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TSXCman · 05-03-2011, 12:06 AM

I am currently making a very long time of completion out of my undergrad and have had similar feelings of disinterest. There is no right answer unfortunately, but you would be smart to research what your gut is telling you to do, and do a comparison with your friends and family about the pros and cons of each route.

I have chosen the path of just sticking with it and fighting to complete even though i am not totally interested in what i am doing, but I am at a point of just needing to complete something.

Alternatively, one of my very good friends spent 2 years in university, then dropped out in the 3rd because he did not want to continue. he lived with myself and 4 friends in a house of students and worked labor for a year while he researched how to become a firefighter. It has now been 3 years and he has completed fire fighting school, worked a year or 2 as a fire fighter on the oil fields, and has now been accepted fulltime in an area around Toronto (he got the area he wanted). Last time i saw him he was very satisfied with himself, and 10 times healthier.

So you have options, and are able to go in any direction that you commit to. You are very young as well so don't feel like you have ruined your life if you chose a certain direction, or even if you feel the need to change a few times.

There are few things harder than choosing your career path when you barely know what anyone actually does with their jobs.

05-03-2011, 12:06 AM	#11
TSXCman First Line Centre Join Date: Mar 2008 Exp:	I am currently making a very long time of completion out of my undergrad and have had similar feelings of disinterest. There is no right answer unfortunately, but you would be smart to research what your gut is telling you to do, and do a comparison with your friends and family about the pros and cons of each route. I have chosen the path of just sticking with it and fighting to complete even though i am not totally interested in what i am doing, but I am at a point of just needing to complete something. Alternatively, one of my very good friends spent 2 years in university, then dropped out in the 3rd because he did not want to continue. he lived with myself and 4 friends in a house of students and worked labor for a year while he researched how to become a firefighter. It has now been 3 years and he has completed fire fighting school, worked a year or 2 as a fire fighter on the oil fields, and has now been accepted fulltime in an area around Toronto (he got the area he wanted). Last time i saw him he was very satisfied with himself, and 10 times healthier. So you have options, and are able to go in any direction that you commit to. You are very young as well so don't feel like you have ruined your life if you chose a certain direction, or even if you feel the need to change a few times. There are few things harder than choosing your career path when you barely know what anyone actually does with their jobs.