I'm only 29, but to me it seems like getting older is about figuring out what you really value, refining your ideas and pursuing your desires. In other words, figuring out what matters to you.
Some people seem better at finding a clarity of purpose. Others change their minds, reevaluate their lives, shift their preferences and their focus. It's a process that I think a lot of people go through.
You'll go to college and learn about a bunch of different things. Maybe something will click and you'll say "this is what I want to do with the rest of my life," or maybe it'll take you a little while. Maybe you'll take a philosophy class and discover new and interesting ways of thinking about all of this.
I guess I'm just trying to say: don't worry if you don't know what you want to do with your time on this planet. You'll figure it out some day, or at the very least you'll have the search.
Edit: Just want to add that some people don't do anything with their lives and that's okay too. The phrase "do something with your life" bothers me a little just because it makes this assumption that life is this thing that you have to "do something" with (which I'm assuming refers to some kind of accomplishment). We're just sacks of meat experiencing and interacting with the world. Everything on top of that is personal values.
Some people seem better at finding a clarity of purpose. Others change their minds, reevaluate their lives, shift their preferences and their focus. It's a process that I think a lot of people go through.
You'll go to college and learn about a bunch of different things. Maybe something will click and you'll say "this is what I want to do with the rest of my life," or maybe it'll take you a little while. Maybe you'll take a philosophy class and discover new and interesting ways of thinking about all of this.
I guess I'm just trying to say: don't worry if you don't know what you want to do with your time on this planet. You'll figure it out some day, or at the very least you'll have the search.
Edit: Just want to add that some people don't do anything with their lives and that's okay too. The phrase "do something with your life" bothers me a little just because it makes this assumption that life is this thing that you have to "do something" with (which I'm assuming refers to some kind of accomplishment). We're just sacks of meat experiencing and interacting with the world. Everything on top of that is personal values.