Megan

I dont know what state to raise my nephew in while I work and go to school full time. Obvious choices are St. Louis where its cheaper and most of my family and friends are, and Dallas where I live now and have made a few friends.

Sarah

Life . . . I am figuring out what I want to do with my life while honoring the unglamorous necessity of paying my bills. I am conjuring up the courage and energy to unhinge in order to reconnect with my teenage dreams that I spent most of my 20's denying. Now on the brink of 30, I search for that idealistic 18 year old I used to be, while utilizing the wisdom and grace I've gained with each candle placed upon my birthday cake.

Susan

OK,I know what I've done and with great satisfaction and I know what what I'm busying myself with now BUT I want to shake things up for the future as I approach 60. What's next? So many choices, so many possible directions. . . can you see my future?

Maya

My birthday is the 16th & the last week, month, year- whatever, has been high stress so I'd be happily amazed if I get my fortune read by the brilliant Ms July..

I see a cycle in my relationships with men- they tend to, seem to- grow to hate me simply because I am incredibly creative, a tall poppy syndrome situation.. Because they definitely start to try to cut me down in bizarre ways..

& when I dumb myself down this is not a problem.. ?!
Perplexing..

So, I wonder if someone less intimidated, mutually fascinated & potentially group project minded is in my future...

Also, I keep getting closer & closer 'career' wise & though I have brilliant support from awe inspiring people- & talents, I face similar problems with people purposely taking opportunities away from me for unknown, irrational (competitive where there should be no competitive) & bizarre reasons.. Yes, outright sabotage..

So there is an obvious & somewhat dramatic relationship between love & career here in my inquiry..

As in, will this stop happening? Or are more mack trucks disguised as well intentioned brilliance going to run into my life making truly messy road kill of all the time & energy I invest in others?

Will I finally once & for all get some consistent- respect & support on the relationship front &/or job front(so that I can ultimately create more opportunities for others?)..

I don't know why, but I get the feeling a major shift will happen..

So perhaps it's up to you to solve this mystery or debunk my 'feeling'..

All my thanks- & stay brilliant..

Maya

Jessica

Will me and the one I like to think is my The One be happy someday?

Monica Hamburg

It's the constant battle between being logical and fiscally responsible by staying on one path and being pulled (and eager) to make something fun and creative (but dubiously profitable) my work... Very much a first world problem, really, but that's my dilemma.

(P.S. Loved "Me, You and Everyone We Know". And not sucking up so you'll predict a successful and brilliant future for me.)

Simon

How do I get my artwork in front of an audience?

Michelle

I want to have a baby. I have a wonderful partner and a job and an apartment. But it seems like there are too many practical considerations, such as space and money and time off from work when I'm the main income earner. So should I wait to have a baby or just do it?

Edith

I worked really hard my whole life,was a single mom with a child who became a cancer survivor. I went back to school later in life, I got maried and moved to the country. I have been out of a job for one year, due to our move. For the first time in my life, I have no financial worries. But what is my special purpose?

Kathleen

How can I be most helpful?

Aaron

A fortune teller bilked my aunt for half a million dollars, and gave her advice that killed her, which perhaps was good as she was penniless by the time she died, and now the money that was supposed to go to my sister so she could afford to go to school has been spirited away. The psychic even settled out of court agreeing to pay some of the money back, and when the day came to pay, her lawyer called and laughed - LAUGHED - at us saying she never intends to pay. You can read more about this here:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17lives-t.html

So now I'm wondering if my sister will get to finish at Pratt or be forced to drop out for lack of funds. Will we ever see this money?
Thanks,
Aaron

Marie

Whether to wait for further changes in my relationship with Gene to come to pass, or
to seek another relationahip hopefully leading to marriage.

Caroline

My husband will be unemployed next week, I'm an artist, and we're not sure whether to stay living in our home city & where the future will take us.

Tim

Miranda, Hi. Unemployment everywhere. Me too. Lost my job of 22 years in Sept. 2009. I've been lucky in that my unemployment benefits run out this week. The excuse for letting me go was that I earned too much money. I was a bartender/manager in the Shubert houses. I don't want to be in the bar business anymore. I'm also a performer. A singer/songwriter. I write poetry and novels too. In those endeavors I so rarely ever receive any attention. I'm not a kid anymore. I'm sixty-one and I need a break!`I enjoy working hard on the things I love. I don't want to lose my Manhattan apartment. Where is my road??

Jackie

I'm turning 30 in August and feeling disappointed with where I am in life. I went to college for film and art history, have a skilled career in post production, and yet I always wonder what else I could have been. So much so that I am pretty much always despondent. To make matters worse, I am also in an unfulfilled marriage to my college sweetheart. Sometimes I just want to pack a bag and disappear into the world. Help!

Amy

I am an avid NPR listener and member-I am also in process of getting divorced-two small children-future is scary and uncertain!
I would be grateful for some cosmic insight into
My future!
Thank you in advance!

Jenna

I thought I'd be famous by now.
But I ended up in Advertising.

Should I throw my career to the wind and pursue my life long dream of being an actor, living truthfully under imaginary circumstances? Or do I continue my stable life as a producer watching other actors "making it" in my little quicktime window? I do love my career now, but I feel like I've failed my younger self.
-In-Advert-ent Dilemma (felt so Dear Abby-like, couldn't help myself)

Amanda

This economy is killing me!!! My husband and I want to start a family but everything seems to never align just right for us to do so. I am just starting my second tour of duty on unemployment. I'm in a house that my husband and I bought when we were making good money that doesn't exist anymore. My husband only gets paid once a month. He's an independent contractor, so we have to pay estimated quarterly taxes. His company doesn't offer insurance. I'm a laid off teacher in NJ and finding a job is slim to none. How do we start a family, knowing that we could never afford the medical bills accrued to just HAVE the kid. Let's not even start talking about college! Will I ever get a job again? Will we ever be insured again without having to pay $2500 a month for poor coverage? Help!!! Oh yeah, I'm 30 and my husband is 43, so riding this "economy thing" out before starting a family is not a possibility for too much longer! :-)

Annie

Lately, I've been distracted by how cruel and arbitrary nature can be. I watch as nature takes mothers away from children forever in a blink as they head to work in a car. Or it whisks 59 Russian children away from love forever in the suddenness of a lake swallowing a boat. I just read that a boat can sink so fast! Faster than I ever realized. An aneurism is just as quick, taking away someone's dad while on a family vacation in Mexico. A tumor can be slower. Life can be stolen away. Is everyone aware of this all the time? Am I just now getting the memo? It seems like new information to me, though I am not a new or naive person.
As someone who is currently very riding on a beautiful wave of young love, these days I am also quietly anxious about the future, given nature's tendency to be reckless with people's loved ones. I want to have a child. Maybe you can assure me it'll all work out ok.

Cleo

Hard to find a loving compassionate relationship with a woman who accept my cello playing with it's practice,and is interested in watching both sports basball basketball grand slams, loves to dance and is very affectionate. And has a wonderful thriving life of her own that i would fully embrace....we don't even "have to" get married!!!!
Been single for a long time now...
Still enjoy life and could be happier...
Cleo