Is there anything I can do to find a career that suits me?
Asked by TJ
Seriously, I have devouted my whole youth to finding a career I would like to do. Every possible career that has touched an interest of mine I have researched and have no interest in doing. I have researched everything from geomorphologist volcanologist, petroleum geologist, university teacher, entomologist, climatologist, meteorologist, zoologist, biologist, Author, Cartographer, GIS Specialist, Travel Agnent, Economist, Mathematician, Business Owner, Real Estate Agent, Civil Engineer, Agronomist, Mechanical Engineer, Petroleum Engineer, Aerospace Engineer, Public Policy Analyst, Counter-Terrorism worker, Librarian, Hydrologist, Physicst, Glaciologist, etc. EVERYTHING! There is not one career for me that I have discovered. Is there any other possible resource I can use to help me? I can't think of anything else to do??? I have talked to people, therapists, career people, councelors, etc. etc. I am out of ideas?

Best Answer:
You're going about it backwards. Write out an answer to this question: Name three problems that you have confronted and solved in your life. These should be three problems you wrestled with and found solutions for, or perhaps three ongoing problems, still not solved, that you are grappling with. Chose those three situations in which confronting a problem has given you the highest degree of satisfaction. Then write out a full description of what you did, have done, or are still doing about these problems. The key to what you want to do will lie in your answers to those questions. Your life's work is in there, in your descriptions, not in job descriptions.
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