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It's always difficult to explain myself then. How would you tell a materialistic, avaricious person that you don't think homelessness means unhappiness?
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Why do you think that you have to tell them?
When I hear a phrase like "normal people like you and me" I internally acknoledge that the person is different from me in their view of life and I'm able to control my emotional reaction to that phrase.
There are two seperate issues:
1) Your relationship with your parents and how you can tell them to not worry about you.
2) Having an answer to the "What do you do for a living"-question.
A few ideas:
1) Don't to explain it to them and "rebel". That could be a narrative that your parents understand. You are you young woman, so you don't do what your parent tell you. They probably didn't do either what their parent told them when they were your age.
2) You just finished school (you don't have to tell them that you dropt out) and you are exploring yourself before you decide what you do with the rest of your life might be a narrative that people understand.
A lot of young people leave the country for a year to explore themselves after they finish school. You stay instead in the country and explore yourself and your interests at home.
Over the long run you have to find people that are like yourself. Better people who are the person you want to be in a few years (or at least have some of the charactristics).
By the way, how is the url of your blog?