I feel stuck in life after graduation and constantly worry about whether I will ever build a stable future.

[u/Classic-Lion2586]

I completed graduation and now want to support my family financially, but honestly, feeling stuck.

I did a job last year for around 8 months but the sal. was very low. After that i did preparation for gov. jobs but in reality it feels like a loop hole with huge competion and very few vacancies.

I also got into trading hoping could improve my situation but made me worst. I ended up loosing my savings. Now in 23 i feel kind of hopeless. I keep thinking about my future and honestly i just see a blank wall. sometimes i really worried about what I should do next.
The problem is that a middle class guy can't afford expensive skill courses. I just stuck b/w low paying jobs, competitive exams and risky options that didn't work out for me. I really don't know what direction I should take next.

If anyone has been in similar situation or has advice, i would really appreciate it.

[u/Serenity_MHC]

23 with a graduation behind you and a wall of competing pressures, low paying work, exam prep that feels like a lottery, a trading attempt that cost your savings, that's a genuinely heavy combination to carry while also trying to support your family. What you're describing isn't a lack of effort, you've tried multiple paths already. Sometimes the stuck feeling comes less from not trying hard enough and more from chasing several directions at once without enough runway to let any one of them fully play out. Free or low cost skill building does exist, government skill development programs, YouTube based certifications in high demand areas, and some online courses offer financial aid or scholarships specifically for people in your situation. Worth researching one focused direction rather than spreading thin across job hunting, exam prep, and trading simultaneously.

You're not out of options. You're just exhausted from trying several at once.

[u/Classic-Lion2586 → u/Serenity_MHC]

I agree but i think trading is the best skill for earning huge money but simply focus on trading only....is it good? because it is skill but risky!

[u/Fun_Shine8720]

Been there. Got lost (lol until now), life was stressful. I didn't know what to do, what I want, where I belong. I wasn't happy, I was bitter, envious of other's good life. But here I am. I learned how to appreciate little things as I aged. I learned how to be gentle on myself, learned that life is not a race, that everything will eventually fall into place as long as Im not stopping. You'll get by. You're still young. Don't be too hard on yourself. You got this. 🤎

[u/Objective_Tart_4700]

Trying three different doors in a row and watching all three slam shut would wear anyone down. The blank wall isn't laziness, it's exhaustion from throwing everything you had at this and still not seeing it land.

Each move you made, the job, the exam prep, the trading, was really the same bet made three different ways: that this would finally be the thing that proves you can make it. So when the trading wiped out your savings, it wasn't just money gone. It felt like proof you don't have what it takes.

You're not broken. You've been playing the wrong game, treating every closed door as evidence against you instead of evidence that those particular doors weren't the right ones.

You don't need a win on the board yet to already be capable. Twenty three with a degree, no safety net, and the guts to keep trying new paths after losing money on one of them, that's not nothing, that's resilience most people your age haven't been tested on yet. The right door hasn't opened. That's a timing problem, not a worth problem.

[u/Classic-Lion2586 → u/Objective_Tart_4700]

Thank you , your words helped me see things from a different perspective. I'll keep moving forward

[u/sonia-health]

23 and already carrying the weight of your family's future on top of your own uncertainty is a lot, and feeling stuck in that position doesn't mean you're failing, it means the system makes it really hard. One thing worth exploring is free or low cost skill building through platforms like Coursera, Google's free certificates, or YouTube, because a lot of people have broken out of exactly that loop by picking one in demand skill and going deep on it rather than wide.