19/09/2010, 05:16 PM
(This post was last modified: 19/09/2010, 05:17 PM by BenjaminFromBrum.)
To be honest, If you want a gap year to explore and find out about the world and yourself then go for it - regardless of what your teacher thinks you should do. Especially if you dont know what you want to do with your life. There's nothing wrong with not knowing what you want to do - its just a sign that you need to get out there and find out what you enjoy; what youre good at; what youre bad at; what makes you feel valued.
Try find something that you think will be fun or interests you - even if you've never tried it before in your life and it looks ridiculously hard - if you have enough experiences eventually you'll find something you do enjoy and want to stick it and then you'll be on the right track.
With regards to having the courage to change - once you start to try new things you'll find stuff youre good at and you can build on that. How are you finding DoE? Anything about that that interests you?
Benjamin
PS: I hated the way people expected me to know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life when I was 17 too! There's so much you havent done at that age.
Try find something that you think will be fun or interests you - even if you've never tried it before in your life and it looks ridiculously hard - if you have enough experiences eventually you'll find something you do enjoy and want to stick it and then you'll be on the right track.
With regards to having the courage to change - once you start to try new things you'll find stuff youre good at and you can build on that. How are you finding DoE? Anything about that that interests you?
Benjamin
PS: I hated the way people expected me to know what I wanted to do for the rest of my life when I was 17 too! There's so much you havent done at that age.