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That's an interesting thought. We all think that when we go from elementary>highschool, we're "all grown up", become mature, and so forth, but until we actually reach 25+ we cannot say we've fully developed or even experienced a tiny portion of the world. Well, those of us in this situation reading this thread will come to some kind of understanding in the years to come, hopefully.

I want to ask all the hikikomori in the thread, what degree of hikikomori are you? Do you never leave your room? Or is it "never leave your house?" If I were ever to become hikikomori (that is if they didn't kick me out / to a pyschiatrist / to a job interview) they would certainly not cater to me and bring me food and so forth.

Also, those of you without university degrees / other certifications, do you find happiness doing perhaps mundane jobs? Any job is realistically a chore. I don't want to be tied down by any certain thing; I figure I'll go to university for software degree, but if I didn't get accepted I'd go to Japan as part of a student work program. Traveling to many countries might be nice, and I could potentially spend my life going from place to place. But how difficult is your life without a degree?