Career Path: I Chose it or Was Forced to it?

Well if it's about the course that I took, it was my choice. I'm very happy that my parents gave me the freedom to choose what I want back then. When I graduated, I have something different in mind but my parents also wanted something. That time, I chose to follow them. I follow them what they wanted - this is career wise / work related. Then I realized that it's really true when they said that it won't be really enough if you're not happy with what you're doing. That's what happened to me. After a few years, I decided to follow what I've been wanting to do and explained it to my parents. They accepted it, although it took time. I believe its really important that you're the one who should choose which path you would like to take. But of course its important to be open to suggestions but at the end of the day, you should follow what makes you happy.

it's the two..im in the middle of both sides..internal and external struggles i guess..i want to finish college so i can have a good job inside the office coz i hate it outside where there is physical work..i just want to sit down in a cool office and look at my computer and papers..well, that's for myself..but im also forced to be in that situation in order to make my family proud, help them with the financials and finally breaking out of my relatives tight expectations and pressures on me. i really hate it coz im in the middle, in case i want to discontinue, i still can't.,.but i wanted to..but i just couldn't :)

I didn't choose it and they didn't choose it. I just sort of drifted into it...

Before, my mom used frced me to go into health science becasue she wanted me to become a doctor. At that time, I wasn't really interested but I really tried my best. After I graduated from college, my grades weren't enough for me to get in med school. My mom still forced me to tay in he science field and I started to hate it. I stayed there until I just stopped studying and changed into a different field. I like my studies better than before now. I don't really blame her. Every parent wants the best of their children. Success isn't forever. IF plan A doesn't work, that'S when we go to plan B.

I would have to say yes but that is only because I have no career path. I would rather be able to stay at home and make money or make money by having a job at a grocery store then to be on any career path. College just isn't for me unless it's a class for a hobby and not one for a career. Growing up off and on I dreamed of being a stay at home wife and later mother. Well right now I am a stay at home wife, which is a dream come true. I also want to be a farmer. In my opinion the things I've dreamed of from where we live now to my loving husband has come true and so I think that while it will take hard work and determination, I can succeed at my dreams. So dreams vs career path is rather the question I'd like to answer, and I think I can say with pride and clarity that our dreams (mine and my husbands) is what I'll strive after over any kind of career path any day.

I was told to take up the course I graduated.Though my parents chose it for me I tried to make the most out of it as a sign of gratitude. However the question is still haunting me is this what I really want or I am doing this to please them? I still have not found the answer and have to do some soul searching. I have faith that in due time I will know the answer.

The career that I chose came from my mom's idea, actually it is just her idea since at the time I really don't have any on my mind that's why I accepted her idea. I didn't do that because I don't have any choice,she didn't even force me to do so. I also consider if it's really good for me and if I excel will that path. Well I guess I don't have any regrets in choosing it, mothers really knows best.