<p>I'm a high school senior and I don't even know what I want to do for the next 40 years of my life. I am constantly looking for jobs I could do when I'm older, but don't know if I'll lead a happy life doing that. Medical, finance, construction, mechanic, architect, engineer, so many options. I am truly and utterly confused. There isn't any opportunities to try working at these for at least a month or two. Nothing, internships are highly competitive and you can do only so many. There aren't exactly wall street bankers or radiologists at my school to ask them anything. You really can't do anything on the internet where anyone can be anyone. Classes give you little insight. How are we to decide our life at age 18? Even countless scientist say the brain isn't even mature at age 18, yet this flawed society commands us to decide our entire life at this age. </p>
<p>You don’t have to decide your entire life. The vast majority of people change in college and at many different points along their lives. However, you should at least have had opportunities to zero in on your interests. Do you like reading? Writing? Working alone or with a group? Building, designing? Is there anything you do, for fun or for school, that makes you truly content and excited?</p>
<p>A lot of the people at CC, esp. the high achievers, seem to know exactly what they want to do in college and have the next dozen years planned out. There are such people in the world. But most of us find what we enjoy doing over the next dozen years, those years between 18 and 30. So hang in there. </p>
<p>Try giving yourself opportunities to learn about different careers by talking to adults you meet along your way. This too can be a difficult thing for teens to do, but try it. Try asking an uncle or aunt what she does and why, what s/he enjoys about their jobs, what they’d really like to do for a living and how that’s different from their jobs, etc. The resources for you to discover a career are available. You might have to approach the solution differently, but you can do this. </p>
<p>This is a bit advanced, but why don’t you offer to write an article for the student paper about your experiences shadowing an investment consultant, a grade school teacher, or a realtor. Prepare a list of questions for the interview, make an appointment, and go. People LOVE to talk about themselves and often about their work. The half an hour will go very quickly. Make sure to send them a thank you note and a copy of the article when it’s put in print. You asked for help…I’m just sayin’.</p>
<p>People change careers multiple times in there life because they think they know what they want and then they find something different. I’m a senior too and I’m pretty sure I want to teach elementary kids in a low-income/rural area so I can make a difference but I also would love a career as a photographer or in Disney working for their publicity franchise. I’m not quite certain but I’m just going wherever the “spinning arrow” points because you never know “what’s beyond the river bend.”</p>
<p>*I am so sorry for that Pocahontas bit but I couldn’t help myself </p>