A secure future that gives us orientation, that has sustainability in focus, is what we need to shape in a meaningful way

How ignorant can people actually be? So ignorant that they ruin the world with their insatiability, arrogance and selfishness? Seriously? Yes, seriously. For years, those I trusted - my entire generation trusted - have looked the other way: Our parents, grandparents, politicians, and last but not least all the decision makers of the global corporations. Driven by profit, they exploit people and nature in order to suppress their own senselessness with a bad crime scene in the evening.

You are the adults!

It's really nice how you all thought only of yourselves! And who has to fix it? Us! You should be ashamed that we have to skip school on Fridays so that something finally happens! But no, instead you are still fighting against it! Be comfortable and zero willing to change or see something. "The A49 is politically decided - there is nothing more you can do". "The Hambach Forest is allocated to RWE for charcoal mining, don't give a shit who fell from the tree there". Not wanting to "disfigure" the roof with photovoltaics and only finding wind turbines good if they are far away. Say, are you still there?

Don't you realize it's almost 12?

How can I not be fatalistic in this world? What can I hope for in the future? Every time I stand at the supermarket checkout and again someone has put the 1€ chicken wings on the conveyor belt in front of me, a part of my hope dies. The hope that we can still save the world. The hope for the future. Let's face it: Even the best grades don't protect me from natural disasters. And anyway: Living to work, like my parents do, is so over.

What am I supposed to do with this life?

Why should I make an effort? Why should I plan something when everything is uncertain anyway? And then these many possibilities, behind which often only the same old power systems hide. Have you bought yellow jam lately? Just because there are cute bees and little flowers printed on it, the whole thing is far from sustainable and far from healthy. And who jumps right on it? My mother, of course. How proudly she held out the jar to me - so cringe.

How do I take my future into my own hands?

Who can I look to for guidance? Certainly not my parents. I want to live differently, more sustainably, more meaningfully. I don't just want to talk about individuality, I want to take a serious look at myself. Who am I actually? What are my strengths, where are my weaknesses? Only in this way can I actively take my future into my own hands instead of being exposed to it haphazardly. I want to take responsibility for myself, with all the consequences, and in return I finally get some orientation. What do I have to lose?

Ciao fear of the future, now it's time to live!