I Don't Know What I Want to Do With My Life

I'm 18, I should have some sort of idea by now, or at least be working towards something. I want to see the world, I want to have a purpose. I don't know how to make that happen, or what I really want. I just feel trapped.

Did it occur to anyone that I don't WANT to know what I'm going to do for a living? A life tends to last a long time. I don't plan on doing just one thing and sticking to it for my whole life, and there isn't a problem with that. Stop...

I have always lived in the now. My friends say that I am "fun and spontaneous." I think I am reckless and confused.
It's as if I am incapable of planning my life further than 15 minutes from now. It's not that I haven't tried. I have...

I'm 21 yeas old ;i think that in this age i should  known  what i want to be ,where i want to be ;what to do ! but in fact i don't .. i don't know what I'm doing; i feel like I'm just walking in this life without any objective ; I'm...

I did a course I hated in university. Didn't drop out when I should have. Only ended up with a 2.2 degree (equivalent to 2.70-3.32 GPA in American terms). Now doing an MSc that I'm terrible at. And it's not because I'm stupid (though I...

... I was an underachiever not too long ago, because I was bullied and hence developed low self-esteem.  I struggled in school, and repeated my final year exams and managed to pass my finals ( A-Levels) at an OK standard, which I am...

Thirty is just around the corner and I feel I should be doing more than what I am.... I am living day by day just wasting them away.  I'm in a rut, my job is just a job, and I am living check to check.... My problem is that I...

Come October I will be 26. I have less than 20 college credits from a prestigious art school and a low rate community college combined. I work as a car salesman in my hometown I grew up in. This small southern town honestly disgusts me...

I'm 21 yeas old ;i think that in this age i should  known  what i want to be ,where i want to be ;what to do ! but in fact i don't .. i don't know what I'm doing; i feel like I'm just walking in this life without any objective ; I'm...

Where do I begin?

Ever since I was young, I've had a love for art and the pleasure of creation. By high school, I imagined myself attending the art school of my dreams and living in an apartment in the city.

Fast forward a few years...

I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life.  I'm 61 on a pension now.  I could go anywhere I want to go but I don't know where I want to go.  I can do anything I want to do but I don't know what I want to do. So for now...

I'm 32 married and I live in San Francisco the most expensive place to live in the world.  Right now I'm in school taking the first of 7 prerequisites for the Diagnostic Medical Imaging program. However I've just come to the...

I don't know what to do with myself. I have never had any sense of what my purpose should be. I feel like the people around me were all born with an inner-compass that tells them which direction to go and I never got one.

I am...

Up until I was 15 I knew exactly what I wanted to do but now I dont know if I should even try.How would someone ever make a good doctor if they are not even smart enough to learn from their mistakes.All I know is that for now  my...

Do I want to retire? No!Do I want to travel? No!Do I want to live a life of ease and leisure? No!So, what do I want? I think I really want just what I have right now.Makes me wonder, if I am so happy with my life as it is, why cant I...

I've known for a couple years now that I wanted to be a psychologist.  I wanted to work with kids and teenagers as a Cognitive/Behavioral Therapist.  It seemed like a pretty good plan.  I like psychology; I'm good at it...