Dave's Letter to the Elder Wisdom Circle

Dec. 24, 2006 — -- Hello Dave,

Thank you for using ElderWisdomCircle.org to seek advice. The Elder's reply is below.

TITLE: My life is shrouded by uncertainty

LETTER NUMBER: 63309

YOUR ORIGINAL QUESTION: I am Dave.Just so that you know a little about me: I turned 20 years old in April. My daily habits include playing video games, hanging out with friends, surfing the internet and smoking marijuana (responsibly).

Honestly, I'm just like most any suburbian guy living in America. Well, I think it's about time I grew up. I am at a crossroad now and it seems that my care-free lifestyle so far has [led] up to a final showdown with fate. The main reason I've gotten as far as I have now, is becuase I have a family that has been pushing and pushing me to get here.

Recently, I've been trying to improve my life not for my parents, but for ME instead. It took me a long time to realize it, but I haven't been doing any of this for my parents, I'm doing it for me (and now that I think of it, they've been telling me that all along).

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So here's the problem:
I've been going straight from school to work and if not that, I exercise, hang out with friends or make an attempt to do homework (which either never gets done, is late, or done at the last minute). It seems that no matter how much I want to try really hard on something, I only allow myself to put forth minimum effort to get by (school and college is a big example of this).

For example: I love acting, so I put self in acting classes and built debt in doing so. I then decided to try modeling, to use as a stepping stone to get to acting, but have been rejected twice already. I know for a fact that if I really wanted the results I craved, then I could have done so much more and put in tons more effort, but I didn't.. why?

I wish I could put forth all of my effort in all the things I do.

I'm taking Calculus 2 and 3 of other difficult classes this simester and I know I can not get the sopposovly possible 'A' grade if I keep this up! I need straight A's this [semester] to get into UMD College Park's Business School.