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Old Nov 22, 2014, 05:45 PM
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How about volunteering? If you have time. I started off volunteering when I was 16 looking after kids who have a disability (physical, mental, emotional) I had no idea what I wanted to do in life. This made me go to college to train as a classroom assistant... but that wasn't for me. I then started to work with men who had Autism, Learning Disabilities and Challenging Behaviour. This was my dream job! I went in as a support worker and came out as a key worker. But this also made me EXTREMELY ill mentally (I was unaware I had bipolar until 4 years into working in this line if work). I now volunteer as a youth worker working with school aged kids and as their volunteer co-ordinator. I also volunteer as a befriender for a mental health charity... I always say everyone should volunteer once in their life it's very rewarding :-) I still don't know what I want to do but least I have options