FINAL YEAR OF "CHILDHOOD"

This year is my final year of high school and adulthood is already rising its ugly head over the horizon and asking me, "So, what are you gonna do with your life?" That is the question isn't it. It's the same question I've been asked my whole life. What do I want to be when I grow up?

When I was in kindergarten to about grade three my answer was always "veterinarian". Then from grade four on to roughly grade six it was just "something to do with animals" nothing overly specific. But after that I started to consider other avenues. I found other things I was passionate about and could do relatively well, the main idea that I begun to entertain was writing. So then my answer to the dreaded question about my future 'dream career' was something like "novelist" or "journalist". But that wasn't the end of my search for a practical future goal, because as I grew older I discovered the internet. This endless platform came with countless job/career options such as YouTube, online blogs, news and other story publishing sites as well as online stores to produce and sell my own products. This new platform and its many options only increased my confusion. But the two main ideas that have been circling my mind for years have always been either writing or something along the lines of zoology.

This past few months have been full of pressure from the school and teachers about choosing apath for next year and all the years to follow and from my parents with the "I'll support whatever you want to do but..." statement. Once again I've zoned back in on creative writing, English literature and also on gender studies. But following my previous pattern that will all probably change in the next couple of months, and that will probably be the case for my whole life. I only hope that I don't completely screw up and can find something that I enjoy- or pays the rent- to do for the rest of my life. So if you have read this and have any helpful inputs about future career paths or have any tips for this stress and confusion relating to this topic please leave a comment.