I apologise in advance if my language isn't the most formal, english is my second language.
I'm an 18 year old male highschooler, about to finish in 2 months. I've jumped between very different career paths time and time again but mostly due to what my parents suggested I do. Initially, I wanted to pursue psychology because I was always loved studying it in my free time, but I'm also interested in having an above average salary, since I am living in Romania, It's practically impossible for me to pursue that and expect a proper salary as people who pursue that career tend to be paid quite a low amount. At some point, my parents wanted me to join the Navy, albeit I had a major issue with it, although I'm used to having a disciplined lifestyle since I've been an athlete for the majority of my life, it would've deeply limited my freedom, I thought about attending law school since I also had a big passion towards practicing law, as not only have I always possessed enthusiasm towards formal arguments but being able to watch criminal activity from the sidelines and critique it seemed interesting, however my parents disapproved of this a lot as they said It would be very hard for them to support me throughout my college and I realistically cannot earn enough to sustain myself either.
The final (and main) career choice in mind I have is maritime transportation/navigation (which also drove me to write this post), while the salary is huge, I always come to wonder how I'm supposed to build a family and have a real, genuine life if I'm going to be gone 6 months per year at sea, communicating with people I have never seen before and will likely forget about my existence after a year, while I would enjoy a more introverted job, I think this far surpasses any actual introverted wish and skips straight to something that I'm just not built for, it is way too much for me. Not to mention just how dangerous the career is.
If I could give some pinpoints towards my dream career, It'd be something that's introvert-friendly, has a good salary that I can rely on and a decent amount of freedom and I'm not a very artistic person so I'd want to avoid that kind of ordeal too.
I would deeply appreciate if anybody could give me some advice on what I could do, thank you in advance!
u/Darlate
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u/Darlate — 15 days ago