A New Direction?

Once again, I am in the position where I cannot turn to anyone, so I turn to my dear old friend cyberspace.

I've been thinking about taking a new direction in my life. The road I am currently walking on isn’t working for me, despite my best efforts to try and keep a steady pace. Nothing seems to be working for me and, it’s not that I don’t care anymore, it’s more. I am passed caring. It seems everything is objective to me now. I can’t relate to people, things, events and I’m sure this is a symptom of stress but I can’t help feeling that I am in some way broken. 

Even though I’m not. 

I don’t think.

The only problem is, as I’m sure you are aware of being in similar positions yourself, that a new direction is one that is completely different to where you are heading now. And that is scary and intimidating and a little bit sexy.

Because the unknown is always alluring.

I find myself on my current path, not through choice as it should be, but rather forced by circumstance. We are raised from a young age that there should be a strict progression to successful life:

School – High school – Post 16 – Higher Education – Job.

Given my experience in the field, I am more than qualified to stick a huge middle finger up to that entire idea. This path is only in place because it has been taught by those with experience of it; they have lived their lives through this route. Yes, there may be some deviation on the way, but roughly everyone follows the same path.

What they don’t understand is that this isn’t the only path. And this path doesn’t work for everyone.

The point of this post is to convince myself, and you, that no matter where you are or how lost you feel, there is always a path to destination that would suit you but you need to brave enough to make the decision to deviate from the main road.