I’m majoring in CS related-field, and I used to have tons of passion for it and underlying tech, and worked as full stack dev, but my mind was very different in a good way (better at logical/cognitive demanding tasks, creative, productive, etc). Things happened, and I just can’t stand living in society, experiencing all this materialistic world and feeling sick about it. I’m truly traumatized and I’ve been trying all available means to improve (so I’m not asking what rule 3 is against)… I can’t feel any passion for what I used to do… The meanings I gave for my life and hope are away. I don’t care anymore about digital world, industrialization, I just can’t. So my performance has suffered due to all this.

So, it can sound funny to read this, but I am considering living in a farm I have access to and do my own farming to eat, artesian well for water, constructing just a little home to live… I don’t exactly care about electricity. I would probably be happier just by burning some stuff to have light at night if needed and looking at the stars all alone until death.

What do you all think about this?

  • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
    9·
    1 year ago

    Your college/university should have a mental health office/help. It might feel awkward, but make the call. It might help, it might not. You may go in expecting nothing and gain incredible clarity.

    Don’t drop out, but take a sabbatical for a semester or year. Check with your school to make sure you can just jump back in when/if you want to. If you graduate first and then take time off, it will be hard to stay sharp and relevant for the job market.

    If you end up living in Bumfuck, Nowhere, look into setting up a 12v battery system, with a couple solar panels and charge controller. Easy to store enough energy for days of 12v lighting. I do it on my sailboat quite often.

    Binge Primitive Technologies on youtube.

      • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Primitive…pottery? LOL!

        I love the channel, but the guy is in the wrong part of the world for primitive iron-working.

        • FarceMultiplier@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I don’t understand where you are on that point. He’s in Australia, and their biggest export is iron ore concentrates. He’s got all the things he needs for primitive iron.

          • elephantium@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Huh, TIL. I thought Australia was relatively iron-poor, but you’re right about its exports.

            Looking up Australia’s mineral resources, it looks like iron mining mostly happens in Western Australia. But Primitive Tech is filmed in Queensland, IIRC.

            Regardless of where you find iron ore, he’s harvesting iron bacteria from a creek with limited success. It’s interesting to watch, but it sort of feels like “Here’s 56 ways not to start the Iron Age.”