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Junior year and I have no idea what I wanna do with my life
I’m a 17 yo female, I’ve generally been a straight A student every year and all my classes are geared toward science. my mom has been pushing me to do something in medicine! And being from an Asian family, not breaking ANY stereotypes, my mom has high expectations of me, especially compared to my siblings. She’s a nurse practitioner, she wanted me to be one, but now she wants me to be a doctor of some sort and I’m not about that life. I’m introverted, and don’t want the pressure of someone’s life in my hands. I just want something in science or medicine that had a good work life balance, low stress, and doesn’t take a decade in school…and preferable good pay…. Does anyone have ANY advice on what I should do with my train wreck of a life…?
You’re only 17... I’m sure your life feels like a train wreck to you now, but your brain doesn’t even fully mature till you’re 20-25 and your priorities as an adult change. Unless there’s something that you really want to do with your life, there’s no need to push yourself into a box now that you can’t get out of. If you spend years i...... 1 reply
