Sunday, July 4, 2010

big scale spectacular

so i was thinking yesterday, "what am i doing with my life?" i mean, i work at vans, im not doing anything special with my summer vacation, what am i doing? i want to do something meaningful with my life, and right now i feel like its wasting away right before my eyes. i got a reminder from one of my coworkers that im only in this phase of my life to get me to the next phase (which im hoping will be way better than this phase!) but it still made me think. i want to do something spectacular with my life and so far...nothing. im nervous for the future because i'm not exactly sure what i want to do for the rest of my life, and its scary to think that the career i choose is what im going to be doing for the rest of my life! its so daunting! i want to make a difference in this world, make a difference to a lot of people, make a difference for me, make me feel like my life was worthwhile adn not just a blob of ordinary days. i want to travel and see the world and leave an impression wherever i go. i would like to take a year off and travel and do something, but i have no money and i feel like i cant afford to take a year off from school. im starting to feel the pressure to graduate. im 23 already and everyone around me is graduating and moving on to the next phase of their lives and im still here, starting over. im ok with starting over, im just not sure im ok with the timing. on my current path and school plan, i wont be done with school til im 27. just entering the work force and the real world at 27? i feel like im behind. and if i change things up again, its gonna be even longer than that. im scared that im not 100% sure of what i want to do for the rest of my life. im scared that im making a mistake, and i dont have super strong convictions about the work that im doing. i mean, annie knew what she wanted to do since the time she was 8. dad knew what he wanted to do and he was passionate enough to finish it, and he LO VES going to work everyday. he told me that this was one of the reasons why he was put on this earth. i dont have these feelings about my future. im not sure of anything and that scares me. i want to do something spectacular with my life, and right now i dont feel very spectacular.and i want it to be something big, not just spectacular to my parents bc everything i do is spectacular to them, ya know? i want a lot of people to think my work is spectacular and brilliant and helpful! any suggestions? and i feel like i need to figure this out quickly becaus ei dont want to waste any more time. i want to find what im supposed to do, and then do it. the sooner i figure it out, the sooner i can get to work, the sooner i can start helping people, the sooner i can make a difference in this bleak world.