I need some advice on what to do with school/my life, any suggestions?

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answer:Before you commit to grad school, you should always ask yourself: Will having an advanced degree advance my career to warrant the added expense in time and money? If you don’t even know if you want to be in interior design, get out! Now! ....Well make it through the term, then get out. Defer your enrollment, and use the free time to figure out what you want to do. Maybe you could get a job in an interior design office. That would let you see what the industry is really like, and what your life would be like day-to-day if you were to continue down this path (hint: I’ve worked with interior designers, and yes, they have offices, albeit nicer ones than engineers.). Don’t worry about letting other people down – it is your life. Give yourself a timeline to figure it out (I’m doing this right now) – and stick to it. You don’t want to spend your whole life figuring out where you want to be, else you won’t have any time left over to live. Do you absolutely not want to be in an office setting at all? That would narrow down your options a little. Maybe you could be an artist – ceramist, or painter, or glass blower or something. For some of us, being in an office sometimes is okay so long as we get to spend a decent amount of time outdoors. You need to figure out what your balance is. And also, do you need to spend time outdoors or outdoors in nature? This was an important distinction for me. Read The Pathfinder by Nicholas Lore. I think it might help you.

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