Yesterday, I was figuring out a road map of options for what I am going to be doing in the next few years. I have been going to college for about 2 years, and it is about time for me to find a legitimate path for me to go into. In the last few months, I have done a lot of research and thinking, and I still have a lot of research and thinking to do as well.
Our current economy is not at it's best and we are not sure which jobs are in the future, but I have a feeling that certain jobs that are staring in your face if you keep your eyes open. It looks like we are lacking business - small businesses. Look around. Over the last 20 years, we have been obsessing on a corporate lifestyle and not as much the small, independent businesses. A degree in Business Management or Organizational Behavior might be the degree for me, but I am going to research a lot more into that. This is obvious. There are many empty buildings with opportunities looming for business.
Health care is another options, since there are always someone to take care of and we have aging Baby Boomers to take care of, but I doubt that generation is going to live as long as expected, and we might not need as much health care for the elderly as we think we do. It looks like we are seeing a high amount of children, and babies being born, so health care is needed for children. In about 10-20 years from now, we will be seeing a lot of teenagers and health care for teenagers will not be needed as much, since teenagers tend to be at their healthiest throughout life. But teenagers and business go together, and teenagers may be different than they used to be.
The social work and psychological fields might be in demand as well. I am seeing a lot of messed up children that need help - they are over spoiled but I don't think they are loved. But I don't really think social work is the answer - I think it is psychological help with the parents raising the children.
I may appear shy and mousy on the outside, but I think that is caused by bad roommates lowering my self esteem. I am actually more friendly than I appear to be and I think I should have a career where I could meet a wide variety of new people each day. A job that requires you to sit in a desk would bother me as well, since I tend to be a lot more active and want to have new experiences every day. The same old same old day in day out would bother me, so that weeds out the office job.
I tend to be very family orientated as well, and I want to live in a lifestyle similar to what I have at home -a middle class lifestyle with a lot of kids, maybe about 6 kids. The more, the better. But I do need money to support children and having a $11.50/hour job with the traditional one income family won't do the trick. In order to survive, I might need at least $20-$30/hour job, even more if I want one income with a big family in a middle class society.
These are just plans of the future. I think I am trying to establish an idenity, and it looks like people tend to be pushing me back.
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