Not really sure where to put this but I have been wondering the past few weeks if I will ever discover what I want to be when I grow-up? Granted the job that I have now isn't aweful but it's not something I can see myself doing 10 years down the road. Maybe it's my age or my idealistic outlook on life but I always thought that I would "discover" this one occupation that was suited for me and I have yet to find it and am beginning to wonder how to go about finding it? Has anyone else ever had these thoughts and made a change for the better?

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"Just go with it."

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...amp;vi=reviews

:lol:

"What Should I Do with My Life"....a book by Po Bronson may help. He illustrates people who have changes tracks in life.

Dave--

thanks for the book suggestion...not sure if it will help me with what I am looking for..but it did make me smile

Changing tracks doesn't bother me...it's changing tracks to what? That's where I get lost. It's like I change my mind to something different every month. And I don't want to spend the money for my Master's if it's not exactly or in the right direction of what I want to do. Does that make sense?

Thanks!

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"Just go with it."

I'm too busy paying bills to figure out what I want to be when I grow up. Fact is I know what it is, but how in the world I could get a good enough paycheck for it remains to be seen.

Glad you liked the book suggestion ;-)

What profession are you currently in? If you don't hate your current job, going at your current profession from a different perspective might do the trick. I'm sure some people on this board might even be able to suggest some interesting spins on common professions.

Also, I'm not a big fan of standardized tests but, even if it's just for fun, you might want to try something like the E-Mode "perfect job test"

http://web.tickle.com/tests/rightjob/

Currently I work for a medical billing company. It's your typical 9-5 office job, which I don't hate but don't invision myself doing for 10 years! I am not miserable and have no problems getting up and going to work and I do enjoy what I do.

It's just that when I look forward to the future...it's pretty much empty career wise. I have taken a bunch of those tests online and looked at some books and it can just get so overwhelming. Cause when I think about getting a masters the following questions come to mind 1) how will I pay for it 2) can I afford going to school and still paying my other bills and 3) can I manage going to school and working full-time? In an ideal world I would quit my job and just work at what I like. But what I like doesn't pay all the bills that I have to pay.

And if I hear one more person say "you are young and have plenty of time to figure it out" I think I will scream. I don't want to sound like I am whining cause I'm not...just trying to see things straighter.....and no matter how much I think about it...I am still going in circles. :bang_wal:

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"Just go with it."

Oh, before you go through the whole test and then find a little surprise at the end (assuming you haven't already), they'll give you a few paragraphs about what type of job suits you and then make you pay for the full report with all the specifics.

klo - I completely hear you. I have done a ton of soul-searching over the past couple of years, asking myself the same kinds of questions. In my situation, I've already been back to school and am now working in the field for which I got my master's degrees. And guess what, I'm still completely unfulfilled. My current job is fine, but I don't get up in the morning looking forward to my day. It's purely to pay the bills. "That's why they call it work," one part of me says, while the other part of me says, "Take a chance, keep searching."

I've read "What Color is Your Parachute?", "Zen and the Art of Making a Living" and a host of other career guides in the hopes of shedding some light on what I want to do with my life. Those books are actually worthwhile to spend the time to read through.. They definitely got me thinking, do I really want to look back on my life and have only memories of typing away in an artificially-lit cubicle? Right now I'm to the point where I'm doing internship/volunteer work in the field I might want to move into, on the weekend, and doing as much as I can to learn about that field during the week. At this point, I don't even know if it's feasible to make the transition, but I'm having fun testing the waters.

You know what's best or worst - it doesn't stop.

The easy answer is to divorce your life from your job - as baltica points out, it's work. The value to life probably comes outside of your job and you can make it anyway you want.

I've done both - at various times in my life. The problem with having your job become part of your life is that you can't get away from it. And if your work goes bad, it takes your life with it.

I wish I could give you youngin an answer - except that there is none or, more likely, I have been unable to find it. But the search continues and as baltica says, the fun is in testing the waters.

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