Teenagers

Lacking a direction and purpose in life is usually a younger person or an older persons problem.

Young people go through a period of confusion as part of the process of growing up and finding their place in life. Some young people are lucky and never experience this period of confusion because their life comes together easily. But a short transition period of confusion is typical for most young people.

Then they get involved in their lives and are pretty well precoccupied and content because they’re busy accomplishing their goals and building the life they perceive.

But after a while doubt begins to set in. That’s where you and I are.

We have either accomplished our goals and are questioning their value, or we have failed and are looking for something else.

When we experience confusion and lack of direction as adults it’s doubly painful because we see the world more clearly and have fewer illuisions. We realize our time and options are limited.

It’s a difficult process but we can retask our lives as adults and find meaning and purpose again. We just have to be deliberate in our choices and make the most of our limited resources.

In some respects finding a new direction later in life should be easier exactly because we have fewer options and illusions.