<p>Perhaps that title is a bit crappy, so let me put it another way. I enjoy computers and I find business interesting. So I'm planning on majoring in management information systems. Decent job prospects/pay, should be interesting to study, various jobs/places one can work.</p>
<p>And while that's all pretty nice, it's not what I'd really love. You know what I'd love? Being in a band. I know it's a bit of a silly fantasy but really it would be so awesome to just play music, make money doing so, and otherwise just live a simple peaceful life. I could live wherever the hell I want! I'd probably still go to school but I'd study whatever the hell I wanted (maybe philosophy or something like that) because I do enjoy learning.</p>
<p>23 years old, and I know I want to be a video game designer, independant or otherwise. I guess I’ve had a lot more time to think about my career choice though. </p>
<p>Though I’ve always wanted to serve in special ops, I guess you can say thats my dream job. I guess there is a fine line between what you know you want to be in life, and what you want to experience first hand.</p>
<p>I think that there’s always something that someone REALLY wants to do, and another thing that they NEED to do. In your case, even though it would be your dream job to play in a band, it wouldn’t be financially possible unless you got extremely lucky to get paid to play mediocre music (Justin Bieber), or were so good that people couldn’t ignore you. You can always make what you want to do a hobby, and finance it with what you have to do to for money (your job).</p>
<p>In my case, I’d like living in NYC writing minimalist blogs. However, I’m really interested in psychology and the medical community as well. So, I’m going to go to college and get a major in psychology and hopefully go on to med school. I can write a blog in my spare time. :)</p>
<p>At this point, I just feel stuck, stagnant. I don’t even know what I’m going toward - I know, I know, I’m supposed to be pre-med, but my grades are crap. It’s like the movie “Groundhog Day” in a sense.</p>
<p>I need to find a sense of direction somehow, but I don’t know how to do it.</p>
<p>My life is in shambles, even if it doesn’t seem like that to others (though they do notice my anxiety, especially the professor I’m taking a summer course with now).</p>
<p>I’m definitely studying what I love, and I’ve never regretted it. Earning a huge salary has never been one of my concerns. I’ve always just wanted to have a job that I actually enjoy doing, and I didn’t see the sense in paying a ton of money and putting so much effort into a career path I didn’t really want to take.</p>
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<p>I think this is a big problem with a lot of college students. A lot of people just jump into college at 18 years old without any idea of what they want to do with their life. They do the two years of general education where everyone says it’s okay to not know your exact career goals, but then they panic junior year and just pick whatever sounds the most promising. It’s not bad to not know what you want to do, plenty of people don’t, but I think it’s sad that people waste so much time (and money) just settling for something they don’t really even want to do. I’ve met people who are seniors or even college graduates that aren’t happy with what they majored in. I think it’s really important to take all the time you need to think about this so that you don’t end up regretting this choice later.</p>
<p>Then again, people change careers all the time so it’s not like you have to be stuck in one job you don’t really like forever.</p>
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<p>I don’t think they sound depressed, just a little lost. If you’re really not sure about your major or career choice a great thing to do is to do internships. Talk to people in different fields of work about what they do. Talk to someone about why you feel stuck. And know you’re not alone :)</p>
<p>Yes - I struggle terribly with anxiety, specifically OCD. I had been ignoring it too long, pretending to be “normal”, and only now am seeking help. I’m also convinced that there are other problems that I’ve been trying to hide over the years - perhaps NVLD, Asperger’s, or ADHD. See my posts in the “LD/ADHD” forums if you’d like.</p>
<p>See, these things were problems all along, but neither my family nor I wanted to talk about them. Even in elementary school, teachers were worried about me, but we were in denial too long.</p>
<p>Samantha Brown on the Travel Channel has my dream job. I could talk endless drivel about how cute and interesting every corner of the world is and get paid for it. Heck I’d even be the cameraman who follows her around.</p>
<p>Right now I’m studying for the LSATs while applying for jobs. I just graduated two months ago with an economics degree and am still waiting tables until something surfaces.</p>
<p>I’d love to be a pro baseball player or a secret agent.</p>
<p>Realistically, neither of those things are ever gonna happen, so engineering and then someday management is the next best option. I like math and science, like designing things to solve problems, and like working with people. Engineering gives me about the best location flexibility I can get with a professional career, which is nice too.</p>
<p>I would love to be a famous pop singer, but it wouldn’t completely fulfill my desire to help people. That’s why I’m studying to be a music therapist.</p>
<p>I really want to be a famous classical or Broadway singer, but I don’t stand a chance against people who are far better than me. So I’m studying to be a vet because that’s the 2nd thing I like doing–helping animals. I might make Music my minor, though.</p>
<p>Great replies, glad I’m not the only one. I’m much more confident in my choice than I was a year ago, but still. I’d much rather discuss the human condition than the best depreciation method to use depending on the asset in question. </p>
<p>I do have that sentiment of wanting to help people but while I don’t think I’m an idiot I think I’d rather leave the life-changing medical discoveries to those people with the drive to find them and just donate to/support them. One thing I’ve always wanted to do is join the military but I don’t think they’ll take me. </p>
<p>I kinda want to be an actress or a travel writer. If I’m a history professor, I can potentially do documentaries, which is the next best thing in my opinion.
Also, I can still travel a lot when I’m older.</p>
**** I hate people who do this. they kept saying oh you have plenty of time to decide but 1 year passes by SHOCKINGLY FAST
I’m going to need at least another decade to decide for good.</p>
<p>and for sure I’m not doing what I really want to do. I’d like to be a Dude when I grow up but that’s not going to happen.</p>