Have any of you ever felt this way?

[Zip-A-Dee-Lady]

I feel as if I don't really belong anywhere. I look at all my friends and they all know what they want to do with their lives. They're happy with where they are. I know they will move on. Some of them are even engaged now. And I wonder, why can't I have that? That sense of belonging, knowing where you want to go in life. I try to keep optimistic, but it's just so hard (easier said than done, right?).

Have any of you ever felt this way?

 

[BabyPiglet]

I totally agree. I know I want psychology as my major, but I'm not quite sure what I want to do afterwards.

Plus I feel like I'm not great at anything, ya know? I'm 'good enough' at a lot of things, but I don't really have a niche. I never have.

 

[Zip-A-Dee-Lady]

I totally agree. I know I want psychology as my major, but I'm not quite sure what I want to do afterwards.

Plus I feel like I'm not great at anything, ya know? I'm 'good enough' at a lot of things, but I don't really have a niche. I never have.

Exactly!
I really want to be good at something. I'm mediocre at a lot, but I really want to be good.

 

[imabrat]

I think everyone feels that way to be honest. Right now I'm just confused as far as the friends department goes.

I also get the not being good at anything. I don't feel like I'm good at anything. Zhenya, I remember the one photo you put of you doing some ballet move. You were like in the air doing an angled split or something. Kudos to you, because I can barely do a split on the ground.

 

[Sparx]

i had that for like...seventeen years. lol.

no matter where i went or what i did, even if i enjoyed it, i didn't fit in.

but, sometimes, all it takes is one day to turn everything around and for it to all make sense.

you'll find your place. i found mine. you'll find yours. i promise.

 

[Babyjustrun]

All the time.
My problem is I'm not passionate about anything.
I just sorta like stuff. I'm not even passionate about something, whether it can take me places or not.

 

[BabyPiglet]

All the time.
My problem is I'm not passionate about anything.
I just sorta like stuff. I'm not even passionate about something, whether it can take me places or not.

I had to write a paper the other day on what I'm passionate about. I was like...seriously, nothing.

 

[petey's sweetie]

i geuss that i could relate to yoo

 

[HouseMD1120]

Sometimes. I think that everybody between the ages of 14-30 will go through that at some point. We're all young and we're still developing into who we are. What we may have thought we wanted to be when we were young may not be what we want to be now. But you'll find a place.

 

[imabrat]

Sometimes. I think that everybody between the ages of 14-30 will go through that at some point. We're all young and we're still developing into who we are. What we may have thought we wanted to be when we were young may not be what we want to be now. But you'll find a place.

Yeah, and then we get it again at 40-55. Mid-life crisis anyone? I wonder what I'm going to do: buy a sleek, sexy little sports car or hire a hot Spanish pool boy. Hm, decisions, decisions.




I'm sorry, I just thought it was the opportune moment to make a joke.

 

[cjordan08]

I think that everyone feels like this at some point in their life, or have gone through a moment like this at least once.

 

[DramaQueen]

Oooooh yeah totally!!! I got into an arguement with my BF the other day because he was like "what do you think you're going to do wth a french/theatre major if you don't go to grad school. you can't do anything!"
(that made me furrrrrious beyond belief!!)
I really don't KNOW what I'm going to do.

I'm PASSIONATE about acting, but I don't know if I can make a career of it. I really love it, and it's something I'm truly passionate about, but I know it's going to be aloooot of hard, gruelling work if I decide I want to make that my career.

I'm in my second year of uni and I STILL have NO idea what on earth I'm going to do with my life. It really worries me sometimes.

 

[ohdisco]

Yeah, and then we get it again at 40-55. Mid-life crisis anyone? I wonder what I'm going to do: buy a sleek, sexy little sports car or hire a hot Spanish pool boy. Hm, decisions, decisions.




I'm sorry, I just thought it was the opportune moment to make a joke.

Why not do both?

I feel that way a lot. One of my best friends is making 70k and maintaining a 4.0 at UC Berkeley...which makes me feel like a total failure. The things I'm really passionate about don't really have careers that go with them. I mean, I could spend everyday, all day, making mix tapes. It's what I LOVE to do. I love compiling songs that have similarities in theme (or just making stories out of a myriad of songs) and making mixes. It's the only thing I really LOVE doing. What am I supposed to do with that?

 

[MrsSparrow..]

Eeek, I feel exactly the same way.

My Form Teacher (homeroom teacher, I think in 'American terms' not sure though ) is always telling me I need to pick a career now, find out what I want to do now, and that I should know what I want to do with my life. The careers people are always asking me what I enjoy doing or what I'm good at. I can't answer them, I'm not particularly good at anything. I'm an all-rounder, but its easier to say what I am not good at. Most people have 'a thing', an academic subject they are amazingly good at, I just don't. I'm in 'top set' for everything (does that make sense for my American readers? =S) but I'm in the middle of all of them. So I don't stand out.

It really sucks because I have certain people who work at my school telling me that I have "potential" but I basically wont succeed because I don't know what to do :l

Friendswise, has always been rather strange. I have a couple of people I know I will be in touch with for ages, but I've never had a best friend in the sense that some people do.

On the otherhand, a lot of people feel the same way you do, I know I am one of them in a way Atm, everyone seems to be moving on with their lives in various ways, and I appear to be lagging behind, waiting to discover something that will move me along.

ooers, that was long.

 

[pigletgirl]

Yep, I definitely have and still do feel that way! As you know I'm a Biology major (with the plan right now to go to Medical school) however I'm having alot of self-doubt. I'm kinda not liking the idea of staying in school for 10 more years or so. Plus I want to have time with my personal life too! I dont know what is going to happen with Ryan and I. I dont just wanna take off either! Ugh, I just want to know if we're going to get married or not! It would relieve so many of my anxieties.

I guess the good thing about this is that Ryan is a very flexible person and is willing to go anywhere. Bless his heart!

But yeah, lots to think about between now and then.

 

[chisnpeke]

I definitely feel this way. I'm a secondary education major but I don't really want to do that. I don't even know what I want to do with my life, that just sounded the most appealing. I'm not very good at math and a lot of sciences that involved math. I'd like to do something with animals but that would involve chemistry and anatomy and those two things I would FAIL! The only thing in life that I know for sure that I want is to have kids. Everything else is just a big question mark.