My Personal Odyssey

Odysseus had a mission to return to his wife and son after being imprisoned and for the most part he had to make his own way. He met many different characters; some extras and some main contributors to the story, I would think and I am also certain that this occurrence is essentially the same for everyone. We all have goals and desires. We all have things we believe that we should be doing with our lives. The problem is figuring out what it is that you should be doing and where you should be headed. Your every waking breath is a mission statement. It tells everyone how seriously you take your life calling and how desirous you are of reaching your goals.

As a teenager, I also feel as though I am on a journey of some sort. Everybody is, but these are my more definitive years. This is where I’m supposed to create who I am and figure out where I’m going to go in my lifetime. I’ve always felt pulled in a million different directions by a million different people, however. It’s hard to see where my opinions rank against everyone else’s. I suppose that’s my screw-up. But that isn’t going to happen anymore because I’m coming up with a game plan. I’m coming up with a course of action. I will do something to figure this out; no more sitting on the sidelines indecisively and going along with whatever I’m told.

In order to find my place I feel I need to just go on a journey and find who I want to be. I need to find out which aspects of life move me, personally. If I don’t know what I like, what inspires me, then it is impossible to create someone that I can and want to be. The first and most obvious option for me is to continue school. College is all about exploration and knowledge, so that you can decide what you want to do for the rest of your life. There are trips I want to take and cultures I’d like to experience. I have so many places I want to go; I will not be confined to this small town forever.

If I were to just up and leave, go out of my comfort zone, I wonder what would happen. Would it affect my personal journey in any way? Would it prepare me for future examination and study? I’m inclined to think yes. I want to find my place and meet more of the characters that make up this world, my world. I want to find my place and complete my mission as a human; the distinct human that I am. And that which I am making myself into.