Friday, March 26, 2010
Commitment-Phobe
I just realized I am allergic to any sort of commitment, this may have been my problem with The Boy(who isnt really a boy he's a man and almost 30 now), but that is a story for another day. This week I recieved two calls about jobs, one for a temp agency, the other for an IT company. For the temp agency I had to take their tests, which somehow I'm sure I failed, I don't test well. For the IT company I had to do an interview with the recruiter and interview with someone who worked there and I will eventually have to do a face to face with someone at the company. I talked to the guy this morning, he seemed very nice, but when he started talking about how he had been with the company for three years I was having a mini panic attack. While I'm not the type of person who jumps from job to job every four months, I also have trouble making major decisions and sticking to them. I almost feel like if I choose one path, then all others are closed to me, yes I am crazy. In college I was always jealous of those freshman who KNEW they wanted to go to medical school and did everything to get there. I was never that sure of anything. When I was a kid I wanted to be an astronaut(I still like the idea of traveling to the stars), a photographer, an actress, or a ballerina. In college I had no idea what I wanted, I picked English as a major because it was something I was good at, and I didn't want to fail out of college by trying to be something I'm not(like an engineer). Right now I'm so lost it's not even funny. Quite honestly I thought my life would be a little more interesting than it is now, definately more interesting than the people who follow the boyfriend/husband, baby, boring job route. I have never even been to another country. By 24 I wanted to have been to Rome and Venice, it feels like every year drags me closer to the practicality of REAL job land and BILLS to pay. I don't feel 24, I feel like I'm 12 and everything is still a possibilty. I still want to study psychology, be a writer, be an actress. In reality it's like time is running out for the things I want.
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I can relate to this feeling. It's definitely what's hurting my in the job search right now because I see jobs that I could probably apply for, but I just can't picture myself going to the job and committing myself to it.
ReplyDeleteI would like to go back to school and get a degree in nutrition or some other health related field because I think it would be a career I enjoy. I'm hesitant though because part of me thinks once I got there I would discover it's something I wouldn't enjoy as much as I think I would.
I also fear that I may not be as willing to commit to a relationship if I ever find myself in that situation. Since I've never been in a relationship, part of me thinks I would be hesitant to settle with finding one guy and settling down with him and that's it. Some of my friends make it sound like that that would be awesome to only date one person and stay with that person for the rest of my life, and it does sound kind of appealing, but then I think I would wonder what else was out there, you know?
Sorry for turning this comment into a book!
Hahaha no its cool, I don't mind book length comments, especially when you are pretty much saying the same things I feel. Part of the reason is I haven't travelled anywhere, so I feel like I'm missing out on a lot. IF I get this job, I am going to try to save money to travel hopefully to somehere like Italy or Greece.
ReplyDeleteI totally relate. My life is on full speed at the moment, but I still don't know what I want. I feel pretty apathetic about it all, but when I really think about it I get scared because I just don't know what I want out of life. I put myself through a lot of stress going through my degree, and I'm starting a postgrad degree later this year, but I'm not sure it's going to make me happier. I think if you have some idea of what you want then pursue it, I know it's easier said than done, but it's a gift to have some kind of goal, however unrealistic it might seem at the moment. x
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