Family Tree by Signe Wilkinson for August 10, 2024
August 09, 2024
August 11, 2024
Transcript:
"I don't know what I want to be when I grow up." "Better decide. You're almost in high school." "I just know that I don't want to be anything like my mom." "I understand, Twig." "When she was you age, she said the same thing."
Unless your family is wealthy, look at the medical or engineering fields, and in todays world you could go into skilled trades, they are begging for people.
Decide if you like, but be open to change, depending on either need or opportunity.
My father chose a profession, studied it at university, and did essentially that until he retired.
I, on the other hand, due to a series of (unrelated) circumstances beyond my control — some “negative”, others “positive” — have worked in several very different professions, none what I studied for, though at least two did benefit from that education. In fact, I had not even imagined any of them, but I have enjoyed a much more interesting life than what I had planned.
And of my siblings, only one remained in the profession he studied as an undergraduate, and only one other stayed in the same general field. They are all pleased with their “choices”.
ddjg about 2 months ago
I didn’t decide till during college—there had not really been anyone to help me know what I was really good at till then—so glad I did what I did!
BeniHanna6 Premium Member about 2 months ago
Unless your family is wealthy, look at the medical or engineering fields, and in todays world you could go into skilled trades, they are begging for people.
MuddyUSA Premium Member about 2 months ago
attagirl Nana…….
markkahler52 about 2 months ago
Time flies when you start realizing things….
willie_mctell about 2 months ago
I realized what I wanted to do when I grew up when I was in my mid 40s.
gammaguy about 2 months ago
Decide if you like, but be open to change, depending on either need or opportunity.
My father chose a profession, studied it at university, and did essentially that until he retired.
I, on the other hand, due to a series of (unrelated) circumstances beyond my control — some “negative”, others “positive” — have worked in several very different professions, none what I studied for, though at least two did benefit from that education. In fact, I had not even imagined any of them, but I have enjoyed a much more interesting life than what I had planned.
And of my siblings, only one remained in the profession he studied as an undergraduate, and only one other stayed in the same general field. They are all pleased with their “choices”.