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I just graduated from school
| you don't
it's a myth you're supposed to have it figured out at 18
but some people never will
| Trial and error
| >>e02482 I am an adult and I can fully agree with>>9abeff. Life is big and messy, and it changes constantly. Even if you have a plan at 18, it'll likely all go up in flames by 20.
Your true "calling" might not reveal itself to you until way way down the line.
My advice is to find a job that's either comfy to your needs (close to friends and family etc) or plays to your strengths (just do what you're good at).
| Additionally, don't think that what you're good at or capable of is defined by your grades.
You probably have all kinds of skills you've picked up outside of school, and aside from that, grades are shit.
Literally not once has an employer asked me about more than just English, science, or math. They only care about your experience in other jobs, hobbies, and personality.
Just follow what you're good my guy.
| >>662849
Real shit. I don't go to school, and I'll probably be fine after a couple years of welfare and cancer.
| gratz
| If you plan on higher education, figure it out asap. If you don't have anything you like to do right now, maybe take a gap year and try shit. May God have mercy on your soul.
| >>ae6afc To add to this I'd say if there's nothing you like at all then don't bother.
A lotta people get stuck in the trap of thinking that you NEED to go into higher education, when in reality most people won't ever use the degree(s) they gain there.
Higher education is a specialist degree, and it'll cost you a hell of a lot to even attempt to earn it, so if there's no career plan that definitely requires it right now, just don't bother.
| You can always go back to higher education later in life when you're actually already on a career path that you know will require it, otherwise you're just putting yourself in massive debt to earn a degree you might never use.
| >>662958
I agree to this, but I wonder how much of it depends on where you live. I'm from a well-off family in a third-world country and it's completely unthinkable that someone like me don't go to a university.
The skills I've developed got jack shit to do with my university studies and probably my degree will have nothing to do with my future career, but just having that degree feels like a requirement.
| >>662973 i assume you're from an asian country? Im asian and asian parents VALUE education and getting a degree. Though it's not necessarily THAT needed in the world rn, they think it's a requirement or else you'll be looked down upon
| >>663432
Southeast asian, and my family isn't the typical asian type. I dunno, they usually act like they don't care about what other people think and they know school's not that important to surviving in the real world, but not going to uni is still totally out of the question.
Do families in the west not do this?
| >>663456
Some of them do, but not everyone. My parents let me take a year off from school just because I was tired of it and extremely stressed. They say that I should try to finish school eventually, but they're not really stressing me about it, and I'm interested in creative work (at least as a hobby, but maybe a job eventually), which you can't really go to school for here. Every Asian friend I have has very strict parents, so I assume the stereotype is partially correct.
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| How do you even choose what do you want to do in the future?