Don't know what to do

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<p>This may be a bit of a vent, and I am sorry. I know my life is by no means terrible, and I am very privileged to have all the opportunities that I do, but I just have no one to talk to, and maybe someone has some advice, sympathy, anything.</p>

<p>I am a senior in college on break at home, and I am having a not so good time. My parents and I always fight, ever since high school (and even if we don’t fight, there seems that there is always tension between people one way or the other), and I am sure it’s not all their fault or anything, but I am just very uncomfortable. I always really want to stay in school, but I know they would be really offended, and I cannot imagine hurting their feelings like that. I know that my unhappiness is compounded by personal problems as well. My best and closest friend (one that I can actually talk to about this stuff) is someone I can only see at college, and we are kind of in a fight too right now, although we still talk. But I know we won’t really figure it out until we see each other face to face.</p>

<p>All in all, there is no one around that I know (we moved from where I went to high school). I also don’t have any transportation or means to go anywhere, and I am here for a pretty short time, so getting a job wasn’t really an option. Anyways, I am at home all day unless we go shopping for Christmas. I feel selfish but also unhappy. I just want to go back to school. The more I wait for the time to pass, the slower it gets. I just need to get through it.</p>

<p>Anyways, I don’t really know why I wrote this. It’s just hard to keep it all inside. Maybe someone has a suggestion on what I can do to make the time pass faster. I don’t know.</p>

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<p>Bake Christmas cookies. Offer to cook a nice meal. Go for walks or runs. Get some good books from the library and read. Do the laundry for the family. Detail a car (wash the inside and outside). </p>

<p>My DD feels the same way sometimes. She decorated the WHOLE house, put up two Christmas trees, baked cookies, cleaned my car for me, has cooked a few really nice meals, organized a drawer of JUNK, taken some long walks, taken pictures to have with her of the scenery here (different than where she goes to school), done the laundry, and has offered to care for pets of neighbors while they are out of town.</p>