Is it normal if i feel like i'm capable for great things but don't know how to?

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I feel like I am capable of great things but idk where to start. I'm in my early twenties and you know its the age where you're discovering yourself yadiyadayada so there's also just a lot of pressure. I feel like I'm wise enough to not let it get to me cause its normal and its not a big deal if I don't achieve such things in life. But at the same time, I have this urge in me to be something in life but i just don't know how, what, etc. I also feel like time is running out. I know I'm young but its at this age where you can accomplish anything so if not now, then maybe later but I feel like it'll be too late or not the same as if I were to accomplish whatever it is I'm destined for right now. Honestly, nothing gets to me, nothing fulfills me, nothing amuses me, etc. I'll try things I would think I'd like as a serious hobby but it doesn't fulfill me like i thought it would. So is this normal? What can I do about it?

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  • AbnormallyAwesome
    8 years ago

    Almost everyone has that. Even the people you'd think have accompished a lot still think they need to do something else to be fulfilled. That's why all great singers want to be actors and all great actors want to be singers.
    The truth it, it's not so much what you do with your life that makes you fulfilled, it's more about the way you look at it.
    Like the feeling you have that time is running out - It is. It always was and it always will be. You could die every second for a hundret different reasons - Your age doesen't even matter.
    So let's say tomorrow you walk out of a store and get beaten to death by an elderly lady. Now it doesen't matter what you were gonna do with your life or wether your had a really fun hobby. But maybe back in the store you smiled at the cashier and she smiled back at you. And thats why you felt happy in the last moment right before that pink purse struck you down.
    Every day you have a bunch of chances to connect with people, to stand still and enjoy a mood, to look at faces in a crowd and think about what their dreams are. Realise it's not about you.

    Then again ... I study Game Design because I felt a lot like you. There's zero chance I'm ever gonna be successful, but I love doing it and I love the people I work with. So there's still some value in finding what you're good at.

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    • Short4Words
      8 years ago

      For what it's worth I hope you make it.

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      • AbnormallyAwesome
        8 years ago

        :')

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    • Freedom_
      8 years ago

      What a great perspective. I like that a lot.

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  • semiaj013
    8 years ago

    Ye shall make it The Celtish Gods will let ye shine
    go and get some awesome stuff that only ye can do DONE before tis too late ... Mid Life Crisis ... so go learn to do some thing new climb a mountain do something gr8 ye can do it dude

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