The Miseducation of John Warmuth (also, everybody under 25)

The saying should not go, "You could be a doctor, a lawyer or an indian chief" it should read, "You can be only one of these, Doctor, lawyer, indian chief, or any other thing, but really only one other thing".



This is the problem i think that i have had so far in my life. This base lack of any type of singular drive. Just as recently as december, before i got the job (that i am currently slacking off from to write this, so note that i have no changed my ways) that i have now, every show i watched sparked a train of through that would start with me working in that field and then take my adventures every way from there, every time i talked to an aquaintence about what they do with their lives, i could see myself in that field. When i walked down the street, whoever i say, be they a window washer, CEO or transient, i thought to myself, "i wonder what it would be like to do that" i gave myself permission to keep all of these strings alive, to never narrow it down to a profession, or a field, or even a possible occupation on this planet.



Now i realize that i cannot live this way. It took me until today, virtually, to realize that i cannot give credience to my idle mind wanderings. Which is not to say that i can no longer think about being richard castle, but that i must relegate that to imagination, to fancy. I must dedicate my time to being the best that i can be in my chosen field, regardless of how it was chosen. I need to wake up and give it my all. It was not laziness that held me back from this before, but rather