[Altec]

I am a crappy decision maker when it comes to career path. I normally have a slight difficulty making decisions, but recently it has gotten worse. I blame it on two things,1) I am getting older and have become more self- conscious in an environment where most of my peers are younger than me, resulting in self-doubt 2)after a psychotic relapse, my grey matter shrinked and I could not function as well I used to.
The thing that drives me most these days is after graduation I am going to find a decent job and support myself, or go to grad school,as it yields long term benefits. I feel like everyone around me has to judge me a little bit, I am 24,hasn't graduated college, when everyone around me who's my age are either working or had gone on to graduate/prof school. when people ask where I want to go after college, I end up picking out a random career that I am not too enthusiastic about, just to sound purpose-oriented.
The only thing that drives me is knowing that I am on my way to achieve independence. Now I feel crippled because I don't have a consistent passion for any profession. and I change my career choice every other day. This has made me unable to focus on any career path. I am a biology major, and somedays I'll feel confident enough to tackle Physician assistant school, some days I'll want a more spontaneous profession like journalism, PR and politics, and somedays I'll egg myself on for medical school by asking myself" what do you not have that makes you unable to go to med school?"The thing is I know it is not too late for anything, therefore I am almost always constantly going back and forth about which career to choose. I hate to think oh I shoulda done that. At a career counsel session, I believe that I am expected to at least know these things they are: do you want to get a job after graduation or do you want to go on to grad school. I am not even sure about that. Has it been torturous and exciting at the same time when it comes to picking a career path for any of y'all? Would love to hear some suggestions to put it in perspective for me. Is it a bad thing to have too many options?

[SeekerOfLife]

You are only 24. If I were 24 again, I would eagerly jump into college.

I too have difficulty making decisions. Not sure why. I daily deal with depression, anxiety, mild OCD, ADD, self esteem issue, lack of assertiveness. All of these things seem to affect my decision making.

Have you counseled with someone specializing in careers? I mean someone independent of a college. Someone who could give you tests, to get a pretty good idea of where your interests lie.

Someone once said, what would you do for a job if the money were not an issue? How would you like to spend your days (doing what)?

[canyouhearmenow]

I can relate, I am super smart and a hard worker but never seem to last longer than a couple years without panicking and throwing myself in a different direction - my resume paints a totally different picture than who I actually am.

No advice, I'm online filling out job applications in 3 different fields in several states right now - and I have a MAster's degree I will never use....yippee?

Originally Posted by canyouhearmenow

I can relate, I am super smart and a hard worker but never seem to last longer than a couple years without panicking and throwing myself in a different direction - my resume paints a totally different picture than who I actually am.

No advice, I'm online filling out job applications in 3 different fields in several states right now - and I have a MAster's degree I will never use....yippee?

You'll use it as you get promoted. If you don't use it directly it will eventually show up in salary negotiations. Smart execs also notice people with exceptional reasoning, work ethic and ability to get things done. Those are all demonstrated through getting a master.

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