Thoughts:
-Academia is a bubble. Many people who did a PhD are finding it a terrible decision, outside of hard sciences. What would you wanna do?
-Psych counselling is great but you've gotta LOVE helping people - it's gotta bring your heart alive. If it'd be "soul crushing" then naw, it's not for you man
-Freelancing is about the best safety net there is! Especially with real skill in a lucrative field like Copywriting. Check out "Antifragile" by Nassem Taleb and also Education of Millionaires for more on this..
-If I were you I'd try and get involved and do work face-to-face with startups and entrepreneurs. Move to a hub where they're at, go to co-working spaces, do copywriting for several, etc. See if you can get in on the ground floor with one that's got potential.
-Benefits and Pensions and whatnot are no more "secure" than just saving regularly. What it boils down to is "we'll do your saving for you, so you don't have to think". The actual security of a job is an illusion, especially given nothing is a career guaranteed for life any more.
-Successful people look back on their 20s as periods of experimentation and basic skill building. It almost doesnt matter what they did, just as long as they took action, got vital experiences and build basic core skills that served them in the future. Marketing, sales, networking, living abroad, people skills, professional skills, budgeting, managing your finances, cold-calling, corporate experience, business experience, particular domain expertise... whatever. It's all deposits in the bank for future. Main thing is you just do SOMETHING that appeals and go at it, and keep an eye on the skills you need to acquire to move forward in your life.
-Academia is a bubble. Many people who did a PhD are finding it a terrible decision, outside of hard sciences. What would you wanna do?
-Psych counselling is great but you've gotta LOVE helping people - it's gotta bring your heart alive. If it'd be "soul crushing" then naw, it's not for you man
-Freelancing is about the best safety net there is! Especially with real skill in a lucrative field like Copywriting. Check out "Antifragile" by Nassem Taleb and also Education of Millionaires for more on this..
-If I were you I'd try and get involved and do work face-to-face with startups and entrepreneurs. Move to a hub where they're at, go to co-working spaces, do copywriting for several, etc. See if you can get in on the ground floor with one that's got potential.
-Benefits and Pensions and whatnot are no more "secure" than just saving regularly. What it boils down to is "we'll do your saving for you, so you don't have to think". The actual security of a job is an illusion, especially given nothing is a career guaranteed for life any more.
-Successful people look back on their 20s as periods of experimentation and basic skill building. It almost doesnt matter what they did, just as long as they took action, got vital experiences and build basic core skills that served them in the future. Marketing, sales, networking, living abroad, people skills, professional skills, budgeting, managing your finances, cold-calling, corporate experience, business experience, particular domain expertise... whatever. It's all deposits in the bank for future. Main thing is you just do SOMETHING that appeals and go at it, and keep an eye on the skills you need to acquire to move forward in your life.