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Where will I end up at after this.?

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G. Mark’s Answer

This is quite an open-ended question, but I think I can provide a helpful answer. If you ask this question, I'll assume you're still rather young. I would repeat something that I think people may be tired of me saying, but I think it would benefit you. Where you "end up" is often an implied question about how you will spend your time, what you will do, how you will support yourself, how you will be happy, friends, love, etc.. Firstly, people are generally happy if they feel they are accomplishing something. People need to feel loved and they need to feel self-worth. This is, in my experience, heavily influenced by helping others. It sounds corny, but try it out. It's the way we're made.

Second, to get less "philosophical" and more "practical", find out what you want to do to apply yourself. I often talk about the "Personality Assessment Surveys". These are tests you can get hold of at a counselor's, an employment agency, a school personnel department, maybe at a psychologist office, or even on-line. One example is "RIASEC". But they are generally a set of questions, often multiple-choice, that match your answers with those of folks who are happy and successful in various careers. Even if you don't get any good choices for careers out of the resultant list for one or more of these tests, you'll gain some insight into what might make you happy. And how to apply yourself.

Once you have direction, and you have a means of gaining self-worth, you will maximize your ability to be happy. Where you end up will be guided by this. Being happy and making others happy will make you complete.

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Chris’s Answer

Hey Alec,

What do you WANT to do? Take a look on some job forums (Linkedin, Ziprecruiter, etc) and see if any jobs get you excited like "yea, I 'd like to do that, that's pretty cool". If you dont have what you need to get those jobs do 2 things:

  1. Apply anyways. A lot of jobs post what they REALLY WANT but will take less as long as you make a good professional impression. ( get some resume help, wording on a resume can change perception enormously)
  2. Start working towards getting those skills/experiences you dont have, whether its a college degree, more job experience, extra classes, certifications, etc.

It's largely up to you where you wind up

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