I am 18y.o. old and still don't know what to do in life?

Question

please suggest me what should i know, which is the field of interest for me

any site where i can find my interest?

Answer 1

Take a free career aptitude test at :
www.assessment.com

You should also do some soulsearching:
Sit relaxed and ask yrself: what makes you happy? what is yr strenght? where do you want to be 10 yrs from now? What do you want, money,fame or plain satisfaction? What subjects are you best at? Are you willing to struggle to get to the top? Do ya want to be different and set a trail rather than following one?How do ya want yr parents to see you in future? ...

now, be religiously honest and write answers to these questions on paper or diary.Keep record of them.Take other various career aptitude tests at Tickle.com ans such.

This will help you discover yr choice of career.

Remember pal, life is all about what YOU want and to be HAPPY with, just remember that yr parents should gain positively with whatever decision you take.DONT LISTEN TO PEOPLE, BE OBSTINATE ON YR OWN GOALS ONLY.

After you are through with the steps that I mentioned ,but still undecided, then please dont hesitate to contact me.Will be happy to help.

All the very best!

Answer 2

Try here:

http://www.livecareer.com/

It's a free test that will tell you more about what you are into...

Also just try googling for other tests, as I'm sure many of the free tests don't give you the full info without paying. Google: Career Test Interests Free

I know it's hard to figure out sometimes what you want or what you will be good at, but don't forget the things you love to do for free. A wise man once said whatever you do for free, and enjoy (as in hobbies and such), should be what you do for work in your life and you WILL be happy. I didn't realize this until too late in my life. I just did something to earn money and I was totally miserable. Now I realize all along that I have been a songwriter/producer in my heart. Now I'm old and it's almost too late. I will try to do something with it, but I wish I had started when I was your age.

Just remember that what you love (and may think will earn you nothing) could be the key to your happiness, and to a successful and lucrative career. Good luck :)

Answer 3

I am 28 and already have a bachelor's degree and decided this year that I am not doing what I want to do in life, so I am going back to school this fall to get another degree and totally re-route my life. I think that even if you were sure of what you wanted to do at 18, that may not be what you want to do at 25, or any other time in your life. Do what feels right to you in the here and now and take it one day at a time. You may make a decision now and wake up one day down the road and realize that while it was right for you then it is not right for you now. Do not let others tell you what you want to/should do. I let several people discourage me from pursuing a teaching career when I graduated high school, and 10 years later I am just now realizing it is still what will make me happiest.

Answer 4

Hopefully, you have some idea, even if it's really general. I would check out www.salary.com, this site has job descriptions, salaries for your area (or any area for that matter), and what qualifications are necessary. When you were in high school did you have a favorite class, for example biology, perhaps you would like to be doing something in the medical field. The best thing to probably do is see if you still have time to enroll in school, even if it's a community college, and start working on your basic prerequisite classes, and go from there in terms of exploring career options, and setting realistic goals to get there. Good luck! :)

Answer 5

Very few people really do know at that age - especially because there are so many options nowadays! I was almost 23 when I stumbled upon my "calling".

We don't know you, so it's hard to make suggestions. Your HS guidance counselor and other adults around you might be better for that. What are your favorite and/or strongest subjects? What are your hobbies? What do you do in your free time? What is important to you (e.g. helping others, making money, etc.)?

What I wound up doing was going to community college and getting the basic "core" courses out of the way. It is less expensive and buys you a little time before you have to fully "declare" a major. I knew I wanted to help people, so I took a Liberal Arts Curriculum for the basics, and took the Psychology courses for electives. Even if I wasn't going into Psych- many healthcare majors require several Psych courses. Likewise, if you're considering some form of engineering, then take a bunch of Math courses. I also took some random electives out of curiosity. One of those was Voice and Diction, which made me think that Speech Therapy might be a good field for me.

I got my Associated with honors, which helped me transfer into a decent 4-year college. However, I realized almost immediately that Speech Therapy WASN"T a good fit, and I became pretty nervous about it, because I didn't know what else I could change to, but I didn't want to be stuck with a career I didn't like.

Then the second semester started, and I took the required course for Audiology/Hearing Science. And that was it!! It was a perfect fit. I could help people, but use my mathematical/analytical skills that were more natural to me. So I stayed on at that school, and all my Psych credits earned me a Minor in Psych. Then I continued to get my Masters in Audiology (it was required- nowadays a doctorate is required in my field).

So that's my story of my roundabout journey to finding the perfect career. Up until that time, I had never even heard of Audiology. Now, every day my patients compliment me, saying that I'm good at it or I must really enjoy what I do; and it's really been a blessing, because it's true!!

So start simple and keep your options open. Don't do anything to please someone else if it doesn't feel right in your gut. Consider the things that interest you, that you are curious about or that you've always been good at; then research them. You have the web, which is an amazing resource of information. There's lots of personality tests and so on that can help guide you.

To find out about specific careers, I recommend the Occupational Outlook Handbook http://www.bls.gov/oco/ . It lists pretty much every job there is, how to get it, what it entails, how much it earns, and provides links to related agencies. You can even type in keywords to find careers related to that interest. For example, if you like animals, you type that word in and you get a list of jobs where you can work with animals.

Good luck!!

Answer 6

Don't be down on yourself, I am 56 yrs old and still don't know what I want to do in life. I have a job, but it isn't want I want to do. For you, I would suggest to get a real good education. It doesn't matter what kind either. Most people get college degrees and then don't even work in their field. Just go to school. Do anything you can to get an education. It will set you free to do anything you decide to do afterward. Good luck! BTW, I'm going back to school, too. Maybe I will see you there.

Answer 7

I am also 18 and don't know what I want to do with my life. Just do what I did: get your Bachelor's degree in any area that you find interesting; that will buy you four more years until you have to figure it out. Just having a degree leaves you with a world of possibilities. There are so many courses and certifications and jobs that require a degree that it is difficult to live without one.

Answer 8

I am 53 years old, retired, a grandma, and I still don't know what I want to be when i grow up.

There is plenty of time. You will probably have several careers in your life, and that is fine. Try different things. Work for a year if you are not ready for college or university. Volunteer with a youth group to work on a humanitarian project in a developing country. You will sort it out.

Best of luck.

Answer 9

A good course of action, if you're not sure what you want to pursue, is to atleast have a good background in something basic. Basic business courses and computers are two very basic things that you will use in just about any field. Start with these and this may help you to find what you are interested in.

Answer 10

Yes, many high school graduates and college freshman go through this exact same question. That is why they have career planning/job placement centers in colleges. You can probably go to your local community college and ask to take an interest inventory test. Many colleges job placement centers have a program for this on their computers. I have also included a link to an online version of one, that you can take.