I gotta admit, most days I don’t really know what I want to do with my life. Everyone says it’s “normal” for people my age to feel that way. “Take your time,” some might even add. But considering the opportunities I’ve add, do I really have that luxury? Do any of us?

I feel that there’s this unspoken pressure for my generation to do something great in our 20′s. After all, we had a wealth of resources available to us – a good education (plus top-notch grad studies for some), financial stability, a solid network of influential families and friends, successful and supportive mentors, and finally, that Chinese business sense that supposedly runs in our blood.

I feel that I’ve been given so much, and have nothing spectacular to show for it. Not because I don’t have the abilities or the resources, but because I just don’t know where I’m going. Baggage, is what I’ve got.

I came upon this blog post by Ian Yabarra that asks some soul-searching questions on what your life would look like without baggage, repeated here:

What would you do…
1. if you had a billion dollars? (Now money is no object.)
2. if your parents were completely supportive of any path you chose? (Now your parents can’t make you do something.)
3. if your older sibling(s) weren’t so successful? (Now you’re not trying to live up to something you’re not.)
4. if your friends weren’t all going to work in finance (or another industry)? (Now you’re not letting peer pressure pistol whip you.)
5. if we could all travel at the speed of thought? (Now you can live where you want and work where you want, no problem.)
6. if you had graduated from the best college in the world? (Now you’re not paralyzed by a lack of the “perfect” brand–whatever that is.)
7. if you had gotten perfect grades in school? (Now you’re not hung up on GPA.)
8. if you could start doing it tomorrow? (Now you’re not worried about stress on your family or paying your bills during a transition period.)
9. if you had started doing it back when you wish you had? (Now you’re not thinking it’s too late start now.)
10. What would you do if you could do anything you wanted? (Because you can.)

Something to think about…