we’re missing a lot of context, like what failures (were they driving test related)?
and yeah, it’s not uncommon to feel unsatisfied or even numb when you accomplish something you have worked towards for a long time - but that’s OK, you can work on appreciating and contextualizing your accomplishment. Try journaling and reflecting in your writing on the work you did to get here. Also consider celebrating or finding a way to mark the occasion and give it the significance you were hoping for.
Sometimes you have to play a more active role in framing your own life events.
Agreed, sometimes we get caught-up in ideas of these things that we are told are “major” events. But don’t really calm down to what is after them. Like finishing school (any level) feels like it will just “be” the answer, but then the structure is gone and then there isn’t a firm predictable path to follow. Just left with the feeling of “now what do I do?” Or the realization of how quickly dull/mundane it is after the initial goal is met.
I remember how excited I was to learn how to use my dad’s riding mower was (both because it was something to drive around and seemed like an “adult” task), but then I just became the one that had to mow. But I have found it kind of a great time to listen to books. So I now look forward to it (most of the time), because it is uninterrupted time to listen to them. No distractions aside from like the bagger getting stopped-up.
we’re missing a lot of context, like what failures (were they driving test related)?
and yeah, it’s not uncommon to feel unsatisfied or even numb when you accomplish something you have worked towards for a long time - but that’s OK, you can work on appreciating and contextualizing your accomplishment. Try journaling and reflecting in your writing on the work you did to get here. Also consider celebrating or finding a way to mark the occasion and give it the significance you were hoping for.
Sometimes you have to play a more active role in framing your own life events.
Agreed, sometimes we get caught-up in ideas of these things that we are told are “major” events. But don’t really calm down to what is after them. Like finishing school (any level) feels like it will just “be” the answer, but then the structure is gone and then there isn’t a firm predictable path to follow. Just left with the feeling of “now what do I do?” Or the realization of how quickly dull/mundane it is after the initial goal is met.
I remember how excited I was to learn how to use my dad’s riding mower was (both because it was something to drive around and seemed like an “adult” task), but then I just became the one that had to mow. But I have found it kind of a great time to listen to books. So I now look forward to it (most of the time), because it is uninterrupted time to listen to them. No distractions aside from like the bagger getting stopped-up.