h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have been irritable lately.

And, although I don't normally think twice about feeling like this, it seems this irritability has decided not to budge... no matter how many times I smack it around and tell it to get lost.

To make matters more complex, I tend to find myself trying to pinpoint the cause of this short-temperedness (is that even a word?) but I can't even stub my toe on something concrete. Therefore, my quest for an answer has strengthened this annoying state-of-mind.

I'm 23... Can there be such a thing as a quarter-life crisis?

It's the old cliche: "I'm trying to find myself." How pathetic and unoriginal does that sound? I think I just need something new to take place...

What I really need is time away from this daily routine of mine and do something adventurous. Forget those common vacations of laying on the beach all day and eating until I want to throw up. I want to go somewhere that will give me the opportunity to really learn and expand my common way of thinking... to help others if my skills allow me. That would be my ideal vacation.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Why not look into Habitat for Humanity? You can help build houses for the less fourtunate (sp?), look after children, etc, etc in (today is not a strong spelling day for me, and I don't think even my dictionary will help with this one) Applaicia. Good for you, good for others.