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I've got two friends reading "Quarterlife Crisis" and several more telling me of the agonizing they're doing about the decisions in their lives. For those of us who have a little money (not a lot, but we do qualify for the American middle class), and a little smarts, the opportunities seem endless, in a way. Though no option seems ideal, there certainly seem to be a lot of options. The options are almost crippling (I read a book about this in Chicago, I need to look it up, about how our grocery stores have 200 kinds of cereal, and we spend way too much time deciding about stuff). When contemplating my options for my future life (something I do far to often to actually get anything done in my current life), I could do any of these things

1) Work with Teach for America to teach underserved inner-city youth

2) Go to a cheaper location, and work a low-paying job, while "finding" myself and working on writing and music stuff

3) Move to the big city and meet cute guys in a big apartment complex while working in an office and as a choir director

4) Room with a friend or relative and meet new people while working in office and as choir director

(notice a pattern? I'm doing the office and choir director thing now)

5) Do a ministry internship (ok, now you're just scared. I've got a friend who keeps trying to convince me...)

What I really enjoy, is writing about being a floundering twenty-something, and making my friends laugh. Also making my choir laugh. What a great group. I'm gonna miss them. I'll even miss the frustrating things that happened, like when the organist wasn't prepared, or when I wasn't prepared (eek!) because the reason they upset me was that I cared about the job. The problem with this time in our lives when our values are changing (trying to become people who are different from our parents) and our minds are being opened to all kinds of new things, is that it is hard to figure out what it is we DO value. And when we figure that out, we question WHY we value it - is it because we feel we're supposed to value it? And when we value many things, which passion should we follow?