Just left a doctor‘s office and the young assistant was an Ohio State University undergrad unsure about what he wanted to do with his career.

My advice: pick anything, literally anything you’re interested in. Work your ass off for 2-3 years, and reassess. If you are fulfilled by it, if it gives you purpose, keep going. If you aren’t, make a change. Start with small changes and work up to bigger changes from there.

The fallacy is in thinking that our interests and perspectives won’t change over time. For many of us, this is what career choices felt like in young adulthood. The finality of this mental norm can be paralyzing.

The reality is that you’ll use everything you ever learned. Each role will inform the next. There will never be a perfect career choice. Pick something and send it.

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