What if I don't know what to do with my future?

You’re a frosh, you have plenty of time. Think of what you LIKE to do. There’s probably a career that has to do with it.

For example: I like working with kids, so I want to open a daycare.

Talk to a guidance counciler. They can help you.

-xxthatgirl

ok well your a fresh high school is the time of decisions you have 4 years to make them you can talk to your counceler about careers that may be good or you or even your parents…and for the other guy a special agent is like an FBI agent know what that is if not watch some movies like james bond

don’t worry, at least not yet. You may want to try to do a vocational training program through your school, it is usually free while you are in school. Look into becoming an LPN while in high school so that it is free, and then when you graduate you will have a job to support yourself, and then you can follow your dream and become what you want. It’s great in college if you can have a great paying and flexiable job other than being a waiter or working in a department store. Even if you don’t want anything in the medical field it’s a great way to support yourself through college. You could even become an RN with just one extra year of school and some additional college classes. Talk to your school counselor and they will be able to help you

Why don’t you take some interesting summer classes at your local community college, that way you’d begin to get a better idea about what there is to offer in the “adult” world

I’m in the same situation. I’m going to be a high school senior, and my parents have always been pressuring me to end up in medical school. not to say that it’s not a respectable place to end up because medical school comes after YEARS of hell and schoolwork… but at the same time I absolutely hate it when people try to limit my options. I want to go to school as an undeclared but people around me worry that I won’t come up with a major in time. it’s not that I’m not itnerested in anything - it’s just that I have too many different interests. if I can point something out right now, my most favorite subjects in high school so far are history, language&composition, and biology. and my ideal learning envrironment would be majoring in these types of subjects - but the parentals want me to apply to some accelerated medical program, get into med school fast, and get a stable job. I know their intentions are for my own sake, but I really doubt that this route will leave me HAPPPY.

I mean, it’s not the end of the world to go into college as an undecided major, right? my parent’s concern is that I’ll end up wasting money and time. but at the same time, I don’t want to go in as one major and go through all the trouble of changing it. I mean I have a direction for my future - it’s just unfocused right now…

what do you think?

Hey it’s never too late. A lot of people don’t know what they want to be even after they are 30 or 40 years old. It’s true that if you can figure it out earlier, you will have a head start on life. It HAS to be something you enjoy. I am now about to be 27 in 2 days and I am just now figuring out that I want to be an astrophysicist because outer space is one of the only things that excites me since there is so much still to be discovered out there. Also, marine biology is another exciting subject for me since they say that we know more about the moon than we do about our own planet since the ocean takes up most of our planet and we don’t know much about what goes on down there. So, you have to figure out what ignites the passion in your heart. And it may take awhile to figure that out. But you don’t want to go to college and invest a bunch of time learning about something like, acting, for example and then find out that it’s not really what you want to do. However, I think that if you feel that you can do it, acting is the perfect thing to do if you don’t know what you want to do. Because as an actor/actress, you can play the part of an astronaut, or the president of the USA, or a doctor, or a criminal. So it’s kind of like you get to be all kinds of different people so that sounds like it would not get boring at least. Just don’t do something just to make someone else happy. I knew when I was a little kid that stars and planets were very interesting to me, but for some reason it just never dawned on me before to make a career out of doing something that I obviously loved learning about. I just love exploring and discovering, so archeology is also exciting to me since you can dig up an ancient city or dinosaur bones, and find out amazing things that we never knew before. If you have any more questions, or you want to know what you should do to pursue a certain career path, feel free to message me. Actually, I would be quite interested to find out what kinds of things you like and maybe I could help you figure out a good plan, since I know exactly how you feel and I wish someone would have tried to help me get on track when I was young. But if you’d rather not discuss your future or your personal interests with a complete stranger, I completely understand and I wish you the best of luck in your endeavors!

I have the same problem. also a freshman and I have no idea what I want to do. my career test said special agent and I dont even know what that means. my grades are ok but I have no clue what profession I want. I try not to think about it to much and hope something comes to me later but im scared that nothing will.