I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what I want to do with my life. What do I want to be when I grow up? I scroll through Facebook and I see people I went to high School with that have graduated from college and gotten jobs in dream career fields. There are people getting married. There are people having kids. There are people traveling. And then there’s me. I feel like compared to all these people I know, I’m just here. I never finished college despite the fact that I tried more than once. I don’t have a job that anyone would envy. I have a vehicle that’s over a decade old. I live in a small apartment. I don’t have the best of everything. The laptop I use for this blog is almost six years old. Most of my wardrobe came from second-hand stores.

Now, don’t get me wrong. I completely understand that there are people out there that have a much rougher life that I do. And I respect that everyone finds it necessary to point that out. But there is no reason for that. My personal feelings of what a hard life is or what makes me upset are not based on someone else’s life experiences. It is based entirely on my own experience. So yes, I suffer from feelings of inadequacy. I feel like I’m not contributing to the world in any specific way. This saddens me because when I was in high school I always wanted my career to be something that would contribute to the world in some way. I had no idea then what I wanted my career to be. And now, almost a decade after I graduated, I finally have an idea of what I’d like to do with my life. I found the way I want to contribute to the world.

But how do I get there from here? I’m going to be completely honest…I’m terrified of trying to go back to school again. I didn’t do so great the first couple tries. Maybe this time I’ll get it right.

Hey, that’s it. That’s the challenge for this post. Find something that you’ve always wanted to do but have been terrified of. Trying something new, going back to school, traveling, whatever! Find it, and ask yourself if you really want to go through the rest of your life without the experience of it. If the answer is no, then join me in facing your fear. Face your fear and do the things you’ve always wanted to do.

Happy Adventuring!