That stage of life is pretty difficult work-wise. Up until then most people’s lives have been on rails: go to school, do exams, go to university, do exams. Now you’ve got all this choice, but also the idea that the “wrong” choice will affect your life in a negative way.
My advice is just to try out lots of things. At this age you’re not locked into anything, you can spend a few years doing something, decide you don’t want to keep doing it, and it’s not time wasted. I’m 35 and I’ve got friends my age who are changing careers now. You’ll never know if a career is “for you” until you’ve tried it.
I just wish I had some sort of idea of what I want to do. All I have is an idea of what I don’t want to do. I’ve had four jobs in different fields, and not one of them was something that I’d like to do in the long run. After six to nine months, I always get sick of them and want to quit, either because the jobs gets boring or because the employer is terrible. I guess I’ll just keep trying different things until something sticks.
It’s good to hear that people older than me are still changing careers, to hear that it is not an uncommon thing people who fucked up do. Maybe I’ll eventually find “my” silly little job that’ll let me focus on the things I care about, either as part of my job (unlikely) or in my free time. That’d be nice.
That stage of life is pretty difficult work-wise. Up until then most people’s lives have been on rails: go to school, do exams, go to university, do exams. Now you’ve got all this choice, but also the idea that the “wrong” choice will affect your life in a negative way.
My advice is just to try out lots of things. At this age you’re not locked into anything, you can spend a few years doing something, decide you don’t want to keep doing it, and it’s not time wasted. I’m 35 and I’ve got friends my age who are changing careers now. You’ll never know if a career is “for you” until you’ve tried it.
I just wish I had some sort of idea of what I want to do. All I have is an idea of what I don’t want to do. I’ve had four jobs in different fields, and not one of them was something that I’d like to do in the long run. After six to nine months, I always get sick of them and want to quit, either because the jobs gets boring or because the employer is terrible. I guess I’ll just keep trying different things until something sticks.
It’s good to hear that people older than me are still changing careers, to hear that it is not an uncommon thing people who fucked up do. Maybe I’ll eventually find “my” silly little job that’ll let me focus on the things I care about, either as part of my job (unlikely) or in my free time. That’d be nice.
Thank you for your kind words <3