Stuck been career choice

[Cocoaflavareena]

I'm 21 and it's been 2 years I haven't been to college , my fear is I'm very very horrible with math and I hate academics . I'm so bad at math it use to be embarrassing , I have ADHD and get distracted easily . But I've gotten so much better with focusing , but I'm stuck between Ultra sound tec or Massage Therapist I don't know which one I would like to do . I'm going Friday to sign up for college , because I've been partying nightlife ... All that bullcrap I'm getting older and life is short I want to be successful . But every time I think I'm set with career choice I change my mind , kind of overwhelming but I was going for ultra sound tec than out of the blue today I thought about massage therapist , and now I want to give that a try I've always loved giving massages and been fascinated with it .

[NTV]

I'm 21 and it's been 2 years I haven't been to college , my fear is I'm very very horrible with math and I hate academics . I'm so bad at math it use to be embarrassing , I have ADHD and get distracted easily . But I've gotten so much better with focusing , but I'm stuck between Ultra sound tec or Massage Therapist I don't know which one I would like to do . I'm going Friday to sign up for college , because I've been partying nightlife ... All that bullcrap I'm getting older and life is short I want to be successful . But every time I think I'm set with career choice I change my mind , kind of overwhelming but I was going for ultra sound tec than out of the blue today I thought about massage therapist , and now I want to give that a try I've always loved giving massages and been fascinated with it .

 

 

 

Don't be scared of the math part of it. Most folks suck at math, and the rest get pushed into engineering or accounting. (go figure)

 

 

As far as the ultra sound tech or massage therapist, I think you might be underestimating yourself. Sure a 4 year degree seems hard and probably you leave with some debt, but the doors it opens will be worth it.

 

 

Plus at least one third of going to college is about partying anyway. So, you've already done the prep work there, lol.

 

 

let me put it another way---if I set a goal to do 100 situps every morning, and wake up and can only do 50...isn't that a whole lot better than doing none?

 

 

Even if you flunk out, you're still better off by the attempt. You're worse case scenario by going still leaves you in a better place than you are now Does that make sense?

[hasaquestion]

I'm 21 and it's been 2 years I haven't been to college , my fear is I'm very very horrible with math and I hate academics . I'm so bad at math it use to be embarrassing , I have ADHD and get distracted easily . But I've gotten so much better with focusing , but I'm stuck between Ultra sound tec or Massage Therapist I don't know which one I would like to do . I'm going Friday to sign up for college , because I've been partying nightlife ... All that bullcrap I'm getting older and life is short I want to be successful . But every time I think I'm set with career choice I change my mind , kind of overwhelming but I was going for ultra sound tec than out of the blue today I thought about massage therapist , and now I want to give that a try I've always loved giving massages and been fascinated with it .

 

A few thoughts:

 

Don't get suckered into paying a lot for your education. You can get an excellent education at a local community college if you go above and beyond to succeed. Private schools makes economic sense in few cases.

 

Math really isn't that hard. You're not going to school to build aircraft. You'll have to learn some lower level stuff. I GUARANTEE you that you've done harder things in your life before. Don't let the fact that society gives people a pat on the head when they say they are bad at math, make you give up and accept the pat on the head.

 

Its fine to have no idea what you want to do. But if that's the case my advice would be to keep your options open.

 

Ultrasound tech and CC would be a tough balance but if you really want to GET IT then think about that. Hospitals always need to fill odd shifts so you could do the ultrasound job while devoting another 4 hrs a day to being a part-time student. It would be a grind... but any realistic option for you will be.

 

Also, when you don't know what to do with yourself it always helps to keep your options open. Working at a hospital (the nexus of a million different important jobs) puts you in the thick of things. Don't underestimate the value of that. You will have the opportunity at the hospital to ingratiate yourself with a lot of well-connected and smart people.

 

Best of luck. If you do end up going to school and I still post on here you can send me a math question via PM. I've seen it all.

[preraph]

You know, it's hard to pick a career at a young age, and yet that's when we have to try to do it because of school. Truth is everyone could use some more time working out in the real world and just life experience and seeing what all is out there before deciding.

 

When I was young (high school graduation 1970), there still weren't that many women in the work force, and as far as I knew, my choices were: nurse, secretary, housewife, teacher. So I did get my basic secretarial skills because I was good in English and liked English and wanted to be able to write things, but I decided the lesser of the evils was to be a teacher.

 

In college, it was my first freedom and all I did was party. Now, I'd had decent grades most of my school years, straight A's up to middle school, when I got a C in something. But having all that freedom was my college education and my grades were not great but nearly everything they made us take the first two years were basics, which I already knew from high school. So I skated through it. I consider taking "the basics" in college and paying for that for two years one of the biggest ripoffs in the education system today. To heck with Bernie Sanders wanting to pay for everyone's college. The better solution is not to make us repeat basics for two years in college and divide that cost in half!

 

Don't fear college because you're bad at math. In 4th grade, I was considered very advanced in algebra and doing high school algebra and they wanted to skip me a grade. So all the math the next few years was stuff I already knew but was doing by a different method. But when I had to take geometry -- forget about it! I didn't get it AT ALL! Chemistry, same way. I think it's possible I had a bad chemistry teacher though because there was just no cohesion. Anyway, you don't have to reprise all your math type classes, but I think you have to redo one in college. Nowadays with googling and all, no one is learning math anyway because everyone can cheat and just look it up. I was all on my own learning it.

