❧ thirteenth: spirals

[laenavesse]

I've talked with my parents (again) about how miserable I am about law school and they told me that if I really want to pursue something different, that if I really want to quit law school, I can and they will continue to support me for whatever I do next. If I want to go into teaching, they would help with the tuition or whatever if necessary. If

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[chibi_plum]

I know I have told you this before so I apologize if I sound like a broken record, but you're absolutely right about being normal. Everything you fear and everything you feel... It's all normal. Finding ourselves is always the hardest part of growing up. We have so many expectations early on that living up to them becomes a burden when we realize that what we wanted or thought we wanted before isn't necessarily what we want now. And so we question everything and talk ourselves into more indecision. I've found that thinking about what I want out of life never truly brings me to anything certain, but trying it or experiencing new things seems to bring me closer to any answers. I never thought I would be in the profession I'm in today. Didn't even know it existed. And when I look back at how I got here, I realize I didn't have a plan for anything. I just so happened to get here by chance. And I'm damn happy I did. You don't have to know what you really want. How could you possibly know when you've primarily learned about it in a

[yukiro_osaki]

I think this a self-evaluating year. As your friend said, your normal...well maybe well to do normal. The fact that no loans or finacial burden awaits you, I suggest you sit down and really ask yourself 'why'. 'why finishing law school is important', 'why not finishing it is', 'whay changing majors/degreess would be better' etc. I would also make a list of the things you desire, see if you can link or road map your decision based on that. I'm sure you'll find something up your alley.
All the best!

[evathereal]

*hugshugs* I think counseling will help to figure out what decision to make. I was working towards med school... in a program that would get me there in a year, and I came back home after a month. I still think that if I didn't try it, I probably would have thought that I wanted to be a doctor. It's hard to know what you will like before you try it. If law school isn't for you, I'm sure taking some time to do different things like a job or internship and stepping back to think what you really like will help you figure it out. And it's okay if you haven't figured it out completely. And it's okay if the road to your final destination is convoluted. Because it's important that you do something you like despite its difficulties.