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Under pressure about career choice.
I am under alot of pressure to find what career I want the thing is I am only 14 and I know what I want to become it's that it isn't realistic (well that's what people tell me). And if I don't figure out soon I may be living in my mom's house the rest of my life. HELP!
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Well, i'm 15 and I have the same pressure on me. Just tell them what you can see yourself doing. As you get older and go through high school your interest may change or you will become more interested in the career you initially wanted to become.
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Hun you are only 14 don't worry about it so much. College kids change their majors all the time. For the matter of what you want to be being "unrealistic" to other people, forget them because you can do anything you set your mind to. Just don't stress you'll make it out just like most other 14 y/o kids that had no idea what they wanted to be.
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Hey!
I'm in the same boat as you. Picking GCSEs is the perfect excuse for schools to roll out all the careers stuff, and I'm going through the whole kit and caboodle too.
You don't need to know everything right now! GCSEs (or whatever you're choosing) don't matter that much. In the case of GCSEs, when you're older, most employers will only want to know that you have them. The fact that you didn't do subject X or subject Y won't bother them too much.
What do you want to be, and why do people say it's unrealistic? If it's something that relies on getting a big break, like being a pop star, then perhaps you should try aiming for something you're more likely to get into (for example, instead of being a rock star, find something else in the music industry). If it's something where your grades or apitude for the subject is an issue, then tackle that separately: work out how you can improve your grades or maybe think about why you want that career and why you don't like the subject.
If you don't figure out soon, then you'll do exactly what thousands of people do every year: carry on. Look at my brother, for example. He chose his GCSEs knowing only that he didn't want to do the physical subjects. He ended up getting almost perfect grades (11 A*s, one A and an A in an AS level!) and a maths scholarship. He's doing great at college, and even though he doesn't really know what he wants to be, he's taking it one step at a time and narrowing things down as far as a degree is concerned. As long as you know vaguely where you're going, then you'll be fine!
If you want to ask about anything else or to chat about careers, feel free to ask me again, okay? :)
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