Most people, when they start thinking about their future careers, start with the question "what do I enjoy?" And while that is a key part of the process, the world is full of so many options and opportunities that it can be overwhelming.
When I started thinking of that, a mentor gave me a great prompting question...
Wait, really? Yes! Start with job fields you know that you'd never get paid enough to actually do.
It is best to start in big general strokes, and then get more specific afterwards.
The following groups are called "Career Clusters", and are common groupings of careers and job fields.
Agriculture, food and natural resources
Architecture and construction
Arts, A/V technology and communications
Business management and administration
Education and training
Finance
Government and public administration
Health science
Hospitality and tourism
Human services
Information technology
Law, public safety, corrections and security
Manufacturing
Marketing
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
Transportation, distribution and logistics
For me, this was the medical field. While helping people was greatly appealing to me, I knew I was bad at long-term memorization and as cool as science was, it was not my strong suit.
When I looked more into it, I also realized the long hours and intense environment would outweigh the potential goodness I could bring about.
Phew, that’s a lot of info you just got through. Good job though my friend!