So Who Are You Then?

[eyliena]

You know how teenagers are meant to have this whole angst-y “who am I?” period?

I missed out on that as a teen. I was 100% sure of who I was for the entirety of my school life, then doubly sure when I left school, worked for a year, then chose to go to university.

I’m not sure when my whole sense of self fell apart though.

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[tibbycat]

Motorcycle riding, grammar nazi, geek, writer sounds cool to me.

I was certainly an angsty teen. That comes with the territory of being beaten up by schoolkids who used me as their punching bag. Took me a loooong time to get through the psychological screwup that that caused :s

I had your problem at work though when I was working in the bookshop. I felt guilty being paid to work there as I spent most of my time on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, and blogs wishing I were doing something else with my life. So, now I am. Maybe you need to be doing something else too? Perhaps go back to uni fulltime or go to TAFE or a private college instead? Or apply for an internship with a company or organization that's relevant to your interests? Continue to strive to make a living from your passions? :)

♫ Maybe a simple change of scenery, is all your need... ♫

[eyliena]

You seem to have misunderstood my position.
1. By being too many things, I am essentially none of them.
2. I'd love a job where I'd get paid to do nothing (or simply to be bored). What I have is a job where I'm being paid to do something I'm not actually doing.

[tibbycat]

1. You can be all of them.
2. I was meant to do other things in my old job. But I didn't.