[nabs-l] What I Think I Want To Do...More Questions...

[christopher nusbaum]

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Chris Nusbaum

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On Jun 8, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Carly Mihalakis <carlymih at comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi, Keri,
>
> Thank you for the message, clarifying from where you are sittting, career wise. For subjects like sports%
> &rec  contact Lisa Maria Martinez at lmartenez at gmail.com.
> Good luck! Car04:02 PM 6/8/2013, you wrote:
>> Hi Everyone:
>>
>> Last night, I did some more thinking. I believe I have come up with a
>> plan, and thought I'd share to get everyone's thoughts. I decided to
>> change the subject line.
>> The problem is I don't know what my passion is. I suffer from very
>> very low self-esteem and lack belief/confidence in myself. As I said
>> in my previous message, I have no problems doing things for someone
>> else, but when it comes to myself and what I want to do this is where
>> I majorly struggle.
>> My other problem is that because of lack of confidence when I think of
>> my interests I question myself and convince myself out of it. There is
>> a difference between just liking something and actually doing it for a
>> career and being good at it.
>> Maybe I just don't know what I am really good at.
>> Okay, here are my interests and potential career plan.
>> My interests are sports, braille, rehabilitation counseling,
>> rehabilitation teaching, journalism, reading, writing, and
>> communications.
>> Here is what I was thinking.
>> I really love sports. When I went to WVU before, I was a journalism
>> major because I thought I wanted to be a sportswriter.
>> I was thinking I'd finish my journalism degree. I say journalism
>> because I feel it could teach me a lot of transferable skills that
>> could help me in other areas and I could learn to become a better
>> writer. I could also try to better figure out whether I want to
>> actually be a sportswriter.
>> My top interests besides sports are rehabilitation counseling,
>> rehabilitation teaching, and braille. I figured if after I got my
>> journalism degree, I could get my master's in either rehabilitation
>> counseling, rehabilitation teaching, or teaching blind students.
>> I need to probably say I've never had any real experiences teaching,
>> but I am an excellent braille reader, and with there being such a
>> shortage with braille teachers I figure I could do something with
>> that.
>> The same with rehabilitation teaching. While I have no experience with
>> teaching, again, I do have skills and figure I could teach them.
>> I became interested in rehabilitation counseling when I joined the
>> NFB. I became very passionate about seeing blind people reach their
>> full potential and getting the training they need.
>> I also have severe hearing loss in addition to my blindness so I am
>> also passionate about seeing others who have severe hearing loss in
>> addition to blindness reach their full potential.
>> My problem is though, I have no trouble writing or speaking about
>> these interests but when it comes to doing things/taking action I
>> struggle and become nervous and lose confidence in myself and then
>> convince myself I can't do it.
>> I can talk the talk but when it comes to walking the walk I have no
>> idea and that is where I lose confidence in myself and become
>> negative.
>> Does what I wrote above sound like a good plan?
>> Do others struggle with this whole thing about being afraid and unsure
>> when it comes to taking action and convincing yourself you can't do
>> it?
>> In West Virginia, we do not have a community college. I live in the
>> same town as West Virginia University, which is the state landgrand
>> institution.
>> I am no longer in high school;I graduated in 2006.
>> Thanks so much for your input and thoughts!
>> Kerri
>>
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