I like to fancy myself a thinker, sometimes I don't know if it's me wishing I was an intellectual...or if I really have the world figured out as much as I think I do. I've had a few psychiatrists in my day (none that I wanted, the court system forced me into it) and they have all looked at me and told me that I seem to have people figured out, figured out too much for my own good.
This leads me to the greatest confusion of all though...if I have things figured out as much as I think I do, why is it harder to figure yourself out than others?
Anyways, regardless of that backstory...I have a theory worked out in my mind. People who wander around in life, myself included, is there a reason that there is a failure to launch in this day and age? Most people can't figure out what it is they want to do with their lives...and we don't really know why. Think back to when you were a child, when you had an obsession with something that you thought you could do when you grow up. Not something ridiculous, not like a professional athlete, but a profession that is attainable for anyone as long as they stay the path. Everyone had one of those professions in mind, but how many people really thought about it after they grew up?
I'm starting to think that what I once dreamed of may actually have been the profession I should have went towards in life. It's never too late to start going towards your goals, I mean I'm only 22 after all. I figure I have about a year to make up my mind, whether this is just another dellusion I have in my mind. These are the thoughts that keep my mind racing for hours before I can fall asleep...and most of the time I dismiss them as ridiculous thoughts. I guess I just wanted to put this down in writing so I can read it through and see if it makes sense to me later...which is why I've debated writing a book/journal about finding myself in this current age, but again it's just another dellusional thought I think...
This leads me to the greatest confusion of all though...if I have things figured out as much as I think I do, why is it harder to figure yourself out than others?
Anyways, regardless of that backstory...I have a theory worked out in my mind. People who wander around in life, myself included, is there a reason that there is a failure to launch in this day and age? Most people can't figure out what it is they want to do with their lives...and we don't really know why. Think back to when you were a child, when you had an obsession with something that you thought you could do when you grow up. Not something ridiculous, not like a professional athlete, but a profession that is attainable for anyone as long as they stay the path. Everyone had one of those professions in mind, but how many people really thought about it after they grew up?
I'm starting to think that what I once dreamed of may actually have been the profession I should have went towards in life. It's never too late to start going towards your goals, I mean I'm only 22 after all. I figure I have about a year to make up my mind, whether this is just another dellusion I have in my mind. These are the thoughts that keep my mind racing for hours before I can fall asleep...and most of the time I dismiss them as ridiculous thoughts. I guess I just wanted to put this down in writing so I can read it through and see if it makes sense to me later...which is why I've debated writing a book/journal about finding myself in this current age, but again it's just another dellusional thought I think...
What you want is psychiatry, where you see 4 people an hour give them pills and a handshake.
What you seem to be talking about, at least in my opinion is basically "Middle Class Syndrome".
We have too many choices, as opposed to the generations who came before us that only had a few.
Just look how far we've come. For my Grandparents a college degree was a big fucking deal, and now, it's basically a high school diploma.
Our generation is going to have to work until its around 75, during that time period most of us will have switched jobs 10 times. I can keep going on this, since at the age of 26 not knowing where the fuck I'm going I've thought on it quite a bit.
As for what kids want to do, as someone who was previously involved in education, they want to try to push choices on kids earlier, but that may not work. People change their minds, fuck, I had 3 1/2 majors in college and then said "fuck it, all these things suck ass" and graduated with "General Studies".
Trying to do it when kids are 8,9,10 when everyone wants to be a cop, ballplayer, fireman or astronaut is going to fall flat on its face. haha