What Comes Next?

Austin Huston
Sep 6, 2015
2 min read

2015 so far, has been the year of "what am I doing with my life?"

I graduated from Liberty University with my Exercise Science degree in August of 2014 with the intention of pursuing graduate school for Occupational Therapy (with a focus in Hand Therapy). Life threw a wrench in that plan when we cleaned out our savings to move across the country and didn't exactly have the means to pay for Grad School right away.

Instead of moving forward with my "plan for success," I ended up nannying and waitressing... Not exactly what I had in mind when I graduated from college.

So now I was working two jobs that had nothing to do with my degree just to pay the bills... including my student loans.

Throughout this year I have stopped nannying to coach high school Softball, the hat has changed, but not much else. I have looked into personal training, into interior decorating, into starting an etsy account, looked into anything I thought would make me money (okay not everything).

This year I have felt un-challenged, and un-intelligent, and sometimes just a waste of space.

I've gone back and forth on whether I ever want to go to Grad School. Is it worth the money? What if I hate Occupational Therapy? What if I want to have kids soon? (*hint* I do). So is it even beneficial to pursue grad school?

I do know that every time I entertain the idea of pursuing a different career, I find myself disappointed that it's not OT. I know that I am passionate about a healthy lifestyle and that Occupational Therapy is linear with that passion. I beileve that if I were to pursue OT, I would be successful.

So for now not much has changed, I am still working as a waitress and still not entirely sure what I want to do with my life...

This year there have been moments where I have felt un-challenged, un-intelligent, and sometimes just a waste of space. Not always, but I've definitely had my moments.

But here comes the good part, my worth doesn't come from which career path I choose.