I wish

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I knew what I wanted to be when I grow up

Nikki1007

Me too

gidge

You're not alone!

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I'm feeling all inspired and motivated... but with no direction

easjer05

I wish what I wanted to be paid way, way, way more than it does.

:depressed face:

Nikki1007

Actually I know what I want to be, but it requires med school and I am not motivated enough, nor do I have the funds.

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Tell us Nikki, tell us

yogisunam

I wish I wanted to be a lawyer enough a few years ago. I was just too scared to go into debt for it. Now, I have babies too much on the brain. I wouldn't do so well.

gidge

Nikki1007:

Actually I know what I want to be, but it requires med school and I am not motivated enough, nor do I have the funds.

I always thought I would go into pediatrics - now I feel too old and too poor (aka I don't want to give up our house and my job) to go to med school. 

Nikki1007

Psychiatrist. I have a bachelors in psych, but I never went any further.

susanc07

yogisunam:

I wish I wanted to be a lawyer enough a few years ago. I was just too scared to go into debt for it. Now, I have babies too much on the brain. I wouldn't do so well.

that's what i am trying to do now.  i should be studying for an exam but obviously that's not happening.

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Isn't there a test or something you can take to figure this crap out? Gah!

Mainer-in-Texas

I wanted to be an epidemiologist. My master's advisor even told me he could get me into the Harvard School of Public Health (for my PhD), but I decided not to because I knew I wanted to be a SAHM once I had kids, so I thought, what's the point of getting my PhD if I'm only going to work for a few years? Now I am laughing at my former self :P

staycee

Mainer-in-Texas:

I wanted to be an epidemiologist. My master's advisor even told me he could get me into the Harvard School of Public Health (for my PhD), but I decided not to because I knew I wanted to be a SAHM once I had kids, so I thought, what's the point of getting my PhD if I'm only going to work for a few years? Now I am laughing at my former self :P

I have a friend that got a bach., 2 masters, then her PhD.   Never had a job through all her schooling (parents, then husband supported her)... once she was done with school finally, she popped out 4 kids and has been a SAHM ever since.  Wow.

Nikki1007

Mainer-in-Texas:

I wanted to be an epidemiologist. My master's advisor even told me he could get me into the Harvard School of Public Health (for my PhD), but I decided not to because I knew I wanted to be a SAHM once I had kids, so I thought, what's the point of getting my PhD if I'm only going to work for a few years? Now I am laughing at my former self :P

This is part of my reasoning for not getting my PhD.

QCinOct

Nikki1007:

Mainer-in-Texas:

I wanted to be an epidemiologist. My master's advisor even told me he could get me into the Harvard School of Public Health (for my PhD), but I decided not to because I knew I wanted to be a SAHM once I had kids, so I thought, what's the point of getting my PhD if I'm only going to work for a few years? Now I am laughing at my former self :P

This is part of my reasoning for not getting my PhD.

lucky? for me I didn't meet my H until my final year of my PhD so now I've got 4 years under my belt post-phd. But then again, with all the investment in my education/career, there's no way in heck I could be a SAHM. Then again, I do get a year paid 95% mat leave so there is that benefit (of being in Canada, not having a PhD). But I do need to work for a bazillion years to pay off my student loans. Although in comparison to my pediatrician friend who owes more than $100k in loans, I owe peanuts.