I’m not entirely sure what I want to pursue in the future. I am a high school senior, and I am currently working on college applications. I’m eager to begin the applications for the CSUs.
My question is, what are some career choices that you suggest for me based on the information that I am about to share with you? I have already prepared a list of questions and answers that I am going to display below. It is quite a bit.
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WHO AM I?
I am someone who is creative, geeky, and quirky. I’m weird, and I like to laugh with others. I’m hands-on, and I like nature. I like working with a team, though I also don’t mind working independently. I have thought about what I want to be when I grow up, and I know that it’s something where I want to be able to create something, whether it’s something as simple as arts and crafts or working as an animator for a television series.
WHERE DO I SEE MYSELF IN TEN YEARS?
I see myself in a medium-sized town house or apartment lounging on a clean couch in my freshly-painted living room. The walls are white, and all over the room are bright green plants, ranging from succulents, to cacti, to fiddle leaf fig trees and bonsai trees. Classical music is playing in the background: Mozart, Beethoven, you name it. It might be playing on my TV that I rarely use, or perhaps on a modern-ish record player. Who knows? In my left hand is a freshly brewed cup of cardamom tea, and in the other is nothing. I’m sipping the tea, just looking around the room and thinking to myself. It’s around eight in morning. Later on I have a schedules brunch date with my best friend.
WHAT CAREERS HAVE I CONSIDERED?
I have imagined myself in interior design, journalism, holistic health, animation, and naturopathy.
WHAT ARE MY HOBBIES?
I enjoy drawing, reading, cooking/baking/DIY, and playing the guitar.
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For a while I have wanted to become a holistic health practitioner. Just recently, however, I thought about it more and more and I realized that I want a job where I can create something. I still like holistic health and am interested in it, but that’s not a career where you can create something.
Something that I stumbled upon was art therapy. Is it possible for me to be both a holistic health practitioner and an art therapist? By that, I mean is it practical? I would just be a holistic health practitioner who also happens to help people through making art, since the mind is also a part of a holistic health journey. I apologize for this being long; thank you very much for helping!