What do I do with my life? What direction do I get?
I have no idea what direction my life's headed to and i can't decide what I wanna do with it.
I'm in an amazing college, im SY in electronics specifically, I am performing very good academically, and extra curricular is great too... I'm in the formula student team of our college... But I have no idea what I wanna do with my life..
Let's start of with my why I even took electronics... Well cause it was high paying and offered many career choices cause even 2 years ago, I couldn't decide what I wanted so I chose science, and electronics cause that kept the most options open.
I have no idea if I even wanna make a career in science, I've been amazing at art and interested in science since I was a kid and i loved em both... But i ended up choosing science cause 'beta aapke grades acche aae toh science hi loge na' and cause it pays better... Being an artist may pay less but maybe it'll be more satisfying? Maybe a tattoo artist? Fashion designer? Comic artist? Make movies?
Even in electronics I have no idea if I wanna go into hardcore research or just application..? I doubt I'm even interested in electronics... I think I just want a high paying job that'll give me money to fund my stupid hobbies... But being an astronomer or something like that still sounds cool?
As for the FSAE team I'm in... I joined it out of pure boredom. I've been in that team for a year but I still don't watch F1... Im good at everything I do... Even if I don't care.... It's not like I'm staying in the team cause it'll help my placement or I'm interested in F1... I just don't have a good enough reason to leave.
And I have no idea what I wanna do after college either... Masters? Job?... And if I do masters, then M.Tech? MBA? ... And where? India? ... Foreign?... I always thought I'll figure it out later and always made choices that kept "the most options open"... Science in school... JEE In college... Electronics in Uni... What now?
In what direction do I point this mind that I know is capable of greatness...? I wanna do something that keeps me happy... Maybe its not high paying... Maybe its not even my job that makes me happy and it's the hobbies... But anyways... How do I find a direction?
Posted Jun 14, 2025, 8:51 PM UTC