Are you there yet?

At what age are we supposed to figure everything out about life? I thought by now I would’ve known exactly what I wanted to do. But recently, I told my sister that I feel like I am still winging it. Yes I do the adult things, paying a mortgage, car note, etc. I’m fully aware that I need to work to pay my bills. So I go to work, a job I don’t really like but I’m good at. Then I go home and do it all the next day.

But I still feel like I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up. Yes I’m a functioning adult, but I am attempting to graciously figure out where I am supposed to land. Is this it? It can’t be, I’m destined for so much greater. I just need to figure out how to get there. I wonder how many people feel this way as well. Where is this moment of clarity supposed to come from? Should I have awoken this morning and had a eureka moment that ultimately shows me where I should be in life? How do you know when you find that “thing” that you are ultimately put on this earth for?

Yes I understand most of us aren’t going to reach greatness like Jay-Z or Kevin Hart. Those folks were specifically crafted to do the things they do. They were given undeniable talent. But how are we supposed to know our purpose. Do we continue to wing it until we figure it out? What if we never figure out what we are here for? Does it mean we have no purpose? Or, if you’re someone with multiple ventures, or an array of talent are you supposed to follow only one of those things to be the person you’re destined to become?

At one point I thought I sang fairly well, should I have put all of my efforts into that and maybe I would’ve been an entertainer? But I never wanted to sing, it was something I was fairly good at. I have a job in technology, am I supposed to be a great tech billionaire and it’s not happening because I refuse to focus on it? I’m currently writing, something I’ve done for years and never took seriously. Is being an author my destiny? Am I currently building the bricks to a massive careers as a Pulitzer Prize recipient? I have no idea.

I am sure I’m not the only person that thinks of these things. You aren’t the only person who wonders if you are where you’re supposed to be. We are all trying to figure out what we are here for, and how we can achieve greatness.