I'm having difficulty deciding on what I should do for my future occupation... Can you help?

Question

Okay. So I'm a very creative person. I pride myself on doing extremely well academically and I am going to be a senior in high school next month. Lately I have been stressing about money since the economy has been declining rapidly lately. I have always put a lot of thought into my career path but recently have been thinking about it a lot more. I have a few options that I know that I would just fall in love with, but I am curious as to which you think would get me the farthest in life. ($$ wise and also which would have more growth potential) I will list the few that I am very interested in below.

Keep in mind, I live in Maine!!!!! :)

1. Getting a business management degree with a pastry chef minor and owning my own catering business. (Do any of you own your own catering business? If so, tips please!!!!)

2. Getting certified as a wedding planner. I live in Maine and weddings are very popular here in the Summer so I figured if this was my career goal that I would also get a degree to teach kindergarten or 1st grade and be a wedding planner during the summer.

3. Getting a business management degree and getting my certification as an interior decorator and "flipping houses"

If any of you can put together a super job with these above 3 choices or have any other choices I would really appreciate it! Thanks so much you guys. You're awesome!

-K

Answer 1

im not very good at making big decisions like this lol...im also in the same sort of situation...

i think now im thinking im leaning more twords being a wedding planner myself

i think u should think about it and see which one would make u happier...i think the second idea seems cool...cuz you'd be doing 2 different things ya know wat i mean

i know wedding planning can be stressful and stuff...and u would only be doing it for the summer!

so yea i think u should do watever u like RLY want to do!

GL!!

=D

Answer 2

I would say for sure get your degree (in business management).  That is very important, don't skip out on the higher education.  Anyway, beyond that you don't have to know right now.  To flip houses, you will need some extra cash (as well as starting your own business), but it is not something to worry about now, just to think about.  Secondly, the economy is NOT going to be what it is by the time you are out of college (could be better/could be worse) and so don't worry about that.  Wedding planning sounds great, try it out for a summer, intern or something like that.  You probably won't know right now what you want to do for the rest of your life.  You will end up trying different things that is the only way to know for sure.  I would say that you sound more interested in business then anything else.  Go that direction.