Where are you supposed to be at age 22? I feel young. I understand that age is a number, but surely there is some sort of guide. I'm so lost with where I should be at. I have a degree but haven't got a real job. Or a haircut.

I'm not saying i'm not grateful for the chance to have this problem. I feel blessed that I can sit here and have a choice about who i'm going to be in 5 years time. I could train and become a teacher (likely). I could become a busker and roam around like a random (less likely). I could surprise everyone by uncovering statistical abilities that I never knew I had, and become a... well whatever it is that people with mathematical abilities do (supremely unlikely).

Or I could nest. NOM NOM NOM BABIES. Hmmmmmmmmm.

Nevertheless, the choice is there. And it's ridiculously scary. To be told that you can be who you want to be, and have the job that makes you happy sounds too good to be true. And for me, it kind of is. I feel like there are so many possibilites out there, how can I just pick one? How will I know that I should be a teacher? Because a taxi driver told me I "seem like i'd be good with kids?" (true story by the way). Maybe because I like the sound of my own voice....

At what point do you have to bite the bullet and accept that no job ticks all the boxes.

It will give you some money.
You will have the quality of life that you wanted.
You will be good at it.
You will meet some nice people.

So just begin already? I heard/read somewhere that we will have 2 careers in our lives, so why should I be putting so much pressure on myself to get it right straight away.

I guess when I get to my career I will be good at it. I will have beaten around so many bushes and looked under every freaking stone there is, and I will be content in where I am.

Nobody said it would be easy. They said it would be worth it.