I’m 31 and back in school after 12 years. I dropped out due to very severe bipolar depression which I thankfully just found a treatment that works for this summer.
Now I’m married and a mom of two, my youngest has non-verbal autism. I’ve always been a good student but never known what I want to do. My dad has always pushed economics. (Which was my declared major before the depression hit). I had been accepted to the London School of Economics my junior year, his dream come true, haha.
Anyway, I have to register for spring classes Thursday and really need to make up my mind. I’m drawn to psychology for obvious reasons, and have really enjoyed sociology this semester. I was thinking of pursuing an interdisciplinary degree with sociology, psychology and marketing.
My dad still has a hold on me and says that liberal arts crap is a waste of time. I should do economics or accounting. It’s not what I want! But now I’m feeling like it’s all pointless? He says by the time I finish grad school, I’ll be 40. So should I just give up because now I’m “too old”?
I took a career aptitude test and it showed I like to be around people part of the day, am open minded, like change, am inquisitive, like structure, like concrete answers but also need some creative and something to keep me from getting bored- to think out of the box.
What jobs would fit this description?