagined it to be (though I have an informed opinion of the realities of the job thanks to work placements). More importantly I'm afraid of what I'll strive towards once I get there - my ambition will still motivate me but to a far lesser extent once I'm in a comfortable position. I like to plan very far ahead, so naturally I'm also afraid of any unexpected events that my prop up in the years to come.

Yes, in faqt right now i am more afraid of it than ever. I'm the process of failing a degree my parents forced me to take, as expected it resulted in me not giving two shits and being lazy all year. the anxiety is growing as time passes

man fuck this gay earth ;_;

It would be conceited of me to say that I've never worried about the future. I guess, I do have anxieties and fears that I push back to the back of my mind by tackling whatever I could one step at a time. Having a hobby that I enjoy and a mindset where I tell myself that 'stress' is just a word helps, too. LOL, I'm not affected much by failure either. It's just one of those things that happen and people just need to move on after that. Right now, my only fear is that my body and age will not be able to keep up with the demands of conceiving a healthy and normal child. Sometimes, I desperately wished I was younger.

yeah I guess I can say that I have felt some sort of hesitation when it comes to the adult world. As a kid you think it's all cool with freedom and independence but once you realize what else comes with it such as jobs and family you start to think more about the subject itself. I feel everyone ponders once in a while their teenagers whether they are ready to tackle it emotionally. I remember when I felt like I would never make it as an adult but eventually you find out if you will or not through your individual choices. But like I said its a different path for everyone.

I'm terrified of the future, though more in a I'm worried there's going to be another World War or another great depression and society is going to collapse kind of way. Not to say that the notion of being independent (I'm almost finished university) doesn't worry me as well I reckon such things weigh on the minds of pretty much everyone at some point in their lives. But the collapse of society thing worries me more.

It's my truest fear. Why? Because you can't predict it you can only make a logical guess on how it's gonna go.

In blunt terms, I guess this would fall under the "fear of the unknown" category.

You can always try to predict or control your own life, but as always, there are things you really don't have any control over...

Personally, I'm afraid of change and what may lie in the future for me, but it doesn't stop me from attempting to get over that fear.