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I need help in choosing a major.?
I am 23 years old. i have taken classes in art, psychology and many others. I have thought about a career in photography, teaching school counseling, art therapy, speech therapist, etc. This list could go on and on. my point is, i want to help people but, i still want to make a decent amount of money. i know you can't get rich in a service career. Also, i would like to have creative freedom. i currently work in an elementary school as a clerk and I see how everyone is bound to these'rules' and they can never accomplish what they set out to do. Can anyone help? I need suggestions on what career best fits these descriptions. Am I living in a dream world to think its possible to have a decent salary, creative freedom and the ability to make a contribution to society?
Public Comments
- Ya know, in my experience, if you're not going to be an engineer or mathmatician, your major doesn't matter. Whatever you end up doing in life, the degree will open doors, no matter WHAT it's in. So get your degree in something you love, something that's fun.
- Entreprenuership is the only way...you can go get the ph.d and a mba and run oyur own business it may take many years but it will pay off in the future and you should be muich happier
- Am I living in a dream world to think its possible to have a decent salary, creative freedom and the ability to make a contribution to society? Yes.
- creative freedom is a relative terminology , in a way nothing is new or creative - its basically a process called lateral thinking . We are aware of our surrounding / environment / work - we laterally think and innovate upon the already existing process / art / music / literature - for example there could be lot of movies / literature inspired by some great author who in term may have been enspired by some folkrole/ ancient tradition - etc. So in a way there is no creativity in anything its only lateral thinking - a Clerk can also have lateral thinking - in terms of how efficient he can over other clerk - how he can work smartly so on its all required some creativity and innovation . Regarding your profession if you really have interest / i mean really deep interest in some field choose that - cause you will enjoy that work and can very easily do lateral thinking which in term will improve quality of your work - and your creativity . A counselor / speech therapist / photographer all could be creative in their area - so can be a police man , an army officer , a judge or a clerk. Lot of people choose the profession they dont enjoy - and they never enjoy it for whole of their life - resulting in ordinary performance , no growth , and of course less of income . so choose something which you enjoy .
- My advise is to find a career with some creativity but with far more stability and earning potential than a raw artist. For instance, I’m getting my Computer Science Degree with an Art Minor and hope to get into the realm of Computer and Video Game development. Sure, it’s a long shot, but even if I fail to get into the exact field I want, I’m still covered by a degree that can take me in so many directions it’s almost 4-dimensional. You don’t want to pigeon hole yourself into a specific field unless you’re 100% sure you can succeed there. Me? I love art, being creative, and generating visual media that people can see and go “ooh, ahh” at. To me, it’s one of the most wonderful things a person can do to have an effect on other people. I, however, know better than to say that I’m a good enough artist to make it in the art world, seeing others above me who have much greater talent and still struggle. If you can do what you really love well enough to succeed in doing it, then go for it. But don’t narrow your chances down to nothing by limiting yourself with a 1-dimensional degree.
