Applying Career Indecision to Life

According to Savickas (1995), indecision as a dichotomy has been studied numerous times. Findings have shown that students who are undecided are less mature and/or accomplished. Next, they stopped describing indecision as undecided or decided and chose to view indecision as a uni-dimensional continuum that ranged from undecided to decided. The third phase regarding career indecision is indecision as a multidimensional concept. This allowed subgroups including heterogeneous to be included in this stance as undecided students.

Personally, I think career indecision is a concept that can applied to any aspect of life. I do not think someone has to be experiencing indecision in regards to their career to feel this way. There have been many times in my life when I have been unsure about certain decisions to make. It did not pertain to my career, but instead other important decisions that need to be made. Has anyone ever been positive about all the decisions in their life without doubtful thinking? Everyone experiences some form of indecision whether it is picking out the perfect outfit, school, or career. 

When thinking about indecision there are multiple "life themes" that comes to mind. When deciding what school I wanted to go to for my undergraduate career I was very indecisive. I did not want to go to the common state schools that half my high school went to. I picked out an abundance of schools to apply to before realizing I had become too indecisive. I had division one schools I wanted to attend for the entire college experience and I had state schools that I knew would save me money in the long run. For me, making a decision was difficult. My guidance counselor helped me construct a narrative of my life that would make picking out a college more realistic and fitting for me. Once my guidance counselor helped me finally make my decision to go to West Chester University, there was a transformation in progression. By knowing my career choice and the school I was going to attend, I was able to make my career become a reality. 

Regardless, I see indecision as a sign of transformation in progress. I was never completely undecided. I knew I wanted to go to college and what I wanted to go to college for. Indecision as a uni-dimensional continuum would best describe my situation, because I just did not know the specific school. This is one of the reasons I agree with indecision from the constructivist perspective as it thinks of indecision as a normal experience. There are many ways in which all of us experience some form of indecisiveness within our lives. This is a concept that can be applied to multiple areas of our lives not just our career decisions. 

References

Savickas, M. (1995). Constructivist Counseling for Career Indecision. The Career Development Quarterly, 363-373.