Please Help Me! My life is going nowhere, I have no idea what I want!?

Question

I am nineteen years old (Female), and I have nothing going on. I never finished high school due to personal family problems, and I haven't had a job for almost two years. I live with my family who provides me with everything I need. But I feel like I am not growing up..I hate my life!

I really want to be a fashion designer and I already design my own clothes and make them..but I also don't think my heart is all in it. I like so many other things...like philosophy, art, traveling, literature, science, history. I really have no idea what I want to be, and I am very picky, which is why my life isn't going anywhere. My plan was to get my G.E.D and go to fashion school, but I want something that expands my education and keeps me interested and learning new things. Don't get me wrong though my main thing is fashion..it's just that you have to be so different and unique if you want to make it as a fashion designer and I already love a lot of the dresses that are "in" and I sort of copy those styles when designing my own clothing( so maybe I wouldn't be able to make it as a fashion designer) instead should I just go to college and take a bunch of different courses? I hear that alot of people go to college because they haven't figured out what they want to do. Would that be a good idea/ experience? Living in a dorm room and meeting new people and studying different things?

Answer 1

First step is to finish your GED, you can't get in to any colleges without it.  Secondly, don't do any of the online college c**p or no vocational or tech school stuff either.  If you do, make sure the school you go to is REGIONALLY accredited.  In the meantime, I suggest you go to a community college and take general education classes, it may help you figure out what you want to do.  (Take general ed classes that are able to transfer to a university).  Theres no way someone can say "I want to be this" and will stay with that profession for the rest of their lives, so do what you can and experience everything that comes your way and you will eventually figure it out...but GED is the 1st step! good luck!

Answer 2

i feel you on the whole uneasiness about your future career and stuff. I think you should go onto college, you might need a g.e.d. first though, which you can acquire quickly. Don't give up though, your future is everything, im the same age as you so i guess i can rly relate, except im a dude.

Im not sure myself about going into my major, political sci, but thats why im in college already, i hope to go away and dorm and have that whole experience, especially cuz people like us have the opportunity to do these things...

good luck