I've been in the labor force for a few years now, and can't seem to really find a steady pace anywhere. I've learned that the market basically works in terms of what your employer rather than what you want, and I guess this has given me somewhat of a nihilistic bent in terms of both work and school.
In college, I majored in creative writing, which I guess was mistake #1 in terms of finding practical work anywhere. I dreamed of writing novels, but seeing as I needed to get paid, I took a series of unfulfilling copywriting jobs, which really brought me no further in succeeding at my intended passion. Now I'm 27, and thinking of going back to school for accounting--not for any particular emotional attachment to the field, but because I just want to make money and have secure employment.
From what I read about INFJs, there are a select few who have managed to make their passions align with their career choices, but I'm wondering if that's even possible. When I look at stereotypical INFJ jobs like teaching and counseling, I can't see myself surviving in either field for that long (they're also not that high-paying). Then I see some INFJs actually making it as doctors or psychiatrists, but I'm wondering how interested I would be in either the medical or psychological field to make it that far, honestly (one of the reasons I'm drawn to accounting at the moment is because I only really need about a year of classes in additional to my original bahelor's to get licensed).
In an ideal world, I'd be a novelist or philosopher like Dostoevsky, but I guess either a lack of belief in myself or a good knowledge of the odds of that happening are beating that out of me. My issue is that whenever I have a dream of making something happen, it gets deterred instantly by thoughts like "It's not practical."
Langston Hughes wrote that dreams are worth holding onto, but sometimes when life keeps beating them out of me, I'm wondering why not just join the masses and quit trying to achieve anything great.
In college, I majored in creative writing, which I guess was mistake #1 in terms of finding practical work anywhere. I dreamed of writing novels, but seeing as I needed to get paid, I took a series of unfulfilling copywriting jobs, which really brought me no further in succeeding at my intended passion. Now I'm 27, and thinking of going back to school for accounting--not for any particular emotional attachment to the field, but because I just want to make money and have secure employment.
From what I read about INFJs, there are a select few who have managed to make their passions align with their career choices, but I'm wondering if that's even possible. When I look at stereotypical INFJ jobs like teaching and counseling, I can't see myself surviving in either field for that long (they're also not that high-paying). Then I see some INFJs actually making it as doctors or psychiatrists, but I'm wondering how interested I would be in either the medical or psychological field to make it that far, honestly (one of the reasons I'm drawn to accounting at the moment is because I only really need about a year of classes in additional to my original bahelor's to get licensed).
In an ideal world, I'd be a novelist or philosopher like Dostoevsky, but I guess either a lack of belief in myself or a good knowledge of the odds of that happening are beating that out of me. My issue is that whenever I have a dream of making something happen, it gets deterred instantly by thoughts like "It's not practical."
Langston Hughes wrote that dreams are worth holding onto, but sometimes when life keeps beating them out of me, I'm wondering why not just join the masses and quit trying to achieve anything great.