Finding Purpose

Take this with a grain of salt as I’m in my mid-thirties and I still (hopefully) have another half of my life to live. I think our teenage years are some of the hardest to live through. Specifically those latter teenage years. It’s not about high school, peer pressure, or changes happening both inside and outside of your body. Although those are all difficult things to go through. It’s the pressure to find purpose which I think makes those years so hard. “What do you want to do when you get older?” – Everyone I had sleepless nights over that question. What am I meant to be doing with my life? For many of my friends, the answer was quite clear. As soon as they finished high school they went into computer engineering, law school, or medical school. I felt the pressure to follow in their footsteps and do something after high school. And so I went to University with no clear direction. I lasted about four weeks before I dropped out. I couldn’t pay attention in class. I fell asleep while…

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