Difficulty our generation has to specialize – how do I know what to do with my life?
Most of us who have somehow made it to twenty-something, and have not yet entered the strange worlds of graduate school, face a dilemma. We, perhaps against our wishes, or at least not without trying, have landed in a waste land with no one particular passion in life. This is not to say we are not passionate people - in fact we are a rather passionate group – it is more that we have yet to choose which passion is worth its risks. We face a future in the next few years of risks, coupled with coming to terms with whom we were raised to be, and who we are now. Our personal goals are fighting a war with our community responsibilities, and we chug onward, stymied between personal happiness and global effectiveness.
Our worldview – what we have grown up with :
- divorce
- pressure (over scheduling etc)
- rise of learning disabilities and over prescription
- wars in Afghanistan and iraq
- 911
- Financial crisis
Benefits and - trade schools, seventy billion majors, and
Costs of specialization
Benefits of liberal application - modern renaissance person
And costs
What is the issue?
We don’t know what to do with our lives
Why?
We are stuck between being responsible and doing what we love, and most
importantly figuring out what those are
I do not understand why I m having such trouble moving forward with my future. A strange thing, perhaps, because your future comes to you with you having anything to do with how quickly, and there is
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