What in the hell am I going to do with my life?
I can't see myself doing anything in particular in the next ten, twenty, thirty years. I'd love to be an archaeologist, I'd love to be a zookeeper, I'd love to be a writer, I'd love to be an astronaut. I'd love to just be...something. Something interesting. Something that's going to hold my interest.
I've been looking around at courses and things, and I've got a few in mind but they're so different from one another and I really picked a stupid time to do it - after applications close.
I've almost finished my cert III in business and initially I was going to do cert IV but life and money issues got in the way.
I'm so envious of people who have direction in their lives, know what they want to do with the rest of it and are actually doing something about it.
With all of these options rolling around in my head, I honestly don't know what to pick, whether I should pick anything or just find a job then go from there. But I want to study something in order to get the kind of job/s I want.
I hate making decisions, I suck at them. And being proactive in life is one of the things I am loathe to do.
I've been looking at going back to uni, doing a bachelor in arts, focusing on anthropology. When I was doing my uni course a few years ago, anthropology was one of the best classes I had and if I was in the right mind frame, I think I would've enjoyed it and actually done well at it.
On the other hand, I've been looking at the tourism/travel industry. There's no jobs in tourism without studying for it. So I could do a course with that, then look for work...or something.
I don't know. I don't know what I want, I've never known what I want and when I finally decide, it's too god damned late.
Suggestions, comments and the like are really appreciated at this point.
If you haven't ever witnessed it before, this is me reaching out.
Help, anyone?
I was actually thinking the other day that I could see you in the travel industry/tourism industry.
ReplyDeleteI was talking to one of the ladies from softball and she's a travel agent and she was talking about how she gets to travel to different places just to see what they're like so she knows when people are booking holidays. When she was talking about it I was like I can really see Jas doing this because of how much you like to travel and how interested you are in other countries and cultures.
If you ever wanted me to ask her how she got into the industry I'm more than happy to.
So yeah, I think that you would be good at that :)
But I think you would be good at anything you decided to do.
This is Tully btw :)
I've been in a similar situation myself for a little while now. Been through 3 different courses, and collectively have more than enough units for a degree... Just not enough of one thing for a degree. As it stands I work varying hours as a contracted part time employee, and it's certainly not a career move. I'm passing the time.
ReplyDeleteHigher education is not for me. I'm quite gifted in academia, but I'd rather gnaw my foot of than write an essay. As I've grown to understand myself I've come to understand that my problem is I'm trying to fit into a mold that doesn't fit me.
I spent my academic life going, much like yourself, 'I wanna be a sociologist/psychologist/CSI dude/photographer/artist... After I kept dropping out and changing my mind I had to accept that I was the problem here. I only really wanted a higher education because everyone gets one, and people are seen as successful if they have one. Also a good 2 decades of my mum telling me I want one didn't help.
My priorities are different. What am I going to do with my life? I'm going to experience things. I'm going to climb Mt. Fuji. I'm going to run with the bulls. I'm going to hang out with an awesome bunch of people. Most of all, I'm going to have some amazing stories.
I can make money. It may never be a lot but it will always be enough. I'd consider picking fruit across Europe in exchange for food and water to be a higher quality of life than a 6 figure job and a nice house. Not saying I wouldn't want it, but I find the price far too high.
I'm not sure if my experience helps, or even relates to yours. But at least it's another perspective :)
Some people know what they want to do from a young age, some go through their whole lives still scratching their head and doing nothing about it. So dont stress.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, u would find more work in the tourism industry as aposed to doing the anthropology.
I had the same problem i was like ' i want to be a physio, art teacher, child care worker, work in hospitals, nurse, a gazillion things. work experience helped me get rid of a few ideas. could some volunteer work help u make up ur mind in an area for a few weeks (or at least help eliminate things? if u are really struggling) also, look at what u want to do in the next few yrs. if its a lot of travel, a long uni course probably isnt the best until ur done with that.
also, would you be ok with keeping some of these things as an interest, instead of having them as work, so you can still have them in ur life, but can still be doing more than one thing u love (and may pay better/have more job oppotunities/let u work overseas etc etc.
tourism stuff is usually shorter courses, and can be learning on the job with lots of different options.
hello, have u seen the pamphlet u gave us? i think you enjoy it. and ur organised. and keeps you cultured. :)
(also can be done not just from melbourne so if u wanted to work and travel this option may be better)
deep ur feet into a few things this yr if its too late to enrol (or direct entry tafe is still open a lot of places) and this way you can spend some proper time figuring out what you want to do, just like i did instead of rushing last minute now. the extra yr has helped me really figure out what i want to do, and has also given me other pathways i wouldnt have thought of going. its good :)
hope this helps? any time u wanna talk bout this sorta stuff i'll help. alos making pros and cons lists helps as well :)
Danni
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Thank-you rulls - if you could make some inquiries as to how she got into it, I would be grateful :)
ReplyDeleteMuch love myfanwhy, I've just always liked the idea of anthropology. Could you imagine me being a tattoo anthropologist *drools* would be epic!
And thank-you masked stranger - I agree with you totally with your view on life and your priorities - I'm the same. I want to have experiences and have adventures and when i look back on my life, i would prefer to have done a thousand different jobs and been okay at them all rather then settling down with one and staying with it forever.
Hey it's Kylie!
ReplyDeleteJust on an off-note, and since it's the only thing I could possibly know anything about, if you ever wanted to pursue the zookeeper thing, you can get there there through volunteer work. Anywhere! RSPCA, animal societies. Just a thought. It's a hard field, but it would be so rewarding. I think at the end of the day you'll never know what's right for you until you're doing it. It's hard when you only live one short life with so many possibilities!
Hey Kylie! Thank-you for this :)
ReplyDeleteI know, what the hell do you choose when you've got a lot of interests but you can't really fit them all into one lifetime.
If onyl you could just...take a test and bam this is what you'll be best at and enjoy the most and get the most of out and it was that simple.
Damn life not being simple and straightforward!
I'm crossing my fingers for reincarnation.
Put aLL your options into a hat and choose one. Since you are interested in them all you should be happy with the outcome!
ReplyDeletehaha, I'll do that now - see what comes out!
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