Isn't it more of a third-life crisis? None right now, but I'm entirely unsure if I really want to be an Engineer which is unfortunate considering that's what I'm studying and working as right now. It's kind of boring and I think it's more a factor of the places I've worked and the managers I've worked for. At the same time, I find myself wanting to work with people more and more and working on company development and doing those sorts of things. Due to this I'm strongly considering going for an MBA and getting into management if I stick this course. My other option right now is to go to graduate school for higher education. I love student affairs, I'm heavily involved with it at college and there are a lot of challenges to it. Last option, stick it out, take a bunch of bio courses next year and get into something bio/medical related if Chemical Engineering + some biomed engineering courses is enough. I just want to be able to help people in a more direct manner. Part of why I'm so resoundingly "meh" on engineering is the people. There are some interesting people but most engineers that I've met don't share the same interests as me (music, alt./DIY culture) and are all about engineering only. Case in point: I had my resume reviewed by a fellow who has an oil/gas company (A: fuck that industry) since he was offering on the Chem. Eng. subreddit, and he basically told me to remove everything that wasn't directly related to engineering which is complete bullshit. It's also not the first time someone has said that, but I'm not buying...maybe I'm just not buying into engineering as a whole...sigh. Fuck. _refugee_, I just spent all those words expressing that this is what I'm trying to avoid. I'm still working on an album! 8 songs in and I'd like a couple more, followed by revisions, recording, and releasing. It's going to be digital only but slowly getting excited about it. I'd like to be at the release point. Other personal fulfillment, I'm going out with one girl tonight and with another tomorrow night. Does that count? I don't know, it's exciting to be seeing different people for the first time in a long time and I think that counts as personal fulfillment. Other things, I'd like to be at the point where everybody knows about my record label and buys all of our things so we can sell out and use that money for more music and merchandisssssseeeee. Quarter-life crisis? Maybe. I'm just trying to go with it at this point and figure out what I want from myself and my future. The answer to that is everything because I'm occasionally insatiable but at some point you have to narrow it down right? Or is it better to have likely unrealistic aspirations?...your job changes.
I could just get a shit job and dick around and not have to worry so much.
Where are you on the path to personal fulfillment, and where would you like to be?