Things you want to do, but can't.

[Chasing-The-Light]

I'm starting into my third year into college. That time when you're supposed to decide what it is exactly that you want to do, and pursue it. The problem is that I'm not quite sure what that is. I want to study Eastern religion, particularly Tibet. But many of my advisors tell me that that's not going to make me money.

But then I start to think about some of the other things I've always wanted to do, but can't, because either it's not what I've been studying, or because I'm too scared to make that jump, for fear of failing. Some of these things include: I've always wanted to move to some remote place and open a bakery. I want to study photography, and work doing that. I want to become a Buddhist monastic for a while.

But I can never justify doing any of these things.

So, my question is: do any of you ever find yourself in this situation? Wanting to do something more than anything, but unable to really do it? What are these things, and how do you deal with that?

 

[neonsword13-ops]

I really want to get into animation and voice acting.

But, sadly, my animation skills are... lacking at best. And I have not really had any training in voice acting.

I'm going to keep trying regardless of skill, but I have a feeling that I won't get good at it until I reach adulthood.

 

[anthony87]

My problem isn't that there's something I want to do but can't, it's that I don't know what I want to do. I'm doing Digital Media and Design in college right now but to be honest, I'm only doing it so that I've actually got something to do. I don't know what kind of job I'd try to get out of it, I don't know if I'd even want a job out of it.

 

[NightHawk21]

I want to stop time, but I can't yet

 

[Snowbell]

Go back in time, watch Cardcaptors dubbed in high quality, eat Domino's pizza every single day

 

[Drizzitdude]

Completely serious: I want to go on an expansive adventure and fight evil with nothing but a sword and shield and a few friends. I wish there was some kind of undeniably evil force that there would be no moral issues with vanquishing. Sadly in todays modern age this is impossible, and defeating even something as simple as a small gang of 'bandits' is alot harder nowadays when they all carry pistols.

 

[Imthatguy]

Things that would get me put in a mental institution simply for voicing them.

 

[Kae]

Well I want to draw, but no matter how many times I try it I can't seem to draw something halfway decent, really it all looks like something a 10 year old would draw X_X

I also want to do parkour but let's face it, I have trouble walking as it is and there hasn't been one day in the past 3 weeks in which I haven't fallen off some stairs, so it's very unlikely that I'd be able to accomplish this, though to be fair it would probably be bad that I actually could do it because I know that would go over my head and I'd probably go and try to be a vigilante, hell I've already tried it and it didn't go well, so moral of the story, don't try to be Batman I guess.

Also I guess cry, I don't really want to cry right now, but when I want to cry I never can and it feels quite awful, I think that if I actually cried it would feel a lot less heavy and I probably wouldn't last so much time thinking about it, I have no idea why but it sounds like when you cry you get some sort of relief, maybe not but it's really frustrating to not be able to do it, it just feels awful I guess, and it normally causes me really bad headaches.

 

[Reaper195]

Parkour. I'd love to do it. But I can't because I am huge and overweight (Even if I lost the weight, I'd still be tall and thick...)

 

[Reincarnatedwolfgod]

the ability pause and un-pause time at will with out any negative negative consequences
there so many thing i wish i could do but i just don't have the time
then again i would likely get drunk with power

I want to stop time, but I can't yet

damn ninja

 

[Grathius22]

Sacrifice a job and home so I can travel and help people in need.

The reason I can't do that at the moment is because I'm underage, still in school, and to be quite honest I'm not sure if I'd be able to pull through with it. However, it is one thing I really want to do in my life and hopefully I can achieve it.

 

[217not237]

I want to [CENSORED]

PG version: I want to watch every movie known to man. Yes, including the shit ones. How will I ever live if I don't see Vanilla Sky, The Lawnmower Man, The Godfather pt. II, Apocalypse Now Redux, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Transformers 1, 2, and 3, Jumper, and all the other movies I'm sure are just awful?!

 

[BrassButtons]

My problem isn't that there's something I want to do but can't, it's that I don't know what I want to do. I'm doing Digital Media and Design in college right now but to be honest, I'm only doing it so that I've actually got something to do. I don't know what kind of job I'd try to get out of it, I don't know if I'd even want a job out of it.

I'm in a similar situation. I know that I don't like the job I'm in now, but have no clue what I would rather do instead. I have things that I enjoy doing, but not enough to necessarily want to make a career out of them. It's frustrating, because everyone acts like you should just "know" what you want to do with your life.

 

[unstabLized]

I want to become a video game tester. Kind of like something within Machinima. Except I'm not sure how, and everyone tells me it's not a great idea cause it might not make money, so instead, I'm going for Computer Engineering.. meh...

 

[Johnny Impact]

Most of the things I want to do but can't are physical impossibilities. I wanted to be a superhero at the age of twelve and the desire never really stopped.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Make high quality Flash animations. I want to be able to draw like some of those really talented people on DeviantArt can. *sigh*

 

[LobsterFeng]

I want to draw for a living. I haven't gotten to the point where I no longer believe I can do this, it's just there's so much more I need to learn....

 

[AsurasEyes]

I don't have The List on me, but here's the ones I can think of

- Have a threesome with Asian twins. This is a lot harder than it would seem, since most Asian twins I see are dudes, but even if I tried with the few girls, I'd be yelled at considering I'm 16 and that's very illegal.
- Clone back the dinosaurs. Modern technology has given me a swift kick to the balls in this respect since clones cost about $2,000,000 a piece. Fuck science man.
- Go back to my home city of Chicago. Unfortunately, I'm literally on the other side of the country and if I tried to walk that far, my asthma would kill me.
- I want to write a novel, but lack the focus to write long stories.
- I really, I mean REALLY, want to find a pretty girl who's nerdier than I am.
- I want to get everyone to shut the fuck up about Twilight and Justin Bieber and Rebecca Black and fucking everyone else in this world who sucks. All you do is feed their tainting influence by making sure they're never forgotten.
- I want to lead a Holocaust, but only for annoying internet people who spout stupid fucking memes and trolls. It's probably the only Holocaust I support in the slightest. Unless of course it's a Holocaust of Nazis. In which case, I'd support it purely for the irony. Problem is, is that I dislike killing other people, and I'm sure there are a few laws against this.

 

[SomeLameStuff]

I want to NOT be part of the military. Stupid conscription laws...

 

[IrradiatedFish]

I really wanted to get into veterinary medicine when I was still in highschool, but I took a coop at a local clinic, and I experienced some things that, well, I just wouldn't be able to handle if I was to be a full time veterinary doctor.

Actually, to be honest, as lame as this sounds, the most simple thing I wish I could do, that is probably the most realistic, yet at the same seemingly impossible sometimes, is to just find more friends. Particularly ones that I can connect with more than the average "just barely more than acquaintances" type of friends. I dunno, I never seem to find many people like me (hint hint, if anyone wants a friend, I'm looking...). Heck, it would be nice to have a significant other too I suppose, alas, with the rarity of finding someone I can actually care about in that way, combined with the likelihood of them returning those feelings, I think I can safely assume that nothing is likely to come my way in a while (though I warmly welcome the opportunity).

Other than that, I wish I could do many different things for a living that unfortunately aren't likely to ever yield any income.