Confessions of a Closet Introvert

What Am I Even Doing With My Life?

I'm not sure if this is just me, but I get pretty pissed off when people around my age (freshman) are like "I totally know exactly what I'm gonna be when I grow up! A musician/professional athlete/president/other difficult to obtain job!" To keep in mind, these people are usually the ones who are, to put it kindly, not too bright in the subject they aim to study.

How about no.

I get that you would LIKE to be awesome and have these rare and wonderful jobs, but you don't seem to quite grasp the reality of the world. There is only a slim chance that you will make it big, and I don't mean to be a dream killer about this, but you most likely do not have what it takes. I mean, if you're getting D's in English class, you probably won't end up as the super awesome author of the Great American Novel.

The thing is, I am not telling you to give up on your dreams. If you maybe wanna play professional baseball as an adult, go for it. Just make sure you put the time and effort forth when you practice that is necessary to meet the requirements of a professional baseball player.

If you are dead set on being a dancer in the Radio City Rockettes, you better dance your ass off, because you have to want that more then anyone else, and work harder than anyone else, if you want to have that chance for making it.

What I'm saying is, don't aim for a goal if you're just going to try to half-ass your way to achieving it. And if you realize you don't really want to train all day every day to be an olympic gold medalist, which is fine, set more realistic goals for yourself.

Also, if you don't know what you want to do with your life, I would suggest not just taking the easiest and most available job at that moment, but actually give some thought to what you really would ENJOY doing. I cannot stress how important it is that you try to enjoy what you do, because don't you want to look back when you're eighty and reminisce to your grandguppies what a wonderful life you had?

Note: As a young person like me, I say that its A-OKAY if you don't know what you want to do with your life yet. You still have time to figure things out, and to figure out what you really enjoy doing. :)

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