Have a friend that's about to turn 30. Lives with parents and siblings. His work is streaming games on Twitch all day. Has no other job. Been doing it since the pandemic and their stream hasn't taken off or anything. Only has like 10-20 subs. Don't want to ruin friendship but think I should say something. Dude's a bright guy too, not sure why he has no real aspirations. How would you approach this situation?
Introduce him to a determined woman who is willing to whip him into shape
There's plenty of highly motivated individuals with no consistent partner. Hell some of the most successful people out there tend to be single or divorced. I don't think that's the issue with him. He's just maybe too care free for his own good and maybe spoiled by parents/siblings. I doubt most people's folks would be okay with them and sitting at home playing video games all day especially when it doesn't seem to be generating income.
Seems like your friends motivation and priorities are not aligned with what is conventionally successful. How to fix motivation and priorities? Either get him to join a cult or get him with a headstrong person who will set priorities for him.
Drop the twitch and I'll follow or sub or whatever you young kids do nowadays.
no one asked for ur help so be a good friend and let them do what they want
That's what I've been doing this whole time since it's none of my business. Now I'm wondering if being a good friend means letting friends make objectively terrible decisions and not saying anything.
Don’t give up on him. Stay connected but don’t take career tips from him either.
I have a friend like this. I realized he was leagues happier than me. As long as their ducks are in a line and they're not hurting anyone it's usually best not to try and change others to fit your ideal view of success unless they explicitly ask for help.
How are you sure they are happy though? People might laugh and smile a lot while in public but be secretly depressed. Don't think it's that easy to know. I don't think what he's doing is sustainable. What's going to happen when his parents die and/or his siblings don't want to support him financially?
Let the man be
He has been doing this for years now and his channel hasn't taken off. It's very unlikely it will suddenly take off. If it was gaining momentum it'd be a different story. And idk what a chaar log is.
Sounds like he’s living the dream. Honestly if the dude is so bright, he probably realizes he doesn’t wanna be a wage slave and would rather spend his time in this short life just doing something he enjoys even if he isn’t earning much or any. As long as he isn’t bumming too hard off his parents and his parents don’t mind I guess.
I mean he has no real income, not even a part time job. So yes, he's 100% being supported by family.
So it is up to his family to solve this problem. Just keep friendship, but it is not your duty to fix this.
Is he Rich?
No. Don't think his parents or siblings are rich either. Lower-middle class.
Tell him you think he is a loser, but in a nice way. “Hey man, I noticed you don’t leave the house and no partner.”
He leaves the house to exercise and for trips and stuff. But yeah career wise, idk what he's going to do. I wouldn't say not leaving the house much or not having a partner makes you loser tbh. But not being able to support yourself is not great.
Give us his twitch and we’ll all prime sub
Nah, he might figure out it was me if I did that. Think his stream has been relatively flat for a few years so a sudden surge of interest would be suspicious. Nor do I trust randoms on here to not start shit.