This year is a big year for everyone in my writer's craft course. There's probably about thirty of us total in the course, and I'm pretty sure that everyone is in grade 12, making it our last year of high school. And because it is our last year of high school, it has everyone thinking about their future.
The future is a scary topic, none of us know what it may bring. We're about to leave the familiar and enter into the unfamiliar, whether we're staying for a fifth year of high school of not. Everyone has chosen their courses carefully this year in preparation for what they want to do after high school. Some people have chosen to continue in the sciences, such as chemistry, biology, or even...physics. While others have chosen to focus more so on business, such as economics or accounting. There are all kinds of different topics of interest that people are looking into as a potential career. And, if you're like me, then you may be second-guessing yourself a lot.
Personally, I'm interested in the arts; I like English, and I absolutely love French and history. But I'm always being asked: "What sort of careers are there out of those subjects?". This makes me nervous for what I'll do after post-secondary, will I go into teaching? What other possible careers are there?
But when I think about it, I don't care. I don't want to be stuck doing a career that I hate just because there will be financial security. I want to be happy, and I want to have a job that I'll enjoy doing. Sure, medicine and business is where the the money's at, but I don't enjoy those subjects, nor do I think that I would enjoy those as possible careers.
When thinking toward the future I think that people should think about what would make them happy. To me, that's one of the most important aspects of having a happy life. I don't think that someone should look into a career solely for the money. Yeah, money's important and you do need it, but in my opinion, happiness can go a whole lot further than money.
meg, this blog has every single one of my feelings of the future included. SO TRUE. i want to write, act, direct, be a makeup artist. I feel that i must go into something more secure however. THE FUTURE FREAKS ME OUT.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you meg. i dont want a job that i wont want to wake up in to morning to go to, my mom, being in the health field keeps trying to convince me to do some nursing, but i dont WANT to. i want to be a social worker, since im better at social sciences like parenting and family studies and food and nutrition... but i also like french. the problem is... theres no course for a social worker, until university so im scared, will i be good at it once i get there? will i need to come back to highschool and choose a different career path?? SO MANY QUESTIONS!!
ReplyDeleteThis is a great topic as I'm sure everyone in our class can relate; it's so scary to think that at the age of 17 our entire future is in our hands. I think you're right, the lucky people are the ones with full happy lives, not the ones with tons of money. No idea what I want to be yet, all I know is I want to be happy.
ReplyDeleteThis is soooo true!
ReplyDeleteIt's scary thinking you could pick a career that you think would be great and halfway through realizing that this is not what you would like to do with the rest of your life. When your paying as much money as you are to go to university or college it puts ALOT of pressure on you to figure out what exactly it is you want to do with the rest of your life and what you will succeed in doing. I agree with you that you shouldn't just choose a career because you think you will make alot of money. Although at this moment you may think even if you don't like your career, you will be happy because of the amount of money you make. This is totally not true because you may be making a lot of money but this will not make you happy because you won't enjoy what you are doing to make this money, and therefore it won't motivate you to do a good job at what you are doing.
GREAT post! This relates to everyone in high school that is our age.