Re: What to do with my life...

Posted by Cory on October 29, 2001 at 19:42:02:

In Reply to: What to do with my life... posted by Tim on October 28, 2001 at 22:53:16:

I don't know if I can add anything that Mikko hasn't added, but even if I reiterate his points, it gives more support to those ideas. I am 21 years old and don't know what to do with my life...

Well, let's back up a second. In a way, I do know what I'm supposed to do, it's just that I'm not fully ready to accept it. Hey, just bear with me for a second...I know I'm turning the topic towards me but listen...I will go a few more years of unbridled hedonism until I become so sick of the material, external world that I devote myself to some spiritual existence, a la Kierkegaard. I can already feel it happening in me. I don't have the drive to "succeed" or to "amass luxury items" like society wants. Instead, I am slowly, but surely, realizing that I need to put SOMETHING ELSE as top priority. I'm not sure what this something else is, but I know there is a something else...

So ok, back to you, obviously the best job is to get paid what you love to do. The big problem with this is is WHAT this would be. Since I am still having problems finding my DREAM JOB, I don't know if I can offer help, only sympathy with your troubles.

Do you like sex? Be a porn star.
Do you like lying and deceit? Be a lawyer.
Do you like killing? Be a contract killer, police officer, soldier, or a slaughterhouse manager.
Do you like little kids? (Not in THAT way!) Be a teacher.
Do you like entertaining others and speaking your mind? Be a comedian.
Do you like entertaining others but having no original mind whatsoever instead devoting yourself to what the masses desire? Be a screenplay writer.
Do you like money? Go into business.
Do you like cookie dough? Be a cook.
Do you like Sesame Street? Join the production crew over at Sesame Street.

I think you can see my point. Also, DON'T...repeat DON'T DO NOT DON'T EVER EVER think that what the books say about ESFJs and 2s apply to all people. Maybe they do, maybe they don't. Only YOU...only YOU can make that decision.

-Cory

: Hello all. I learned about the Enneagram from my wonderful sister. I haven't ever made enough time to study it in depth, but it makes a lot of sense to me. I always thought I was a 2. I took the RHETI online, and it also said 2, but 8 was a close second. on the "New Test" it said I was a 3, with 2 as a close second. I have turned to the Enneagram and MBTI for help in determining a career path for myslef. I am currently a junior in college majoring in Elementary Education. I am not happy though. I made a hasty decision my sophomore year to become a teacher, and now that I am taking the classes that prepare me for such a career, I am not satisfied. The problem is that I don't know what to do. Many careers sound interesting to me, but I don't know what I should do. Because of my 2 on the Enneagram, and being an ESFJ on the MBTI, all signs point towards a social occupation in which I am of service to others (teaching, counseling, a priest of rabbi (umm... no.), secretarial work (does that require college?...) etc... This does sound appealing to me, however I also want to be well-compensated, and most social-service careers do not pay very well. I like to be social, but I also like to work alone to get things done, because people can sometimes "just get in the way" of progress and success. I really enjoy biology, but am not sure about the science world. I really love going to school, but making this decision about what I am going to school for is nerve-racking. I want to 1.) Like what I am doing 2.) Be very financially stable 3.) Help others 4.) Pick a career that I am capable of doing (i.e. Am I smart enough?) Sorry for rambling on and on, but if others of you have been in this situation, or are currently, I would really appreciate some feedback on what the hell you think I could/should consider doing. Decisions, decisions. I am a true 2/ESFJ, I don't mind decisions, but I like to make them quickly, and feel good after I have made them. It's just not that easy regarding this.

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