Career Choice…. Help Me Please.?
I am 24 years old and was about 2 years away from getting my BA degree from University of Phoenix Online before I decided to go for a major change. I changed my major from Business Administration to Nursing. I went back to community college to satisfy various science and math prerequisites in order to be ahead of the game, thus having only nursing courses to complete all the way up to receiving my BSN (i.e. I would get my ASN from a community college first, then work as a RN and go to school to receive my BSN).
I'm currently studying to take the HESI entrance exam in order to be accepted into a nursing school. Meanwhile, I'm having second thoughts. Now, what persuaded me to want to become a nurse was the career stability, as far as occupation demand and lucrative pay. While I feel like being a nurse is something I could do and grow to love (I also naturally like to help people), it wasn't my first or main reason I chose the career.
I'm having second thoughts because what I really want to do is travel. I love to travel and it has been my passion growing up. I need help finding lucrative careers that are in demand involving traveling. In all honesty, I used to want to be a flight attendant.
Help me please, before I make a decision that may hunt me for the rest of my life.
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With so many choices, it’s hard to settle on one particular career. After all, how do we really know if we are going to like the path we’ve chosen?
I spent 15 years in the computer industry before switching careers and I learned a valuable lesson. Like you, my passion is traveling. I looked at every possible angle to try and find profession that involved travel. But the reality is this… when you are traveling on the company’s dime, you have little, if any, time to enjoy the travel and you grow to hate what you once loved.
My cousin is an ICE Agent (Federal agent, immigration). He travels all over the world. He gets on a plane, travels to an exotic location, spends the night, and gets back on the plane for another 8-12 hours. He HATES it. My friend is a pilot for Southwest Airlines. Same story. He travels CONSTANTLY, but never gets to enjoy the destinations. It’s work, not fun.
So, in response to your question, there may be a better way to achieve your goal of traveling. If you pursue a career that pays well and has benefits (paid time off), you will always have the money you need to travel on your own dime and go where you want to go. That’s what I’m doing now… I’ve added Paris, London, Turkey, China, Hong Kong, Alaska… and more to my list. I get to travel now because I can afford to do so.
Also, nursing is in high-demand and can be very lucrative. But demand isn’t just here in America, it’s worldwide. So, you can really have the best of both worlds if you play your cards right. You can be a nurse here, or you can travel abroad and use your nursing skills in other countries.
I’ve included a source below that lists nursing opportunities abroad. I’ve also included a source that has a number of accelerated BSN programs.
I hope that helps!
If you own a degree – or any alternative qualification – then you’ll already be ahead of the crowd when it comes to looking for vocations. My buddy has a degree and he wasn’t sure what direction to go with it, but he discovered some great tips and tricks on the resource in the resource box below which helped him to settle that he wanted to be a lab assistant. There is lots of guidance on the resource regarding alternative vocations.