I don't know what to do with my life...?

[Emzee]

We're meant to be choosing our options *future* in a few months time. I thought I had it all planned out but now I'm just not sure. I figured you live then you die and in between you can do anything and everything you want. I want to travel the world, I want to live in Iceland, I want to live in France, there's just so much I want to do and we have a whole world to do what we want and we should all be very thankful for that... But I don't want to just live a 'normal' life. I really want to do everything I want in life and honestly right now I'm not up for choosing my future. I'm meant to be revising for a really important science exam but I just can't do it because every time I sit down to start revising I just start thinking that I don't want to do this because I don't know what I want to do with my life anymore.

I just, I just really can't decide my options and I'm panicking because of this exam and my whole future. I thought I wanted to be a psychologist but suddenly I don't know anymore. I want to work with animals, I want to complete all my dreams and goals, I want to help people, I want to be a teacher, I want to write books, there's just so much and I'm in no fit state to decide my options.

I wish this had happened a year ago so I could've sorted myself out and really decided what I want to do.

Honestly please help, I don't know what to do with myself or my life, but I can't be wasting anymore time. I need to revise for this science exam but I just can't. do. it.
To tell the truth I think I really need help at the moment because with all of this, and thinking all of this I'm starting to wonder what the real point is, if all life is, is working, earn money, die. Why should everyone care about money? I don't want to waste my life but at the same time I don't want to live it. I'm not going to kill myself or anything I just don't know what to do anymore!

Advice would be much appreciated?

[luludoodie]

We all go through this!
UNFORTUNATELY the only realistic answer is the one you don't want to hear!
Nose to the grindstone to get yourself the best education you can.
Taking science is a good start! Being hard it sorts out the "will make it" from the "won't make its".
No-one owes you a living - you have to work at it!

Good beginning is to cancel Facebook/Twitter/playing computer games/texting etc. etc. and realise these people are making money - while you are wasting your time - off your back! All your "mates" also wasting their time are one day going to be your competitors for jobs! As a former employer (retired now) I am appalled to say the "work ethic" is sadly missing from current/future generations as they have been sucked into believing they can have it all without hard work!

Something that should really make your blood go cold!
All this talk of the Fiscal Cliff....let me put it into perspective for you, get your calculator ready:-
The US Government has run up 16 trillion of debt! Remember to get the right number of Zeros! Divide that by 300 million (US population) and that is your share of the NATIONAL DEBT.
How is it going to be repaid:- Government have no money....they take it from the population - and waste it! YOU will be paying higher taxes just to stand still without even paying the debt off!

In simple terms the last few generations of politicians have borrowed up to the hilt - and then some more - to buy votes for their re-election and put ff making the necessary hard decisions to the next generation!
As the money has run out your generation are left with the bill.......so you are going to have worse living standards in the future than your parents.........less wages to spend.......less jobs as unemployment bites etc.......At times like that the educated can just about hold their own. Unskilled / uneducate people will suffer!

Does that clarify your mind?

[Glauxen]

You are far to spoiled and ignorant of how the world works.

I used to want to be a humble accountant until a large brain tumor was discovered when i was 17. It was caused by years of my mothers beatings. Now im to disabled to live functionally.

Some people start with little want a small amount but end up with less. Why should the world yield to your wishes? You're upset that you won't get to live the life of your dreams but what have you done to even deserve half of that?