GayWolf420Why do I feel like I'm having a mid-life crisis at 29? Seeing old friends I grew up with getting married, buying houses, having great careers, and I keep choosing to do this hourly/seasonal grind and I'm happy for them, but damn I'm tired of working shitty jobs my entire life. Idk what to do.
I feel like I’m in the same boat buddy. Went ski bumming right out of high school, while all my homies went to post-secondary. I’m back in school which feels awkward cause I’m way older than everyone here. And the homies are doing PhDs, getting married, having kids, ect. I definitely wish I’d ground my way through post-secondary right out of high school, having actual skills would have made the ski bum thing much easier. Living with my parents certainly doesn’t help my current mental state, as does the high probability that I won’t be able to afford to move out for another 3 years.
On the flip side, it’s better to do school late than never. I was super tempted to stay in the seasonal grind, but eventually figured out that I’d get stuck. It was better to leave for a few years, get my flying career on track, and come back when those goals were realized. Short term pain for long term gain or some bullshit like that. It’s not all bad, I’m doing some cool airplane shit in my spare time, but fuck man. I miss the mountains, I miss my homies. I miss hot summer days of shuttle laps on Teton pass and rowdy pow days. I miss hanging out in my boy’s backyard, watching the alpenglow roll across the alders.
Seasonal shit just isn’t sustainable long term. The money sucks, the hours suck, and you’ll get burnt out and lonely cause ski bums are migratory creatures. In my case, my homies either moved into full time careers (i.e. lift maintenance, management), or left to places where it was easier to find a full time career. I do suggest trying to move into a full time thing, even if it means living somewhere shitty for a while, cause it’ll just be harder to do it later.
