hi all, i'm 16 years old and i am kinda different from other people my age, i don't enjoy normal sports or activities, the only sport i have ever done my life is motocross and i'm still at it now, i have played other sports but none have been any fun to me, i suppose i'm kind of an adrenaline junkie if you will, i've done bungees, a couple of skydives and i really like to be on top of high places
as for a career? none, i've had 2 jobs, one which was washing dishes in a restraunt (hated it) the other was building artificle trees for a multi million pound company which paid me £4 an hour -.- again, hated it.
i got kicked out of high school, didn't do any exams so therefor have no qualifications, the only bit of paper i have with my name on is a skydiving certificate and a certificate to show im qualified in CPR.
i don't know what to do and it really gets me down, i don't enjoy working on cars, building, wouldn't want to sit in an office all day, all be a police officer or fire fighter, i considered joining the millitary, i still am but there is so much i want to do beforehand which i can't because i have no money, plus i keep breaking all my bones which puts it on hold for ages.
does anyone have any advice, have you been in this situtation? what did you do? i am literally stuck and lost for answers
Your only 16 so you have ages to decide what you wanna do. I'm 28 and just resently decided what I wanted to do. There is no rush.
I didn't have a clue when I was 16 either.
Have you considered going to college and getting your gcses then you have more options when it comes to careers/ further education?
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I droped out of uni casue of my mental health and ive desided im going to do somthing that makes me happy. Motercross makes you happy so why dont you work in that feild, you can be come machanic for it or somthing related. Rember your still young, im 24 and im not shure what i want to do youve got plentay of time to find what you feel fits you best.
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So live for the moment
I think school's often do teenagers a disservice there is often a lot of focus on "you must pick the right options/courses etc or your life will be over". You are still so young there is plenty of time for deciding what career path you would like. There is no rush to fine *the* career. I know a number of people that have changed careers several times. There won't be one right answer.
You mention a qualification in CPR - have you considered nursing/medic/paramedic as a career?
Have you looked into whether there are any local career advice places near you? They might have some contacts for some work experience placements which might help you get a better idea for what sort of careers are out there and what would suit you. There are many options out there that don't involve 9-5 desk work!
Just wanted to second what everyone else has said about looking into a local careers service and ways to earn qualifications relating to things that you like, and reiterate that it's OK not to know what you want to do when you're 16. There'll probably be a little bit of trial and error while you work out the kind of jobs you don't like, before you find one you do like. I'm 24 and still trying to work it out, and am realising that there's probably no job that is completely perfect for me, but that there's probably one or two that I would enjoy most of the time and I'll settle for that!
thanks for the answers everyone, i as for being a medic or something it doesn't appeal to me, same with being a motocross mechanic or such, i like to ride but i hate doing all the repairs and fixing and things.
i would love to race mat, but motocross is a sport where everything has to be put in to win, i can't afford to travel all around the country to race, propper race maintenance ect
Like everyone else has said, you are 16. You have plenty of time. Many (most, I think!) people will start work in one area and end up doing something really different. Don't worry about it too much.
Talking to a careers adviser is a good idea.
You said you're an adrenaline junkie and you have a skydiving certificate; have you thought about being an instructor for something like that?
Seriously don't worry too much. You'll find something! (And honestly, most of us go through at least a few crappy jobs before finding something that fits!)
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thanks for the answers everyone, i as for being a medic or something it doesn't appeal to me, same with being a motocross mechanic or such, i like to ride but i hate doing all the repairs and fixing and things.
i would love to race mat, but motocross is a sport where everything has to be put in to win, i can't afford to travel all around the country to race, propper race maintenance ect
i have thought about being an instructor or something, however in the UK there isn't a whole lot of business for things like that, i look at life as if life isn't worth living if your only living to pay bills, you need to live life doing what you want to do and i refuse to work some crappy 9-5 job where i dread mondays
Well good luck with that. Obviously you shouldn't aim to be doing a job you won't enjoy but realistically, most of us have to do jobs that are less than ideal, in the short term at least, to pay the bills. If you change your attitude and see it as a means to an end maybe it won't seem quite so bad.
There may not be a 'whole lot of business' for what you want to do, but there are opportunities, and surely having something to aim for would be better and more productive than sitting there telling yourself you'll never find a career you want.
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
it isn't really about moving elsewhere, it's like ok so i've moved to a different country where do i start kind of thing, 16 years old (well 17 next month) still seems kinda late for thinking of a career to me
it isn't really about moving elsewhere, it's like ok so i've moved to a different country where do i start kind of thing, 16 years old (well 17 next month) still seems kinda late for thinking of a career to me
I picked out a good career for myself when I was a wee child and did all the steps to put myself there. Uuuuuntil at age 19 when I was hit with a debilitating handicapping disease.
Now, less than ten years later I've found something where I'm happy and comfort and I like doing it. Also I am apparently good at it which is a total surprise. I don't dread Mondays (or Tuesdays or Wednesdays or...)
It took a lot of trying different things and a long time. I had to totally re-figure my life out and it is something no one who knew me at 16 would have suspected. Like you, I am an adrenaline junkie and There are ways to thrive and it can work out but you've got to open your mind to the idea that at 16 you're not done growing up and maturing and things happen.
it isn't really about moving elsewhere, it's like ok so i've moved to a different country where do i start kind of thing, 16 years old (well 17 next month) still seems kinda late for thinking of a career to me
Are you actually serious? You're 16. You have, let's say, 50 years of working life ahead of you. Plenty of time for deciding on a career.
"I know you're sad, so I won't tell you to have a good day. Instead, I advise you to simply have a day.
Stay alive, feed yourself well, wear comfortable clothes, and don't give up on yourself just yet.
It'll get better. Until then, have a day."
Are you actually serious? You're 16. You have, let's say, 50 years of working life ahead of you. Plenty of time for deciding on a career.
totally serious, the way i see it, my goal in life is to have as much fun as possible and doing the things i want to do, in order to do that i need a job / career asap before i get too old to play with motorbikes, jump out of airplanes/bridges ect
however you have really eased my mind a bit so thank you all
There are 80yr olds jumping out of aeroplanes. Unless you're a sky diving instructor then that doesn't matter anyway. You don't need a career to do these things.
Seriously you need to look at what you have first and thinks bout going to college to resist your exams and take it from there. Many business men are adrenaline junkies. You may think it sounds boring but they get much of their highs from doing world class deals etc. right now you are writing yourself off waaaayyyyy to early and, like many people have said in this thread, several of whom have spoken from experience, it sounds like you've listened too much to teachers banging on about needing to know your career from way before you leave school (and many of those are teachers as they couldn't think of anything else to do).
I'm 25 and I've never had a paid job before due to disabilities. Although I'm in uni and working up to a job.
16 is young. When I was 16 I was in no way able to work.
Tbh with the job market these days you don't have a huge choice. I did unpaid work in an office for 3 months during the uni holidays. It was boring but I was trying to build up experience and show that autism wasn't going to stop me from doing things.
Often jobs are just ways to get money.
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