Well, I loved all of the arts, singing, writing, painting, drawing and entertaining. I was a lead singer in a band at around your age too. I did sing in chorus all through school, even high school and I always aced the arts. I always loved horses and children too and like you helping others. I understand your concern about being a therapist, that is not an easy career, yes, that career requires being able to hear a lot of different challenges and really being able to help others help themselves. I did love being on stage and performing, but I did not like living by night nor did I care for the kind of people in that environment. I was really too young and niaeve to handle all that I had experienced in that career. I did learn a lot by the exposure I had in that career though.

It's not unusual to have self doubts like you have, but you know what? You will never know unless you try it and you only have one life and you might as well try it if you really want to. So what if you don't have a lot of great success, but what if you do?
A big part of what gets a person "there" is their desire to do so. And, it's a lot of fun to be around other creative people if one is themselves creative.

I went to business school and I met my husband and we got married when I was 24. I worked in sales actually for a while and I learned a lot doing that. I also liked to work as a temp and I definitely learned a lot doing that, got me in all different kinds of businesses and I got to see all different kinds of jobs and businesses. All that helped me when I had my own child, had to find something to do while I was home when she needed me to be because she had a learning disability. I combined all that I had learned to create my own business around my child. I ended up getting her a pony and decided to take that pony out to parties, but I also used all that I had learned to slowly develop that and I bought some land and slowly made my own little farm, gave lessons, also did a lot with handicapped children/ special needs children and I used everything I had learned and applied that to my own business. I have met all kinds of people from all different walks of life and I also was "there" for my own child as she needed and she got to be exposed to business and being around all kinds of people and teaching and training and all that helped her to have her own career eventually.

I never would have guessed at age 19 that I would end up doing what I eventually did do either. So my advice is "allow yourself to explore" because it's really amazing how it can all come together in a career you may not ever guess having. My daughter started college thinking she was going to become a teacher, maybe a math teacher. She majored in math and minored in psychology. She never ended up becoming a teacher but works for a very big company using her math skills in a way at 19 she never imagined. All that she did learn ended up helping her end up having a really good job and making good money too. What benefited her the most, was desire to learn how to learn, enjoy the learning and keeping an open mind. We often do not know we can be great or good at something until we try.