You're young. Just Have Fun!

Everyone always tells me,

"You're young , you have plenty of time to mess around and then decide what you want to do. Just have fun"

Being as I am, in less than a month, graduating from high school; my mother (who recently just started her own company) & I were having the discussion as what I want to do with my life. I decided to be honest and tell her I have no idea. In her mind not knowing what I want to do is a bizarre concept, at 18, she had a baby. She knew what she was gonna do with her life. She finally just told me,

"Just pick something." 

A few weeks later I was talking to my 23 year old sister, who is married and doing well at her corporate job, about what I really desire to do. I told her I'm passionate about many things and just cant decide. I proceed to tell her about what our mom had said. She told me,
"I look at the people that I'm around, just like mom, and they are in their 40's or older, just now deciding what to do with their life. I don't have to know, I have time to figure it out."

As I think about all the things people tell me, especially these three quotes, I struggle with them.; not because they are wrong or that these people don't know me. Just the concept of picking something just because it's something to do drives me crazy.

 It seems that everyone thinks that this isn't a big deal as I'm making it out to be.

To me, this decision is going to lead the way to the rest of my life.  Not only is it going to lead the way, but imagine what I could accomplish if I started this young. Imagine if all the people in their 40's or older knew what they were gonna do at my age. Imagine where the world would be. I know I can make difference & don't want to pretend that this is just the "time to have fun."