My life decisions

Hey guys!! Welcome back and let’s get straight into the situation. It’s going to be a long one, so grab a snack!! 

I never knew what I wanted to do in life and I feel like there’s such  pressure out there for young people to decide in secondary school. So I want to share my career with you. 

In sixth year there is such big pressure on students to figure out what they want to do with there life and you feel like a failure when you say I don’t know. ( cause I did) 

When I left school I went to study beauty therapy in crumlin college. I didn’t know if it was what I wanted to do, but everyone was saying that I like beauty so I did it because I had nothing else I wanted to do. 

Being honest with you I hated college I didn’t like anything in it. During college I was working in Claires assessories  and I went full time when I finished college because I didn’t like college and didn’t want to work in a salon.  

I then moved on to working in a fashion shop as they offered me more hours and i wanted to try working in fashion as I like fashion. But that didn’t work out for me ether as I needed a full time contract by this time and they weren’t in the position to offer me one so I had to leave. 

Moving on to being a receptionist in a hotel. I didn’t like it one bit it was boring and I just had no interest in it. So then I decided to apply for a job in a salon. I was thinking why not I’m qualified so I might as well try it. So then I moved to a salon as a full time therapist. 

I loved it but it just didn’t feel right. I’m still so young and I didn’t feel like it was my time. After a couple of weeks they changed me to part time and I can’t do part time as I have my car to pay for and everything else. So  my head was fried. I’ve had no clue what to do. I’ve already worked in retail, a hotel and a salon what else could I possibly do. I didn’t want to be going backwards but I needed something fast as Christmas is coming and my bills needed to be paided. 

So I had to take a step back into retail until I decide what I’m going to do. I’m not ashamed to be sharing this because I think that there’s so much pressure on everyone that I think people need do share there stories on how they found there career and i guess I’m still looking. 

I stayed in contact with the girls I worked it in the fashion shop and when they heard I was looking for a job they were so happy to take me back. Although I’m moving backwards I feel like I’ve accomplished so much already in my life and I’m looking forward to finding the right path for me.

I hope this helps anyone who is in school or who is like me and doesn’t know what they want to do. 

Louise Claire X