i have no passion and i dont know what career path to choose… - Help.com

how old are you?

16. i just finished year 11.

Welcome to my life but the difference between you and i is that im in college and still dont have a clue of what i want to do or become

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Anonymous wrote:
16. i just finished year 11.

don’t fret you’re pretty young. savor your youth, think of all the opportunities. if passion doesn’t come easy, don’t worry still. you have a long life ahead of you. so nothing to worry really. it might help to ask for parents/ elders’ advice, career counselor in school, friends, relatives and divine intervention from GOD. but the voice from within must likewise be heard.

There is little that matters. And what matters is everything. Dont ever hold yourself back! From ploughing a field or shuffling others numbers and words, most people are passing time, surviving, blinded by fear and insecurity. Most people are after safety. What do you fear, why be one more soul to ‘die’ young. Never stop dreaming. If you do what you want to do, do it like a raving obsessive, with passion and love, never afraid to hold back, never afraid. Then fear will grow weak and strange, you will be free. Free to love forever, love and let others love with you…. dont worry about the money too much, if you do you are almost certain to die poor, in every sense.

Azimuth wrote:
There is little that matters. And what matters is everything. Dont ever hold yourself back! From ploughing a field or shuffling others numbers and words, most people are passing time, surviving, blinded by fear and insecurity. Most people are after safety. What do you fear, why be one more soul to ‘die’ young. Never stop dreaming. If you do what you want to do, do it like a raving obsessive, with passion and love, never afraid to hold back, never afraid. Then fear will grow weak and strange, you will be free. Free to love forever, love and let others love with you…. dont worry about the money too much, if you do you are almost certain to die poor, in every sense.

That would be a good speech if i had dreams but i dont have any. Poster choose the thing you like the most and go for it. I wanted to be a vet but that changed and now i feel like a lost soul. Im only 20 but i feel like i should know something by now and i dont. So just go with your heart because not know nothing at all really sucks and makes one wonder if they will amount to anything in life

Well, your well on the way. See, theres loads of people in your situation who are so afraid of where they are, of the place you are. Then one day its too late, they realise their dreams were not dreams, but a reaction to fear. They are totally crippled by a fear, and never gain self knowledge. Wow! Its taken me ten years longer than you to get where you are now. Ten years, broken hearts, and wasted opportunities…. You are poised on the edge of the great unknown…. embrace it.

Oh, my friend, I know exactly how you feel. I’m a really good editor, but I have no passion about my job because it’s high stress and low pay.

It’s sounds like you’re depressed. I suffer from depression, too, but thankfully have been feeling better since talking with a psychiatrist and taking medication.

I highly suggest that you talk to someone professional, too. Make sure you find someone you like, someone who seems interested in your problem and really engages you. My psychiatrist really doesn’t make me feel better in the long run, and I never really feel engaged with him, so I recently spoke to my primary care physician and she suggested I speak to a woman she knows.

It’s really important to find someone who can be there for you. Don’t just settle for meds; you need to talk these things out. A good therapist will ask you questions and try to find those buried parts in yourself that may awaken a passion you never knew you had. That’s what I mean by a professional “engaging” you.

Don’t give up. Make a passion out of finding your passion! Ask yourself some serious questions. Get inside your head and really know yourself. That’s most important. You’ve gotta trust your instincts.

And most of all, please don’t let this problem fester inside you. Nobody wants to be unhappy. Put forth some effort and really tackle this thing! Good luck!

Whatever path you choose, you must ask yourself this question: Am I willing to WORK at it . . . to become the best I can be?

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

By the way, there is NO job out there that is “titillating” all the time. There will be periods of killing boredom. You have to know how to deal with these periods, and how to use them to your advantage . . . for example, if there is a lull, let your mind run free and try to visualize solutions to existing problems.

You should also know this: 80 percent of people hate their jobs. It’s a sad fact that most jobs are worked just to put food on the table, and a roof over one’s head–NOT because people really enjoy doing them. In fact, MOST people find their fulfillment in activities outside the job, e.g., volunteer work, hobbies, family activities, etc.

SO . . . you should try for a career field that interests you as much as possible, but realize that getting there is going to involve a lot of study and hard work. You can’t expect to be “entertained” on the way to your goal!

You also need to realize that there are some really interesting “majors” in college, e.g., sociology, for which there is virtually no job market after you graduate.

Hope this helps!

chev.jame wrote:
Whatever path you choose, you must ask yourself this question: Am I willing to WORK at it . . . to become the best I can be?

Anything worth doing is worth doing well.

By the way, there is NO job out there that is “titillating” all the time. There will be periods of killing boredom. You have to know how to deal with these periods, and how to use them to your advantage . . . for example, if there is a lull, let your mind run free and try to visualize solutions to existing problems.

You should also know this: 80 percent of people hate their jobs. It’s a sad fact that most jobs are worked just to put food on the table, and a roof over one’s head–NOT because people really enjoy doing them. In fact, MOST people find their fulfillment in activities outside the job, e.g., volunteer work, hobbies, family activities, etc.

SO . . . you should try for a career field that interests you as much as possible, but realize that getting there is going to involve a lot of study and hard work. You can’t expect to be “entertained” on the way to your goal!

You also need to realize that there are some really interesting “majors” in college, e.g., sociology, for which there is virtually no job market after you graduate.

Hope this helps!

This advice has helped me. Hopefully it has helped the initial poster also.

i second emotion

Glad to help!

Just took another job today! It should be very, very interesting! ;-)