I'm a sophomore in university, and everyone tells me that I'll figure out what I want in life in due time. Ever since I was 12 - "don't worry, you still have time." I'm still hearing that I have time, but I really don't think so. I can't even narrow something down to something general - like science or liberal arts or anything. I'm tired of not working towards a career. I took a wide variety of classes to find out what I like, but nothing ever holds my interest.
So, I'm starting to feel like I should probably just pick something where I know I will have a guaranteed job and good salary because I do not have a particular "dream career" like everyone else.
I've been to career counseling, and every time the results are so disappointing because I just cannot see myself doing those things.
Am I setting myself up for failure and a life of unhappiness if I pick a career based on pay and job security instead of enjoyment? I was thinking of going for chem. or biomedical engineering.
2006-12-07 20:22:47 · 3 answers · asked by antheia 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
I just ended up asking myself what was most important to me in a career - and it's that I have time to spend with my family but also money to be comfortable. It's not that I feel it is OK to hate my job, it's that I think if I like the environment and what it provides for me, that I could probably end up liking whatever I do.
I'm just scared to spend more time searching...my mom is 43 and she says if she were to start over with all the knowledge now, she says she still wouldn't know what career she would work towards. I think I might have inherited this little unsureness from her.
I cannot drop out and go to community college or get a job now. Parents won't allow it.
2006-12-07 20:47:50 · update #1
Keep looking form something you want to study. If there is nothing, maybe what you love to do isn't something you can study, if that is the case try to get some varying work experiences to see what you might want to do.
If you wanted to incorporate work experience as a part of your undergraduate work there are some school out there that have Coop programs. Antioch College is one of them. It actually has a liberal arts Coop program so you get a variety of work experiences only one of which has to do with your major.
2006-12-08 04:32:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of the teachers at my school gives this advice to seniors as they leave school if they are feeling like you, and many thank her a few years later.
Her advice? Go and get a job.
Not a good paying one or prestigious one. Not even a long term one.
Just a job for a year working at a grocery store or something that sounds equally as boring.
Then you meet people in lots of different jobs and hear what they like and dislike and you can try to relate and you even get a better idea of what you might want to do at the end. Even if you haven't you will have a bit of money to help pay off tuition fees at uni! And you will be richer for the experience.
Well that's what the teacher says and most of the seniors who have done it seem to agree it's fantastic with helping to make up their mind. Hope I could help!
2006-12-08 04:31:59 · answer #2 · answered by bezzy_mack 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What do you like in life? Persue that. Don't have a career in something that you don''t enjoy.
2006-12-08 04:35:42 · answer #3 · answered by The professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