How did you decide on a career?

Question

Hi ladies, I need some advice by established women. I’m 20 years old and for the life of me, I cannot decide on a career. There are so many interesting options, it makes it so difficult to decide on just one. My current list includes 
-Geneticist
-OBGYN
-L&D Nurse
-Criminal Defense Lawyer
-Clinical Therapist
-Teacher
-Pilot
-Chef
The thing that stresses me out further is that there’s so many jobs that I’m confident I don’t know about, that maybe I could really love and enjoy being at. How do I know which one is “for me.”? How did you know? If you work in any of these fields, or similar fields, what is it like? How are you treated as a woman? What advice would you give your 20 year old self?

Answer

Well I’m money driven so I did research to find out the average salary for the professions that I might be interested in. Then I eliminated some that I didn’t think was making enough money. Then a few options that were left, I picked based on the nature of the job. I am in finance now and making $120k a year.

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It’s hard to make that commitment at 20. 
I’m currently a correctional officer, going back to school to become an anesthesiologist. I’m 26 year old 2 time divorcee with 2 kids & 1 on the way.
I have an amazing new relationship of almost 2 years & I wouldn’t have made any of the same decisions at 20. 
It’s hard for anyone to make that definite choice.

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I didn't know what I wanted to do until my mid 20s. I started out in pharmacy school, figured out that sucked and changed my major to sociology because I took a sociology class as an enrichment course and loved it. 
 I had an internship at a half way house where I decided to look into counseling. I thought I wanted to with with adults. Got my masters in social work and started working with kids. 
Did that for a few years and now at 33 have my own mental health agency, I speak at trainings, I serve as a fire chaplain, I supervise and train new clinicians. 
On top of that I have a side hustle as a photographer. I do portraits and weddings.

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Take the Meyers Briggs test, enneagram test, and get as much volunteer/work experience as possible. Good luck

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There’s a tremendous variation in these careers.. going from no formal education to upwards of 12 years of college. It’s not that it can’t be done, but that’s a lot of commitment. I am a pediatric Echocardiographer and while I mostly love what I do, the hours are long and the call is wearing on me. A hospital is a draining place to spend your life. I am taking grad classes now so I can segue into a more traditional job and when my baby is older I think I’ll pursue a PhD.

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I always knew I wanted to teach! I love it! I love working with kids. Right out of high school I got a job at a daycare. That was back in 2010🥴. I’ve been teaching ever since. I’ve also worked as a nanny. Before becoming a stay at home mom in 2017 I was working as an assistant at an elementary school. I have my degree in Early Childhood Development. Working in the schools was very rewarding! I can’t wait to go back! 
What are hobbies/interests? Build a career based off of things you take interest to.

How did you decide on a career?

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