The Quarter Life Quasi-Crisis

I’m a part of a private (though extremely LARGE) group on Facebook that focuses on chasing one’s dream. Or, as they say, “hustling”. Great. Hustle is awesome. I know how to hustle.
Softball days taught me to never be the last on or off the field.
Band days taught me to practice well and often to be the best.
Choir days teach me to work hard to get better at something I enjoy. 

But. . .what if I have no dream? No “hustle”, as it were? I have the desire, but I have no goal. “Where do you want to be in 5 years? . . .
*crickets*

Alive? Learning? Growing? I have no specifics. No goals. The conflict is strong, because I don’t want to waste my life, but I have no idea what to do with it. I want to create, but I don’t know what or how. I want to serve, but I don’t know who. I want to help people,  but I don’t know where to begin.

It feels like I’m in the middle of large field with several different paths all around me. They all look the same, but I know they don’t lead to the same place, so I just walk around in circles, trying to decide which one to try first.
What’s worse, I ask for guidance, for wisdom, for help and I am met with

silence. 

Yet, I feel like this silence is not the uncaring silence of a  distant father, but rather that of one who says, “This is something you have to decide. You choose. Be brave and be wise. I’ll be right here.”

I mean, I like the idea of a choice, but right now, I just wish someone would tell me what to do. . .not that I’d do it, but that’s not the point.

One thought on “The Quarter Life Quasi-Crisis

  1. I think the way you are feeling is sooooooo much more common than we ever hear about. It certainly was true for me in my mid-twenties. The best advice I can give is to just start saying yes to things that interest you without worrying about whether they are the right choice long term. You will learn from every experience abs stay to narrow things down as you do. You don’t have to have it all figured out yet!

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