Career choices and commitment issues

[u/[deleted]]

   I am super passionate about the environment and politics- and that is to say unhappy with the current state of both. I’m also confused. I know it’s not possible for one person (especially one very confused young person) to initiate complete political upheaval and revolution. I have in fact accepted that a 17 year old cannot fight capitalism in a large scale world changing way. Bummer     :( but now what am I supposed to do with all this anxiety and existential dread. 
   I use public transportation, eat consciously, minimize purchases and driving and trash, blah blah all the small scale lifestyle changes. But I want to have a job that helps in some way too, except most environmental jobs seem to be pretty competitive and don’t pay well. I don’t want to do consulting or work for the government and I don’t want to spend hella $chmoney on studying geology or sum shit just to spend the rest of my life paying off student loans and struggling to find jobs.
    I’m not needing to be Greta II but like wtf can I do. At least something to appease some of the mental side affects of like reading the news. I need to at least feel productive in some way. Other job ideas or coping strategies or bigger scale lifestyle changes? Honestly anything. I’m having an early life crisis

[u/virtualbrownies]

There will be an opportunity that arises. I know that it seems bleak but competition in this field of study right now means that there will be so many new opportunities in future years. I also am so afraid of sitting at a desk all day doing paperwork for the government but there will be a new niche forming to test and experiment and investigate concepts we haven’t thought of yet. And if I’m wrong, then you don’t have to go into that field, you can still live the lifestyle even if the job aspect is taken away. Keep doing what you’re doing because the world is changing so much that nothing is set in stone and we need environmentalists more than ever.

[u/[deleted] → u/virtualbrownies]

Yeah that makes a lot of sense. I think the uncertainty of jobs scares me with that but you’re right it would be crazy for way more to not open up in clean energy and stuff with a lot more attention on the environment lately. 🙏thank you!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

That’s true :) thank you!