Quarter Life Crisis.

Slowly but surely, I finally graduated college. As a newly minted grad, I find myself asking the age old question, what on earth comes next? I spent so much time focusing on the end result -- getting a degree -- and now that I'm there I feel like I've had the rug pulled out from under me. Don't get me wrong... I had a plan. I've always had a plan. It's just that now that I'm at that timeless fork in the road, I'm having second thoughts about my destination. And that is what this 'crisis' is all about -- figuring out where I really want to go... and fast.

Since before I started college I've always wanted to write. I fell in love with writing from an early age. I originally wanted to go to school for journalism but then I read a book that changed my life and consequently my perspective. 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' by Robert Kiyosaki made me realize that I had to think of my financial freedom first, that of course would begin by becoming financially literate. So the quest began. I started devouring everything I could on this topic which ultimately led me to obtaining my real estate license at 19, buying my first investment property at 21, and deciding to go to school for business finance. It was all going according to plan... until I reached my senior year and realized that if I had to put my degree to use, I would most likely end up with a desk job crunching numbers. That coupled with the fact that by then I had realized that I did not need a degree in business finance to be financially literate, brought me to the decision that I would change schools and majors. This time I went with something that I really enjoyed and fit my personality to a tee. It was a journey, but six years from when I first began, I graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies.

Somewhere along the line I had applied to do a semester at sea, but never was able to bring that plan to fruition. So when I discovered in my last year of college that a graduate study at sea existed through Macquarie University, I jumped at the chance. In a way it bought me more time, but as the application process grew more complicated to get into the international business program I desired, I started to get more and more concerned about having a specific idea about what my desired outcome was to be. Finally I decided this weekend that I will be pursing International Communications instead for my Masters.

Now that I have a specific idea of where I'm heading I need to make a list of careers that reflect my interests, passions, and talents, to further explore. I hate not having something concrete, but this is definitely a start.