whats going on with everyone?

whats going on. we have this idea of life and what we are supposed to do with it and what we need to get out of it. But really what are we supposed to do? being a teen-ager, i automatically don't like to conform to any pre-made life style ideas. The rebelliousness in everyone that we have, tells me that i dont have to go through all these rings and make a life that im supposed to have. get a job, work, get a family, and live a cousy life. the idea seems nice in one point of view. but at the same time it feels as though i will lose so much if i did it. As if there's a greater calling out there that if i followed the conformity idea i would lose it. And at the same time is it really such a bad thing to conform? others must have done it the way they did for a reason right? i feel as though i need to extend my knowledge for i feel like i miss a lot. and at the same time college isn't in my agenda. so am i doing the wrong thing by not fulling the idea that you need to go to college for 6 years and get a degree and what not?