Hi. I’ve been pretty preoccupied lately, so its taken me a little while to respond. Thanks to everyone who responded here. I thought there were some interpreter / translators here, so I’m glad I asked.


I have a really good aptitude for my own language and languages. That doesn’t mean its always easy, depending on the language. All through middle and high school and into college, I took Spanish – I was good at it, but it wasn’t a passion or really even an interest back then. Then more recently I have taken Polish, which I really liked, and American Sign Language, which is interesting but I’m not sure about being an interpreter.

I am in the very beginning here, and if this were something I were to pursue, it’s a few years out in the future maybe. I also think I need to get professional help surrounding this, because I have a fear of public speaking, and I do think that if I were to learn another language to become fluent, I’d want to get another bachelor’s degree at the very least, and I’d have to give speeches sometimes in classes as well as probably take public speaking. I’m also not big on doing semesters abroad, unless I’m going to like, Canada. I’m not really big into travel. My therapist and I are working on other things at the moment, though they’re career related so this might come up sooner than I might think there.

To make this a little more complex, I have a lot of other interests as well, and I think about other fields of study (I’m in my late 30s though. I just have never really started a career). I’ve written about it in the past here. It truly may come down to though, “choose your suck.” There’s something that sucks in everything we choose / decide. Its not like I can just get away from it, and I think that’s what I’m trying to do, as someone with anxiety. Though I also do get analysis paralysis in making this type of decision. Its an ongoing issue, but one I want to resolve. And logically, I’m sure there’s no perfect answer. I have recently been asked “what’s your dream job?” a few times by different people. I say translation (because I’d love to learn another language, and work in an office behind the scenes, and well, use my brain), but maybe it’s a surface level idea. I guess that’s why I was looking for more information. Thanks again.