How do I deal with not really knowing what I want in my life?

There’s so many things these days that I feel like I want to explore and experience but mentally lately in my head I always run into a bit of a brick wall and then tend to just retreat back to my comfort zone and stay there. Like for instance there’s days where I feel like I really want to travel and see new things but I’m always worried I’m going to get lost or get into an accident. Or that I’m not really going to find whatever it is I’m really looking for and then all that time and effort is going to be wasted. I feel like it can be so easy to just pick myself up and do things but again it’s like I’m attached to some kind of elastic string that always pull me back to what I’m completely comfortable doing.

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InvictusIndigo · 22-25, M

I was the same way and I started really small - I would drive around my neighborhood on familiar streets, then day after day, week after week as I'm doing errands or whatever I start taking the side roads that I don't know as well but eventually get back onto a main road. After a while, when I've learned to trust myself more and realize that there is always a way to get back to familiar territory, I take roads I almost never typically take or drive down a big main road for a few minutes and then figure out how to get back home.

I did this to condition myself for a trip I was preparing to go on in Florida with the choir so if I got lost, I could always use landmarks or remember turns and figure out directions that way or just ask people how to get back. Just trust yourself - you know more than you think you know.