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I don't know why I'm feeling like this, I just feel like I need a vacation. I've never traveled to Europe (only Spain), I want to move to a place where no one knows my name...like the East Coast, somedays I want to get away from Texas & just leave...I don't know why... I'll be 21 this summer, I'm sick of college & just want to graduate (1 more yr)...but I also don't know what I want to study in grad school, I don't know what I want to do with my life...basically I'm in need of extreme guidance...I think I might be PMSing...I'm just tired of all of it...I'm thinking it may be because I've been lagging spiritually as well (I have been skipping church on Sundays nor have I been reading my Bible or praying...)
I don't know why I'm feeling like this, I just feel like I need a vacation. I've never traveled to Europe (only Spain), I want to move to a place where no one knows my name...like the East Coast, somedays I want to get away from Texas & just leave...I don't know why... I'll be 21 this summer, I'm sick of college & just want to graduate (1 more yr)...but I also don't know what I want to study in grad school, I don't know what I want to do with my life...basically I'm in need of extreme guidance...I think I might be PMSing...I'm just tired of all of it...I'm thinking it may be because I've been lagging spiritually as well (I have been skipping church on Sundays nor have I been reading my Bible or praying...)
Can someone offer any encouragement/prayer?
I have been there in my early 20s.
I fixed it by hitting the gym.
It's like an electronic counter, a stop watch. After the gym, the electronic panel reads 0 all over again. It's a daily system reset and it's a must.
I'm not saying hardcore gym. Just plain sweating - be it jogging, treadmill, tennis, athletics.
At least it sounds like you're accomplishing something by getting through college. I think it's very common for someone in their early twenties to feel confused about what direction to take in their lives. I was worse than most and my main goal was to have as much fun as possible. It took me a few years to finally become a responsible person. I think you'll find that things will sort themselves out as the years go by although it would probably be a good idea to assess what your interests and motivations are before you get to grad school. You don't want to choose a career that you'll end up hating. Good luck.
Well if you decide on a course to study, why not do it abroad? I'm a first year student in a British university, I'm planning on doing my third year abroad and I know that there are plenty of opportunities for everyone out there.
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I think what the OP is feeling is more the norm than the exception. I think most young adults feel this way to some extent. I am not a young adult...when I finished college way back in the late sixties it was sort of expected that a young woman get married and raise a family, etc, so I did...but it is not what I really wanted to do. If I was your age now, I would take some time and travel and look around and get some life experience before settling into anything permanent (job or marriage etc). And if you have a dream of some sort, or feel compelled to do or experience something or somewhere else, now is the time to do it. There is no use having a dream if you do not pursue it.
I don't know why I'm feeling like this, I just feel like I need a vacation. I've never traveled to Europe (only Spain), I want to move to a place where no one knows my name...like the East Coast, somedays I want to get away from Texas & just leave...I don't know why... I'll be 21 this summer, I'm sick of college & just want to graduate (1 more yr)...but I also don't know what I want to study in grad school, I don't know what I want to do with my life...basically I'm in need of extreme guidance...I think I might be PMSing...I'm just tired of all of it...I'm thinking it may be because I've been lagging spiritually as well (I have been skipping church on Sundays nor have I been reading my Bible or praying...)
Can someone offer any encouragement/prayer?
If you think its bad now, wait until after you graduate, ESPECIALLY once you turn 23. You no longer have the defined goals to strive for you've had all your life, neither do you have the same type of social structure. I have become very nostalgic for the "good old days" of middle and high school. I am going through a real quarter life crisis right now and really the best thing you can do is take each day at a time and live life to its fullest. That is easier said than done though, especially when you get into a routine and day after day after day is exactly the same.
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I'll be 21 this summer, I'm sick of college & just want to graduate (1 more yr)...but I also don't know what I want to study in grad school, I don't know what I want to do with my life...basically I'm in need of extreme guidance...I think I might be PMSing...I'm just tired of all of it...I'm thinking it may be because I've been lagging spiritually as well (I have been skipping church on Sundays nor have I been reading my Bible or praying...)
