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Like i am already 17 and i cant decide what i want, even a college course, or a profession.. i am lost, i like so many things, i am good with languages and i speak 5 languages already and now i am learning the sixth, should i take something related to that?
Yes, totally normal. And we have no advice for you.
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My favorite that I've heard is a buddy actually picked his career from a salary career chart - and went to school for "that" ...he hates his life. But! Has a nice dog and Car!
Sometimes a career finds you. Like you, I'm good with languages. But in my case, it's computer languages. I've always liked computers and computer games, I have an artistic, musical, and generally creative side, so the career which suggested itself was a games programmer. I did it, got stuff published, got good reviews, and then stopped doing it.
What I do now is very different and it requires different skills (some of which were always there but latent, like tact, and some I've had to develop, like political acumen) but it still suits the kind of person I am.
For you too, obvious college and career paths suggest themselves. If you like working with people, you could be a translator. If you like literature, you could translate books. If you want to travel, you could work for your countries' embassy in another country whose language you speak, or you could teach English as a foreign language.
But you may go the same route as me and find that your love of languages becomes a secondary benefit to whatever career suggests itself to you. Either way, don't worry about it. Speaking five languages at your age is already very impressive and you obviously have a talent. That can be easily turned into a career.
I'm 21, a jr in college, and I still don't know what the f*** I want to do lol
Yes, not knowing what one's career path will be or which college to go through is one of the toughest and most normal things a person goes through in life.
My advice to you would be to try not to stress too hard about it. Pick something you think you might like and just go with it. Chances are you will change your mind and choose something else once you start learning things and getting some experience in the work field, but that is okay! Most people go through this exact same thing.
I only declared a major because my school forced me to...and I'm still wondering what I'm supposed to do.