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I've always had the dilemma of not really understanding what it is that I'm particularly good at in life. This has led me to plenty of stress and more questioning of my own worth than you can imagine. In all honesty, I'm not really sure of what I'm good at. I happen to be moving on to the next milestone in my life (college), not really sure of what to do. I could probably even tell you that the course I chose to take (a Marketing course) at the local college is more so for me to learn skills that I could use to do something wonderful.

This train of thought also leads me onto other things. If I'm not good at anything or can't find anything I'm good at, maybe I should just find something that I can learn to like and strive to be the best at it. Then again, what if that doesn't work out for me? I guess that's why I've been itching to do something business related for a good bit of time now - like perhaps starting my own business in who knows what and expanding on from there. After all, maybe if you're not good at anything you could somehow find a way to make a lot of money and do great things with it. For instance, if I were to become a millionaire, instead of spending all of the money frivolously, I could give to Catholic charities or fund the building of churches. Who knows? I certainly don't.

It's all a lot to think about and I'm not sure of how to approach this. I'm sorry in advance if this post seems like a bunch of rambling.

Edit: I meant to say "what you're good AT"

Daegus-

You're going through what many of us go (or have gone) through. Figuring out what to do with one's career life can be a difficult decision to make. What I can recommend, since you're going to begin your college life, besides continuing to develop devotion to the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts, is to take a few different types of courses. Perhaps start of in a liberal arts type of major, so you can get a taste of all sciences- English, Literature, Mathematics, Sciences (though this is probably the most difficult for Trads nowadays) and see if anything appeals to you.

However, in our society today, I think that these traditional degrees, while potentially good, are also overrated. I would also recommend considering skilled technical trades- automotive technician, biomechannical equipment technology. If you believe in the 3 DoD- stick with something not too technical will be good too like wood working or farming or mechanic.

I would recommend considering public safety careers on two conditions- 1. That you're spiritually strong, which may be hard to admit to oneself. But this is a given for you even going to college. 2. Consider your local public safety departments to which you're applying. Visit with them. Do research on the internet about them, and see if you can get a sense of the morality each department has. I would venture to say any big city department will be morally depraved, and your best chances are with more rural towns, but those opportunities will be far more scare.

At the end of the day- take your time. Don't rush into anything. Appreciate the feeling of frustration you may have now. See it as a good dilemma to have- in needing to choose a career you have so many choices, you just need to make one! Trust me, when the opportunity arises for the right career to choose- you will know it! And it will be great knowing it!

I guess I found out in elementary school that I was good at science- never made less than an A in any science class, but since I hated maths I never pursued it. About ten years ago found out I was good with computers. To this day, if you know how to post on forums and set up an email client, browser and network, I guarantee that you know more than a huge number of people and can get paid to teach them those things. If you understand philosophy, you understand logic, and if you understand logic, I guarantee you could learn electronics and computer programming. As you speak French I already know you are smart enough to learn a programming language like Java. I saw an ad yesterday for someone local to teach a new business owner how to use QuickBooks software. Eh but Im a computer nerd so these are examples I am familiar with. I have read posts from some people here that leads me to believe they should formally study theology.

I guess like was said above, just think what you enjoy, and what you might enjoy, then give it a try and see what happens. Now I will test your electronics skills! Play along- if you can answer these questions without too much thought, and enjoy doing it, I highly recommend electronics or computer science. Or philosophy.

If the output of a two input AND gate is true only when both inputs are true, when is the output of a two input OR gate true?

A NAND gate is an inverted AND (NOT AND). When is the output of a two input NAND gate true? When is the output of a two input NOR gate true?

Using Boolean algebra, a K-map, or any method, simplify the following logic:

AB + AC + A'BC'
(A ANDed with B OR A ANDed with C OR NOT A ANDed with B ANDed with NOT C)
Keep in mind A, B, and C can all only be either 1 or 0.

In a three element array in which each element can be any number from one to three, how many combinations of numbers are possible for the array?

If a While loop runs only while the input equals X, and the inputs equal X, X, and Y, how many times does the loop run? Think carefully.

I am confident you can answer all of the questions without using google!