Well, if you really feel like things are wrong go see a shrink. That's the best advice anyone here can really give you.
But part of life, part of growing up even, is the realization that the dreams you had as a kid will almost never all come true. You will probably not be as wildly successful as you had planned. Growing up in this day and age you're taught that you can do anything, that you're special and that the sky is the limit.
The truth is that you are, in fact, only special to the people that love you. The rest of the world couldn't care less.
Reality is that you can't do anything. You have a limited set of skills and interests and you have to work to find an intersection of the two. In many cases you may have a job you're skilled at and hobbies you're interested in.
The sky is not the limit. Roughly 6 feet off the ground is about as far as most of us will ever really get.
These are hard things to accept. Especially if you've grown up being taught differently. We try to give our kids a positive outlook so we tell them all these lies because we don't want to stifle them. But we also set them up to feel like you do when they get out on their own and reality comes knocking with the truth.
The trick is to find something that makes you feel fulfilled. It probably won't be your job. It will probably come from some external source in your life. In my case I have a lot of hobbies that keep my life fulfilled. My friend has a national championship in Tae Kwon Do. Another friend loves to play the cello. Many people like to work out while others do volunteer work.
The point is, find a job you can tolerate, find a hobby you love. You don't want to be one of those douchebags that defines himself by his job and in the end has nothing other than work. You can be the most awesome doctor in the world, but if that's all you are most people are going to find you boring. People would rather talk to the guy that plays soccer, the piano and sculpts steel because he's actually 3 dimensional instead of the doctor who's one dimensional.
But part of life, part of growing up even, is the realization that the dreams you had as a kid will almost never all come true. You will probably not be as wildly successful as you had planned. Growing up in this day and age you're taught that you can do anything, that you're special and that the sky is the limit.
The truth is that you are, in fact, only special to the people that love you. The rest of the world couldn't care less.
Reality is that you can't do anything. You have a limited set of skills and interests and you have to work to find an intersection of the two. In many cases you may have a job you're skilled at and hobbies you're interested in.
The sky is not the limit. Roughly 6 feet off the ground is about as far as most of us will ever really get.
These are hard things to accept. Especially if you've grown up being taught differently. We try to give our kids a positive outlook so we tell them all these lies because we don't want to stifle them. But we also set them up to feel like you do when they get out on their own and reality comes knocking with the truth.
The trick is to find something that makes you feel fulfilled. It probably won't be your job. It will probably come from some external source in your life. In my case I have a lot of hobbies that keep my life fulfilled. My friend has a national championship in Tae Kwon Do. Another friend loves to play the cello. Many people like to work out while others do volunteer work.
The point is, find a job you can tolerate, find a hobby you love. You don't want to be one of those douchebags that defines himself by his job and in the end has nothing other than work. You can be the most awesome doctor in the world, but if that's all you are most people are going to find you boring. People would rather talk to the guy that plays soccer, the piano and sculpts steel because he's actually 3 dimensional instead of the doctor who's one dimensional.