How do I decide on a career that I won’t later regret or wish I had taken a different path?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

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🗓️ 14 May 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In this episode I meet with Kellice and answer the question “How do I decide on a career that I won’t later regret or wish I had taken a different path?” Kellice wants to choose a sustainable career to support herself and her boys, but she isn’t sure where to start. How can she be sure she isn’t going to make the wrong decision?I challenge Kellice to consider that there may be more than one path for her to choose. Feeling like there is one best choice—and that you will suffer if you don’t fin...

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks podcast. I'm so glad you're here.
0:13.2	In each episode, I coach a listener through a tough question about mental health, personal
0:18.3	growth, family relationships, or faith journeys.
0:21.8	My goal is to help you think, feel, or do something differently to improve your life because
0:27.2	you listen to this podcast.
0:29.5	I want you to step into your power and create a life you love.
0:33.9	Let's get started.
0:36.3	I'm so happy to welcome Kelly's to the podcast today. Welcome, Kellys.
0:42.4	Thank you so much. It's so nice to be here. I feel honored that I've been picked to be on your podcast.
0:48.0	Oh, well, thank you. Thank you. So you've listened before to the podcast?
0:52.2	I have. Okay. Wonderful. Well, welcome, welcome. What is your question for me today?
0:58.2	So my question is, how do I settle and decide on a career that I won't later regret or wish that I had
1:06.1	chosen something differently? Okay. So are you like in a transition phase of life? Like give me a little bit
1:14.6	more background on where you are right now. Yeah. So I did get an undergraduate degree a few years ago.
1:22.4	And then I got married, became a mom. I have two little boys who are in elementary school.
1:28.2	Wonderful. Yeah. And I found myself divorced and single a few years ago. And I've just kind of been
1:36.1	doing, you know, some different music jobs and things like that just to kind of get by and bridge
1:42.7	the gap. But more and more I've
1:44.4	been feeling like I need to settle on a career, something that's more sustainable and that will
1:48.5	last myself and my boys for years to come. And so that's where I met now. Yeah. So what calls to you?
1:56.0	That is such a good question. I love interacting with people. The whole desk job at a computer not talking to a
2:03.1	soul all day, that's not for me. Gotcha. Yeah. So you know you want to interact with people. What else do you
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