One of my best friends just turned 26, and he’s been working the same entry-level jobs making like $14 an hour since he graduated high school. He took some college classes but stopped going. He’s still living at his mom’s house with his family and he’s way too complacent, not making any moves towards improving his future.

I feel like I gotta give him a cold dose of reality to wake him up. How should I approach it? Or should I just let life happen to him and let him figure it out for himself?

Talk to him about what he wants to do, help him map out a plan for his future

Honestly I'm sure he knows this already, for whatever reason he isn't doing it though

I say this based off of my own experiences

say something, but also you can’t tell him stuff and shove whatever goals you find that you accomplished at that age and force him to think your road was correct

find out what he wants to do to be better

Real friends can have hard conversations. That’s what separates friends from good/best friends, you tell them not what they want to hear but what they need to hear. Don’t force anything on them as everyone’s ideal future is different, but let them know any chance you can don’t be complaining if you ain’t doing anything about it

only way to go