I'm....lost.....?

[isusof_nazereth]

I don't know what I want to do with my life. I feel a little cliche writing this but I really don't. For about the past 12 years I'm pretty sure that I've just been tricking myself into believing that I want to be a doctor; however, I don't see any other option for me. I'm interested in the sciences....but I don't think I want to make that my life

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[sentimentslost]

We can be lost together.

[wickedaerialist]

And this is what college is REALLY for. Everyone lies and says its because you need that piece of paper - that paper is only the smallest fraction of what you get. For now, it sucks. But....you've got time.

There's lots of jobs that have to do with the sciences that don't involve becoming a doctor or feeling like you've lost yourself to some ambition you had when you were 12. There's nothing saying you HAVE to make the decision of what to be right now. Talk to your counselor about doing some job shadowing in the fields where you have the greatest interest. Volunteer and see if you're into different things, like hospitals or nursing homes. Or...start thinking about other parts of the sciences - like forensics and lab work, where you are still a doctor, but aren't selling your soul for a piece of the capitalist dream.