How did you figure out what you wanted your career to be?

Thanks for the advice. Cooking is something I'm really into but I'm not sure if I'd want to make a career out of that. I'm always looking up recipes and I want to have my own food blog one day once I get more creative and start to make my own recipes. I looked into dietetics but I'm not sure if I'd really want to do that and I don't really like the job opportunities after. If you don't mind me asking what is it that your daughter wants to do? I'll try to be more open. Thanks once again. Anything is helpful and it's also nice to hear other people's stories.

@Kate34 My daughter is a techie. She does theater tech, you know create and build sets for plays, deals with lighting and sound, basically all the backstage stuff pertaining to theater or productions. It was never something that was even on her radar. She had a firend join drama in 7th grade and my daughter would go watch the practices and one day the teacher asked her if she would help out and before long she was in love. She has been in the tech program every year since. Eventually she wants to open her own theater, obviously hiring someone else to run the place and do the shows, but she wants to do the tech stuff. Her favorite part is buidling the sets. I never would have pictured her with power tools but there it is. We have learned that techies are even in demand at churches, and with politics, anywhere that any kind of production is put on. Anything that requires a stage, or lighting, or microphones, or set design etc. WHo knew? Not us, until she fell in love with the trade. I think you just know when you find the right thing. I think when a passion is meant to be your work, you just know it. In today's world with the internet there are so many opportunities, like the blog you mentioned. Some people absolutely make a living blogging. SO keep an open mind, cooking per say may not be the career choice but something in that field or that relates to it. You could create a cooking app or cooking related video game, a cooking community website, create online cooking classes, self publish cooking ebooks etc. You could make a good living without actually cooking. The opportunites are unlimited.

@sunnypub That's a great story. It's brilliant that she found her passion so early on I'm life. I guess the most unexpected things can happen. Thanks for all the ideas. I just have to think about it more. I might do something completely different. You never know. Thanks for all your help and stories.