Making Life Choices

Hey! Sorry (for the millionth time) that I've been so inactive lately.

I wanted to write, today, about making life choices (as you probably guessed from the title). Do you ever feel like we, as young people, are forced to decide their futures too early? At the moment, I have to choose my GCSE options for Y10, and the deadline is 16 days away. Two weeks and two days. It seems like quite a while, but it's such a short time to make a choice that could affect my whole life!

Well, there's two sides to it. On one hand, some people say that GCSE or whatever exams you have in your country don't make a difference. Some say they do. Some people say they define your whole life! But what is true?

Sure, it's just some exams which people won't really bother with when looking at your CVs. But whatever you choose, you have to study it at GCSE level for between 1 and 3 years, depending on your school, which is quite a lot. Say you choose Art over Drama. After the exam, you now have between 1-3 more years of Art knowledge and practice than you do Drama. And if you're sure you want to do Art in your career, then that's perfect.

But what if you don't know what you want to do for a career? Say you love both Art and Drama? What do you do then? Because school pressures you to make a decision on what you want to do for your whole life, but doesn't give you enough options to let you.

I am this person. Let me talk you through my options, and maybe you could help me.

I have to take:

• English Literature (2 lessons)
• English Language (2 lessons)
• Maths (4 lessons)
• PE (1 lesson)
• RE (1 lesson)
• History OR Geography (2 lessons)
• Triple OR double Science (7.5 OR 5 lessons)
• A language (2 lessons)

And then I have a choice between a lot of others. 

If I take double Science, I have two options left.

If I take triple Science, I have one option left.

Which is fine, since I want to take double, so I have two options left.

I've been working this out for 2 years, and I finally have it narrowed down to either Art, Drama or Textiles. WHICH TWO DO I CHOOSE?? Comment below!

But I digress. The point I am trying to make is, its your life and no one is going to agree on what you do. In the end, its your decision, and you should do what you want to do.

I hope at least some of this made sense to you!

Lots of love, 

Teenage Blogger x

Question of the day: What career do you want/have?

My answer:  I don't know!!

What about you? Tell me in the comments below!