Career Indecision

Career Indecision

I graduated from high school when I was 16 years old.  My parents, at the time, felt that I was not going to be successful going away to college at such a young age.  I think looking back, I was very indecisive and this indecision made me appear timid and probably overwhelmed by going away at such a young age.   As I read through the Savickas article, I gravitated to the idea of indecision as a sign of transformation for myself during that time in my life.  Now looking back, I think that this was a normal progression for me.  I always planned on attending college and working in the helping field.  Before I entered college I attended many mission trips that allowed me to explore the helping profession from a missionary standpoint.  I felt confident that this was where I would be able to help many different types of people It is amazing that I was never felt scared or intimidated by the circumstance that surrounded me while I was on the mission trip. After doing this for many years, I finally felt confident to go into a college setting. I think that this indecision was all part of my growth. It took me  three years to find my niche but when I finally set  my focus on my major in psychology I began to see that all of my life experiences were part of this process.   I was in the stage of "wavering" which was described by Cocharan 19991 and cited in Savickas (Savickas, 1995, p. 335).  I think that as I now look back I see that as I started to plan and expand my knowledge I became more focused on my career path.  I was still in the undecided part of my life but I think I was beginning to become explore more avenues or fields of interest.  This helped me to begin the process of narrowing down my Major and minor.  As I began to narrow down my major, I began to tick off the classes that have helped me to narrow down my field.  I began to see a pattern with the classes that I really enjoyed from there I decided that I would focus on a Clinical Master’s Program.

 

 

References

Savickas, M. L. (1995). Constructivist counseling for career indecision. The Career Development Quartly, 43 (4), 363-373.