Is it normal to be clueless about your future?

I'm 22 and I have now graduated from college with a degree in economics. I still have absolutely no idea what to do with my life. People around me seem to have big life goals and I'm just stalling till I figure it out. Is this something most people experience?

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  • Airstream3333

    Omg. Im 42, yes, 42 does happen to people, just finishing up with a lucrative career but now must move on. Im utterly lost, not unlike i was at 23, but it feels much more dire, more serious. You are so young, it is so ok to feel that way.

    I sort of wish i had gotten a bit more serious about my future at a younger age, yet i have had an incredible, varied, truly unbelievable life thus far, but nothing that really translates to work or lifelong financial stability really. So no regrets, just total lostness. I do feel that a way will open for me, or better said that i will figure ourpt the perfect thing. Its not ideal being a classic starving artist like me but in a way it is. I have had magical amounts of freedom including financially. But change is inevitable.

    Good luck, what you need will come.

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  • BallerinaCass

    I'm 19, I've been in college 3 years and I'm still deciding between two majors. I have absolutely no idea what to do for my future. IT'S COMPLETELY NORMAL.

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  • whattodo-16

    Well its ok to be clue less but ur 22 so maybe u should start finding something u lobe to do and the find a way to make that a career

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  • Almost everyone can relate to what you're going through. Like dappled, I was going to school to teach but instead of math I chose history but I changed course when I was 19.

    The important thing to know is that the majority of us start our lives with only a dim vision for the future to guide us. It'll flesh out with time.

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  • dappled

    I think it's entirely normal. Most people choose a degree in something they are good at or have some interest in, not thinking about the relevance to a career. I chose Maths, knowing the career options were limited, but happy anyway because I wanted to be a Maths teacher (but would have settled for actuary).

    As so often happens in life, I had a "left turn at the lights" and ended up doing something entirely different. I was 21 when it happened so maybe your own future is about to be written too.

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