Which path to choose when they are so different?

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I am a writer. I love writing and seem to have more advanced and matured thinking for my age. I think a lot too, about things to write and they seem like okay ideas. But lately I've been researching phycology and I love it! I find the human mind very interesting and would love to read more into it. But my love for writing still hasn't changed. I love them both and would really like to pursue a career, but in which one? My dad is trying to talk me out of phycology and trying to help me write (he is only doing that because he thinks I'll go insane because of the stress). Of course I love him, but I'm really interested in phycology and still enjoy writing and quite frankly I am a good writer (I am very humble by the way, I don't like to brag) but I could be a good phycologist too, if I studied it more. I don't know which career path to choose. Is it normal to love two things that are so different?

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  • noid
    10 years ago

    If you become a psychologist, go into private practice and don't work for an agency that deals with Medicaid.

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  • MeHTa
    11 years ago

    And goodness, doesn't anyone on here know how to spell psychology?!

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  • MeHTa
    11 years ago

    Neither, both starving professions. Find something that would make u money and then do both on a side like hobbies.

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  • BTStallion
    12 years ago

    Phycology? Really? You're a "writer" and can't spell?
    I'd recommend the PSYCHOLOGY field for you
    ...just be sure you learn how to spell it first.

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  • jesusdiedlol
    12 years ago

    Psychology is a great subject. Write self- help books!

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  • kitkatbar
    12 years ago

    The answer is simple, do phycology as a major, and in your own time, write what you want. Like I am writing a fictional book, and I am an accounting major, I also have a mature mind for my age, but I know that accounting is going to pay my bills.

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  • Josie_57
    12 years ago

    you could write books about phscology. problem solved.

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  • missmeow
    12 years ago

    For me it was med school or art school. I picked art but am changing over to med school soon. I'll continue doing my art on the side however.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Are you my missing twin? I'm the same way, but I want to be a forensic psych, and I'm kinda working on it.

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  • Miterro
    13 years ago

    Writing is a very important skill to have when going into a psyhololigical field. Though it will be more technical writing, those skills won't go to waste. On the flip-side, you could spend a lot of your effort representing the researchers of the human-mind or write psychological thrillers and whatnot! So write about what your interested in or do what your interested in... whilst writing ;)

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  • babaG
    13 years ago

    Write about the human mind :)

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  • soccer2
    13 years ago

    I am the same way. Doctor or chef? Haha it's hard to decide when u love them both for different reasons. I think being a phsycologist u can still write on the side. You could even write about phsycology haha. Keep studying and see where it takes u, maybe u will realize that's not for u. But u can still write either way. It's just that the writing will be placed second if u choose phsycology. U just need to keep thinking about it and decide what would make u happier.

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