Hindustan Times (Delhi)

Career dilemmas: Choose a career at an early stage and then hone it

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(Home Science), taking up psychology, where you can specialize in crime psychology that may help you to achieve the aim of doing forensic sciences.

You may focus upon exploring your strengths and weaknesses and enhancing your skills like compatibil­ity, expectatio­ns, effective communicat­ion which will contribute to enhancemen­t in academic performanc­e and will drive you closer to your goals in life. you to understand that if you are not interested in the science field, you must not opt for it.

There are cases where parents completely live in their children’s dreams and forget the essence of reality. Sometimes parents forge their failed dreams or goals in the impression­able minds of their children. The father who wanted to be a doctor wants his son to be a doctor and the mother who wanted to be an actress wants her daughter to be a super model. Thus parents, deliberate­ly or sub-consciousl­y, remould thoughts.

Try to convince him that now-a-days, there is a very bright future in vocational and artistic fields. One need not be a doctor or an engineer to be successful in life. You can also opt for a profession­al career counseling and aptitude testing advice which can prove to be effective in convincing your father. Most important thing here to understand is that your interest in the field is very crucial. Do not surrender to parental pressure and try to convince them peacefully. Relationsh­ips are like a roller coaster ride, there are ups and downs. They can make you feel completely happy or in the case of a break up, can leave you devastated. It’s quite understand­able that you are feeling low but it is important not to lose track of other aspects of your life. Get your priorities in order. You need to remember that while relationsh­ips are important, it should not take over your entire life. Your family, studies and friends should also be your priority and it is imperative, especially now, that you focus on them and not on the break up. Join a gym, or take up some volunteer work. Spend time with your friends and meet new people. Keep yourself busy and you will find your focus and confidence returning.

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