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In choosing a career should you take a shot at what you really want to do, or settle for someth

Assuming your desired career may take 4 years of schooling and another career you know you would be good at but really could care less about you could get started in 2 years.
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drmatt | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Why does it have to be an either/or and not a both/and?

You can ALWAYS make money ("practical") from something you love ("really want to do"). That's just good business sense...

Just remember, you can ALWAYS change your career. I went though three major career changes. I LOVED each and every one of them and made good money from each of them.

Make EVERYTHING you do "practical".

And go read "Think and Grow Rich" by Napolean Hill. Short read and talks directly to what you're asking.

And, a direct answer: There are some jobs I took that I either wasn't too interested in or turned into something I really didn't like, but I stayed for the money.  That was a mistake.  I became physically ill from the lack of interest or unhappiness.  Do what you enjoy!

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teduncan | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

Thanks Dr. Matt do you make individual appointments?

They told me I was a black and white thinker

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bbrookin | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

I agree. It's possible to do something that is "practical" while you're getting the education and background necessary to do what you want. It may be a slower path (I'm the proof of that!), but if you're working on advancing yourself toward what you really want, the practical job becomes more bearable.

You can also grab any experience that might enhance the ideal along the way. An example: My "Joe Job" has vacation days, which I used to moonlight as a corporate trainer with my professor while I was getting my education, which gave me education AND experience in the field.

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drmatt | 3 years, 4 months ago Report

Mmmm... black-and-white thinking. I LOVE it (but, today, I HATE it ;-)

Yup... I am a California licensed therapist (MFT) and see clients in Livermore, CA.

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cee-jay | 3 years, 4 months ago
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from my own experiance, i took 2 years of college, i can barely afford my loan payments along with being a single mom of 3, but i really want to go back to school, but right now an associates degree is all i can deal with, and it isnt much in the career world. and associates degree to me, has not seemed to help much, i always hear wow u got a degree why are you working here, the bad thing is because of my credit from my student loans, because all government jobs do a credit check, nowisnt that just fantastic.
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rumanaafrida | 1 year, 11 months ago
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To choose a career, it is best to know what you really want to do. Listen to your mind, think a lot about your plan, get an idea of what you want to do, and how that career will do in the future. Think and rethink. Planning is the most important thing to start something. Settling for something isn’t always best, but sometimes you have to do that to keep the bills paid until you can work toward something you really enjoy.

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