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“What do I want to do with the rest of my life?” At
some point (and perhaps at several points) in your
life, you have most likely asked yourself this ques-
tion. In the United States we often have a myriad of
choices about how we live our lives and earn our
livelihoods. These choices are complex and difficult,
and many people struggle to determine what job
they may be qualified to perform and what career
fields they might enjoy that will also satisfy them
and provide an adequate income for themselves
and their families.
Some people are fortunate enough to know exactly
what they want to do. Perhaps they have a musi-
cal or artistic talent that was identified when they Nastia11/iStock/Thinkstock
were very young, and they have always known they There is a wide variety of career
wanted to devote their life to developing that talent. choices in the United States. Discover-
Maybe at some point they were exposed to a voca- ing your career path can take time and
tion or craft, such as carpentry, and discovered they is often a process of trial and error.
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