It’s hard to develop answers to questions. Although professors make it look easy studying for tests. And Hollywood is great a depicting super geniuses who can solve all world-problems. Living life, and answering questions of yourself, is much easier said than done. There is no simple solution for the next step to take, how to answer certain life-questions, or how to become the person you’re striving to be.
Questions Asked in Adulthood
Here are the questions I have the hardest time answering as an adult:
- How can I use my talents, not only to make a living, but improve the community around me?
- If I had no financial restrictions, what would I want to do with my life?
- How do I maintain great habits while ridding myself of the bad ones?
There are no simple answers to these questions. There are thought-leaders, authors, bloggers, and possible-mentors who could help develop solutions, but none of them are me. These answers need to be mine, and only mine. Yes, I can take input of great minds in order to arrive at an answer, but I still have to do the thinking.
How I’m Trying to Answer
My attempts to answer my three biggest questions revolve around a multi-faceted approach. For one, I try not to do stuff I hate (see Don’t Do Stuff You Hate). It’s hard to find something you’re truly passionate about, but it’s much easier to find stuff you don’t like doing. Trying a lot of stuff allows me to figure out the stuff I don’t like, and keeping the stuff I do like.
As far as what I’d do if money wasn’t an issue, I have no idea. First thing that pops into my mind is travel, but I’m not sure if that’s true. That seems to be the popular answer among millennials, but I don’t know if it would apply to me. I have no idea what I want to do. That’s okay, I’ve learned it’s okay not to know, but looking for the answer to this question eats at me every day.
Last, and my hardest struggle, is the keeping of great habits and elimination of bad habits. This is really hard. Something I haven’t been able to figure out during my four “adult” years (age 22 – present). I have no idea how to keep great habits. I like to think the answer is “when you get knocked down, get back up again,” but even that is easier said than done.
Keep On Keeping On
My best advice, and the advice that I give myself, is to shake off the bad days/weeks/experiences and look at each day as a way to improve. If I broke a good habit for a bad one, keep moving forward. Lamenting on the past will only follow into the future. The only things I can change are the actions I take today. Instead of trying to change the past, I must focus on keeping my current self moving forward.