Hello everyone. This is my first post at AntiOnline so I figured I would ask about something that's been bothering me for quite some time. To understand the problem you need to know a little about me. I'm currently 17, 18 in 3 months, and graduated High School a little after turning 16. I've been doing things with computers since I was 8 or so. I also have social anxiety.

Now, you may be asking what this has to do with anything so here it is. After graduating High School old friends faded away and I found myself becoming more and more engrossed in my computer related work. Currently I would say I'm knowledgable in almost every computer field excluding data base work, and flash programming.

Anyway, this is all well and good except within the last 2 months or so I've felt burned out. I can't find anything new or exciting. Normally, I would just take a break and do other things until I found interest in computers again. Since I'm not in High School and I have no friends who aren't drug addicts, it's hard to get away. I've tried making new friends but it's difficult cause of my social phobia.

I find Television extreamly boring and I have no good books available. I have no job since I was layed off so I can't afford to find a new hobby for awhile. Basically what I'm asking is has anyone else felt this way before and what did you do to overcome it? I've tryed to become more advanced in a specific field but I'm so burned out now I can't even focus on it, it becomes boring quickly. I honestly don't believe I simply have no interest in computers, I just feel that I can't become motivated enough to specialize in a specific field since working with computers is all I do during my waking hours.

Another problem is that I'm sort of a begginer at everything and a master of nothing. In spite of this, I still can't figure out which field I want to go into. So, another question I have is has anyone had difficultly figuring out what you wanted to specialize in? And if so, how did you learn what was right for you?

I know I could simply keep learning and learning in each field until I know it's for me, but the amount I'd have to learn in every field before I realized which one I enjoyed most would take me more time than I have to spare. My Mom figures since I graduated early I need to get a job and start getting experience. If I'm not working full time by the time I'm 18 then I'm getting kicked out of the house. So, I need to figure out what I'm doing here within the next 3 months and then land an entry level job in that field.

Thanks for your time, any feedback is appreciated.