 

Between the two paths you are looking out, the ultrasounds sounds like the best to me because it's just more professional. I'm guessing it takes more years to get through than massage. There are so many masseuses out there that it's crazy. A lot of competition.

 

Why not talk to a community college course counselor and ask what are some shorter-term courses of study that you can learn something that will give you a nice stable profession without spending 6 years in college and ending up with a lot of debt. There are also cosmetology schools to consider if you have any interest there. I get my hair done at Aveda Institute. Yes, again, a lot of competition, but the courses aren't too long and you learn to make a living. You'd probably makes loads of friends, and it would be something to fall back on even if you decided to pursue a more academic route and become more of a professional. The ones who are successful do make decent money and have the option of renting their own booth somewhere at some point and being in control of their own business.

 

After two years of college and a year of waitressing, I found my path and went to work in a record store and then climbed the ladder in the music business. It was always my passion, or one of them, but growing up in Oklahoma, I had no reason to think there was any way to make a living at it. But then suddenly there was. So you never know what will come along. I will tell you this: When you notice an opportunity that excites you, act on nailing it down aggressively and make it happen. Don't wait and think about it for awhile. If it excites you, mow down all the obstacles and just go for it. And stay alert for those type opportunities. Pursuing your biggest passions will make it more likely that such an opportunity will come your way. Good luck! You'll do fine. Just get out there and work and do something and you'll soon find out what type of work grates on your nerves and what kind calms you. You really don't know that until you start working.

[hasaquestion]

You know, it's hard to pick a career at a young age, and yet that's when we have to try to do it because of school. Truth is everyone could use some more time working out in the real world and just life experience and seeing what all is out there before deciding.

 

When I was young (high school graduation 1970), there still weren't that many women in the work force, and as far as I knew, my choices were: nurse, secretary, housewife, teacher. So I did get my basic secretarial skills because I was good in English and liked English and wanted to be able to write things, but I decided the lesser of the evils was to be a teacher.

 

In college, it was my first freedom and all I did was party. Now, I'd had decent grades most of my school years, straight A's up to middle school, when I got a C in something. But having all that freedom was my college education and my grades were not great but nearly everything they made us take the first two years were basics, which I already knew from high school. So I skated through it. I consider taking "the basics" in college and paying for that for two years one of the biggest ripoffs in the education system today. To heck with Bernie Sanders wanting to pay for everyone's college. The better solution is not to make us repeat basics for two years in college and divide that cost in half!

 

Don't fear college because you're bad at math. In 4th grade, I was considered very advanced in algebra and doing high school algebra and they wanted to skip me a grade. So all the math the next few years was stuff I already knew but was doing by a different method. But when I had to take geometry -- forget about it! I didn't get it AT ALL! Chemistry, same way. I think it's possible I had a bad chemistry teacher though because there was just no cohesion. Anyway, you don't have to reprise all your math type classes, but I think you have to redo one in college. Nowadays with googling and all, no one is learning math anyway because everyone can cheat and just look it up. I was all on my own learning it.

 

Between the two paths you are looking out, the ultrasounds sounds like the best to me because it's just more professional. I'm guessing it takes more years to get through than massage. There are so many masseuses out there that it's crazy. A lot of competition.

 

Why not talk to a community college course counselor and ask what are some shorter-term courses of study that you can learn something that will give you a nice stable profession without spending 6 years in college and ending up with a lot of debt. There are also cosmetology schools to consider if you have any interest there. I get my hair done at Aveda Institute. Yes, again, a lot of competition, but the courses aren't too long and you learn to make a living. You'd probably makes loads of friends, and it would be something to fall back on even if you decided to pursue a more academic route and become more of a professional. The ones who are successful do make decent money and have the option of renting their own booth somewhere at some point and being in control of their own business.

 

After two years of college and a year of waitressing, I found my path and went to work in a record store and then climbed the ladder in the music business. It was always my passion, or one of them, but growing up in Oklahoma, I had no reason to think there was any way to make a living at it. But then suddenly there was. So you never know what will come along. I will tell you this: When you notice an opportunity that excites you, act on nailing it down aggressively and make it happen. Don't wait and think about it for awhile. If it excites you, mow down all the obstacles and just go for it. And stay alert for those type opportunities. Pursuing your biggest passions will make it more likely that such an opportunity will come your way. Good luck! You'll do fine. Just get out there and work and do something and you'll soon find out what type of work grates on your nerves and what kind calms you. You really don't know that until you start working.

 

There's actually a lot of cohesion in chemistry haha

 

It's pretty much impossible to KNOW what you want to do right out of school. But that's why the goal should be to maximize your options.

 

I'd think ultrasound tech plus CC would be a great path to maximize optionality. For starters, one of those people (masseuse vs. ultrasound technician) is going to be in greater demand than the other. As long as people are f**king we'll need ultrasound technicians. A masseuse is a luxury. Second, there's overlap between ultrasound tech and other healthcare professions. You can use the tech job as an opportunity to demonstrate skills that will be received well by those in other fields. Can't say the same about massage. And lastly, there's the difference in networking potential between the two jobs. It just seems like a much better career move all-around.

[TaraMaiden2]

Be an ultrasound tech.

 

I studied for 3 years and qualified as a Shiatsu therapist giving massages.

I had to stop.

I used to receive around 98% calls from guys asking if I gave extras, what kind of massage was it, did I give bj's....

 

Only around 2% of calls were genuine.

And half of those never turned up for their appointments.