Life can teach someone so many lessons over time some can be vauble and other not so much. This could mean there’s many things to think about. As a high school senior I seen so many things during my 4 years in high school and I seen many firends learn many lessons especially with relationships during high school many students start dating not knowing what could happen with them in the future and many good firends end up being hurt. During there relationship first they are so happy being together but the longer they are the more unhappy, fights, and arguments happen until it ends up badly and have to brake up. This has broken so many people and they don’t end up being the same for a good while my firend ended up being so heart broken it changed him forever during this brake up he learned that life puts so many bumps on the road that will only lead you to success this story is about Carl. I knew Carl since sophomore year in aquatics class and during that time we was dating a girl na...
I think that with deciding something as big as your career, it is important to look mainly at the long term consequences of both. Engineers make quite a lot of money, but I once heard a teacher say that engineering is a high paying low satisfaction job. Obviously, as an engineer, you're making things to facilitate the lives of others. But a police officer is able to directly help his/her community. Sure, it doesn't pay as well as being an engineer, but you get paid with the smiles of those you help, and knowing your community is safe.
ReplyDeleteAnother important thing to factor is the journey. The journey to become an engineer or become a police officer. Being an engineer requires a lot of math; that is a no-brainer. And it is a low of complex math. Honestly, once upon a time, I wanted to be a engineer. I have always been a math person. But I don't see myself doing that for the rest of my life. Being a police officer requires a lot of mental strength. I'm not saying being an engineer doesn't require that. I think that to an extent, all jobs require a bit of mental strength. But it's different with police officers; they endure a lot of shit, and have to know how to act in difficult situations. You can't quite learn how to deal with the things they deal with; it's something you either can or can't do. Either you have the mental strength or you don't. I am not entirely sure about what you have to do to be a police officer; I only know bits and pieces because my uncle wanted to be a police officer when he was a teenager.
I think you should ask yourself these two questions when you're thinking about your future: what will make me happy and satisfy me in the future? And, am I willing to do everything it takes to be an engineer/police officer?
Oops, found a typo! Meant to type lot instead of low :)
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ReplyDeleteBut about your career honestly i agree with the comment above about thinking of what would make you feel good about your choice later on in life.
Some tip that I've picked up on that have helped me decide my future:
1. don't choose a job based on how much money you make, b/c tbh money is just paper with words and drawings on them, and is just materialistic, which won't make you as happy as getting a genuine experience
2. don't choose a job just b/c society rules it as decent or b/c your parents want you to be that. Choose something that is in line with what your interests are and you'll never work a day in your life, you'll just be doing something you like.
3. Just do you and you'll discover what you want to do along the way.
For example, at the start of last year (my junior year) I didn't know wtf I wanted to do, I was planning on doing what everybody else was doing, just going to college straight out of high school and hoping i might figure my career out there. I was in that mode of "fuck wtf should i do i'm not even sure yet?" But then life took a turn for the best and i said "fuck it i'll just enjoy the present and i'll see what happens in a year" and so i continued life still looking at careers and shit till I realized that the best way would be to actually explore my interests and I found out a lot about myself. I found out that I have a passion for helping people, caring for them, enjoy being around little kids, helping people grow as individuals(helping them be more positive, trying to brighten a persons day by making them laugh, helping them be the person they want to be, etc.) and it led to me thinking that I wanted to be a preschool teacher b/c there i can give them a good experience growing up, and not a crappy one as some do, i could be the one part of their day that makes them happy. But then that led to me thinking " damn, I also wanna be an EMT" b/c i enjoy helping people, and b/c it feels rewarding to me knowing that i was able to help someone in even the smallest of ways. But fast forward to now and after a few months of debating it in my head, I signed up for the army and am going as a medic now where I will be able to really help people and be happy with my life even though the danger of death will be higher for me but oh well, i'll die satisfied with my life knowing i enjoyed what i was doing and wasn't living a normie life. But yeah right now life is great b/c my heart, mind, and soul know that i made the correct choice and that i wont be living a life i really don't want and i don't want to live a life of "what ifs". So yeah just follow your true interests, explore some new ones, take some risks, take time to get to know yourself and who knows you might find something that aligns with what you really want in life. Good Luck though dude.
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