Before i graduated from high school, i wanted to be a mortician, the only college that was nearby was in New York City. I live in the Long Island area, so i would have to take a train to NYC and then take a cab (possibly). Being the shy and Socially Awkward person this striked fear and anxiety for me. "Would i get lost? What happens if i miss my train?" many questions like these would rise up and make me doubt the whole Mortician thing. I also had to make a final decision on whether or not i would actually want to do this (obviously had to pay alot of money to get into the college, so this made me think long and hard about the situation at hand). I chose to not take the Mortician career path. I think it was for the better, i don't think i would actually be happy doing that career. As of right now i do not know what to do with my life (doing Liberal Arts currently), but i have been known to be slow with choices but the choice that i will inevitably make will be the right choice, i am 100% sure about that. I think it is best to take things slow and not rush things. I think that is the way you can enjoy life to the fullest. If you rush things you might not be able to go back ever.
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All things considered, that's an understandable reason to consider other options. The college I went to was roughly a twenty minute to half an hour drive away for me, and I didn't have the "big city" transportation issues that you would've had to deal with. And more importantly, i'd never recommend actively pursing something that you don't think you would've been content or happy with, so for your own sake i'm glad you chose not to take that route. Certain lines of work are meant for certain people, and i'm sure you'll find the one you're meant for eventually. ^_^ How're you enjoying your experience pursuing liberal arts thus far? Have you found anything that would potentially appeal to you as a long term career? Or any hints on what subjects you may want to look further into. If not, that's fine. As you said, taking it slow and being certain of your choices is usually the best option to take, unless your time is constrained for some reason.
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I think I have a very vague idea as too what I want to do and it has to do with computers. I don't know if I want to go into computer repair, working in a office, secretary, any other career involving computers, very general right now. Pursuing liberal arts is kinda a distraction but at the same time it is still beneficial, rushing these kinds of things would probably leave me in a terrible situation and I am trying my best to prevent that.
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Valid point, and being technically inclined is a positive quality in today's job market. Technology is always advancing, keeping up with it may arguably become a necessity in the future. I hope you're able to narrow it down into something that you can find contentment in doing. Though, I'm curious, what initially drew your attention to mortuary work before you decided against it? It's not exactly a common prospect for most people, especially if they don't think they'd be happy in the field.
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I wasn't exactly squeamish about dead things and felt I could go from being a mortician to owning my own funeral home.
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Fair enough, so I assume your interest was entirely profit driven? And aside from the initial anxiety over the commuting situation, what made you think you wouldn't be happy with the practice? [spoiler]If my questions become bothersome, please inform me and I'll cease. I'm just inquisitive is all.[/spoiler]
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Took a tour of the college and saw what I would be doing, didn't think it was for me.This decision was supported by the before mentioned anxiety caused by the possible travel problems.
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That makes sense. Were there any aspects in particular that turned you away from it? Anything you'd be doing that would've been especially bothersome or uncomfortable.
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I guess it turned out to be something I couldn't actually handle.
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As in...being around corpses? Working with chemicals? Handling matters with the grieving families, so on and so forth. Was it just a general sense of discomfort? Or specific items you would've been trained/tasked to do.
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I thought I had put the explanation in the previous comment, I think i forgot lol. Something I couldn't handle as in what the job actually called for. I don't think I can explain it as I haven't thought about it in a while :/
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Possibly, or I might've overlooked it, but I don't think I did. Either way, thank you for being compliant with my questions. As I said before, i'm very inquisitive when something catches my interest. lol