4. Are you doing what you believe in, or are you settling for what you are doing?
This question strikes up a passionate subject with me. Currently, I am settling for what I am doing. I am a senior in high school, about to venture off to college to start another four long years of school. I am not miserable, but I am not truly happy either. It is what society expects from me. I feel that it is the logical, safe choice. I need an education to provide a living for myself. However, what I believe in is entirely different.
I believe my knowledge can only be gained by traveling, meeting people, and experiencing new things. I want to just travel the world and write to my heart’s content. I was born to be an author. This I know. It is in my very heart and soul. I can take classes on writing and study English, but that is not what my heart believes in, what I believe in. I yearn to just drop all pretext, ignore societal norms, and go back to Jamaica (where I first felt truly free) and write with a beautiful backdrop and amazing people. I need money to do that…again, I feel that my only choice is to settle until I can do what I believe in.
And it will happen. I am sure of it.
