MadisonC | Bethany, OK  • United States , Age 23

this is a delicate unraveling.



Jan 31, 2008 - 22:47 PM PST

When did you realize what you were supposed to be?

Today I became irritated when an acquaintance sent me a myspace message about my ambitions: "What are you passionate about? What do you want to be? What do you want to do?"

I initially figured I was bothered by the fact that he doesn't even know me and he's randomly asking me these probing questions. But it really isn't in my nature to get mad at someone for something that silly. I then realized I was bothered because I knew NONE of the answers.

I've never felt passionate about anything in particular. I think I am a passionate person but it is spread out over a bunch of stuff. This is why I am having a hard time choosing what to spend the next couple of years studying. I want to work in film. I want to work in modeling. I want to work for a magazine. I want to work in fashion. I want to see South Africa. Austrailia. Asia. Europe.

Four years ago I began college. I'll soon have my 2 year degree and am pretty sure I'll be taking time off again in the fall because I don't know where to go from here. It is driving me crazy because I want to start working and making a name for myself and be around creative types. I am ready! But I need to finish school.

Please tell me some of you guys are as lost as I am. It is a terrible feeling to know you are destined for something bigger than what you are but can't find it.

[This whole post sounds kind of melancholy. I am by no means a sad person, this is just something that is on my mind all the time! ]

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Feb 28, 2008 - 02:43 AM
I totally hear you there.

Feb 20, 2008 - 20:32 PM
I have had many of the same thoughts... I think at the good old age of 25 I have finally started to figure some things out. That being said, it also seems that the more I figure things out the more I start to realize that self fulfillment is a never ending process. But, that might just be a good thing... :-P

Feb 12, 2008 - 19:38 PM
don't worry. just take a number and join the crowd. i didn't mean it to be insensitive. i just graduated with a sixty thousand $ degree in a somewhat isolated field. Now that i have been financially cut off from my parents and am in desperate need of a professional job, i'm realizing that i might not have any interest in my field anymore. what do i do? where do i go? who the hell do i turn to? these are the questions i can't answer either. i guess all i can offer is comfort knowing that others are miserable too... (sorry to be such a downer though!)

Feb 08, 2008 - 18:37 PM
i know exactly what you mean. I am the same way, i have many passions and i cant choose just one to go after. its like leaving most of your children to concentrate on just one. I think thats the problem with people like us who may be multi-talented or multi-passionate. there are some people who are only passionate about one thing and thats all they know so they have a focus. people like us cant focus on one frame when we have a whole panaramic screen to look at. to us the grass is green on both sides. I had the crazy idea that since you cant choose one, just do them all. I will let you know how it turns out.

Feb 08, 2008 - 18:28 PM
i know exactly what you mean. I am the same way, i have many passions and i cant choose just one to go after. its like leaving most of your children to concentrate on just one. I think thats the problem with people like us who may be multi-talented or multi-passionate. there are some people who are only passionate about one thing and thats all they know so they have a focus. people like us cant focus on one frame when we have a whole panaramic screen to look at. to us the grass is green on both sides. I had the crazy idea that since you cant choose one, just do them all. I will let you know how it turns out.

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