My Future

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I'm feeling very overwhelmed when i think about my future. I don't exactly know what will happen once i graduate high school, and i especially don't know what will be a good career for me. My parents asking me among others about my job just pressures me and makes me super frustrated because i have said a lot of times that i don't know. But that's not the problem. The problem is how will after school life look like, with day programs, some supported employment training programs, and a suggested supported independent living program. I don't think i'm ready to be like, by myself and living alone quite yet and my parents have accepted that. I'm just overwhelmed by it all.

I hope this is the correct forum to post on because i'm not exactly venting or ranting, i'm posting this because i think some advice would really benefit me. I'm also looking to create a larger discussion around this topic if possible.

Thanks for reading.

My 19 year old daughter is in exactly the same situation as you. She's currently in tech college but is still tossing up what to do for a career. May I ask if your parents will support you with independent living? We plan to buy an investment property to set her up while she tries to land work.

OP~ it sounds like you have a decent support system in place & it should continue for a while. You plan to keep working with the programs & want to learn independence how you can so I think you should focus on that for now. Stressing about potential employment prospects or rather lack of is very understandable considering most of your high-school classmates probably currently have plans to go off to college &/or potential jobs lined up if they're not already in college or working. As you probably already know, us Aspies tend to grow at slower rates than our peers do & we tend to reach some milestones later & since you have a support system in place you do not need to put added pressure on yourself to figure this out right now. My advice is to let the support programs guide you & take time to think things over instead of rushing into any major decisions right now.

BTW cyberdora~ I like your idea of giving your daugher her own place for a while after college. She's lucky to have such spupportive parents

I also have that feel of uncertainty, seems to be normal at this age. It's hard to predict what situation we'll be in in next years (and so to plan what to do) and often what we really want to do as our jobs (doing something you hate is quick way to early burnout).

In my case I have my potential career narrowed to three fronts yet I have no idea what exactly I want to do, if I want to get a degree or not, etc. I'm also thinking of moving abroad pretty early which adds to that already big burden.

Like said above, definitely it's stuff not worth rushing, think well 'bout it and do it twice before deciding on major matters. Better be late than screw yerself up. It's also good to make some savings for your start.

I can honestly say this with data and experience:

If you live in the US and are looking to make a living from a job - a sizeable number of us can't make a decent living even with a bachelor's degree.

My suggestion, therefore, is to pick an interest and make a YouTube channel out of it. If you upload interesting content regularly and promote the hell out of it, you could eventually be able to monetize it.

Thank you everyone for your support!

Welcome to WP and best of Wishes for your Future ... a new beginning is always a a tough change being on your own, but sometimes , We really need Change in order to grow or move forward ....it seems but it is nice to have support during those times too. If you can find it or already have it.