I know that people say “be happy with where you are now”. I know that but, it’s hard when you hate your job (I know I’m not the only one though), and you feel like you can’t really live the life you want to be living. I just want to be at a place in my life where I’m truly happy with where I’m at and I’d like to experience this feeling before I turn 50. It’s just that living with overbearing parents who are hard to talk to just makes it even more stressful. It’s like everywhere I turn, someone is always telling me what to do and undermining my decisions. If I say I want to teach abroad for a year someone will say (mainly my mother) “I don’t think that’s such a good idea” or “I wouldn’t do that with everything going on” or “just get the teaching certificate first and find a job with health insurance”. I feel like if I don’t really live for a little while I’m young I’m going to miss out and end up regretting not going with my gut feelings.

• This reply was modified 9 years, 10 months ago by Jerris.