Doing Something Opposite of What You Thought You Would Be Doing
The Dr. Laura Podcast
Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM
4.6 • 6.3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 February 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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| 0:26.2 | at Dr.ora.com. I wanted to do this quick. And this is a sad state for our young people in their |
| 0:33.8 | early 20s. This is a sad state. To me, this is an example of what's going on out there. |
| 0:39.5 | There's a hopelessness. I didn't have. When I was thinking of finishing college, it was very clear. |
| 0:46.6 | There were ten different directions I could go in. Whatever. Wasn't a world like it is today. |
| 0:59.8 | So she writes from Canada, like most viewers, |
| 1:04.3 | listening to your show has been a great source of wisdom. However, I do have a question. |
| 1:13.8 | Is it possible people are just not made for better things. This is a depressed young lady. |
| 1:17.0 | I don't even need to read on. |
| 1:20.6 | She's depressed. |
| 1:23.6 | I did forward this to Dan, the hopes that we could bring her on the air. |
| 1:35.3 | I'm 22 about to have finished my undergraduate degree and I feel hollow about my future and current situation. I'm becoming tired of school, despite being close and I feel interested in so many things that I fear I will miss out if I make a choice. |
| 1:47.7 | That is profound amount of anxiety, missing out, as though we can actually not have that feeling. |
| 1:58.2 | When we make choices, you always leave something behind. |
| 2:02.9 | That's a lot of anxiety. |
| 2:12.6 | I do not want to amount to nothing. But being stuck in between is causing time to pass faster than I can blink. What should I do? |
| 2:18.7 | Or should not do? |
| 2:21.2 | I wish for linearity and may be feeling less |
| 2:23.6 | behind |
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