Uncertain Times

During the past week, I've been overwhelmed by all the directions my life could take. While going to NYU and living in NYC, I've been exposed to so many interesting and convincing belief systems. The only problem is that many of them completely disagree with each other, and it's hard to be open to all of them at once. For example, one professor has spent his whole career in entertainment and makes it sound very attractive. Another professor thinks it's destroying our culture. At the same time, my health and nutrition professor has differing health perspectives than people in the raw food movement. As a result of these and other conflicting view points, many of my core beliefs are being challenged.

I find myself wanting to just follow one school of thought and avoid the cognitive dissonance from second-guessing all of my actions and thoughts, but I think it's probably good for me to seriously try everything out. In the end, it is both scary and empowering that there is no right answer beyond what I decide is right for me.