Ekim 3, 2025
25 yaşına gelmek üzere ve kendimi kaybolmuş hissediyorum
Herkese merhaba, asla yardım için ulaşılacak türden bir kişi olmadığım için bunu yapmak çok garip hissediyorum (özellikle çevrimiçi insan kitlesel bir grup için) ama bunun üzerinde çalışıyorum ve sanırım bu benim ilk adımım? Yaklaşık bir yıl önce, lisansımı hukuk çalışmalarında psikolojiye odaklanarak tamamladım. 3.76 GPA ile mezun oldum. Ailemde ilk nesilim ve ailem modern okul/kolej sistemi hakkında fazla bir şey bilmiyorum. Kendi sosyal kaygım nedeniyle akranları veya mentorlarla hiç yakın ilişkiler kurmadım. Her zaman kendi sınıflarımı çevrimiçi olarak planladım ve devam etmek için ne yapmam gerektiğini araştırdım, ama şimdi sıkışmış hissediyorum. Lsats, bu noktada kafamın üzerinde asılı bir bıçak gibi hissediyor ve düşüncesinde endişe ile dolu ve şimdiye kadar onları ertelememi sağladı. Kasım ayında 25 yaşına giriyorum ve ne kadar yakınlaşırsa, her şeyin bana vurulması için o kadar farkına varır. Şimdi sorum şu, yapabileceğim başka bir şey var mı? Belki psikolojide bir yüksek lisans yapmak istiyorum ama bu lisansımı işe yaramaz hale getirir mi? Bir noktada mahkeme muhabiri olmayı bile düşündüm ama bunun temelde kendi derecesini gerektirdiğini fark ettim ama buna değer mi?
Etiketler:
I don’t think pursuing your master’s degree in psychology will make your bachelor’s degree in legal studies a waste of time. I think you can effectively apply your legal knowledge in the psychology field if you know how to utilize your creativity to make it successful.
My bachelor’s degree is in Media Communication, but my master’s and PhD are in psychology, and I don’t feel my bachelor’s degree is a waste of time. In fact, the knowledge and skills I acquired during my bachelor’s degree are still beneficial to me, even though I don’t utilize them as frequently as those from my master’s and PhD programs.
Also, even though you might want to change fields because you know better now, always believe that what you learned in the past is never a waste of time.
I never regret what I learned in the past, no matter how different it is from my current field. You have to feel that why, otherwise it will paralyze you from moving toward something you know will be a better fit for you.
Yes, when you were younger, you made decisions that were not a good fit for your current or future self. Therefore, you have to forgive yourself for not knowing better at the time. The key to moving forward successfully in the future is to never regret the past, learn from it, and make better decisions that are more aligned with your current and future self.
From my personal experience, I make the best decisions based on what I know and have available at the moment. Whatever I learn in the future, I will make better decisions than I have in the past. I make decisions as a learning process that evolves as I go. I never had a career plan for my life. For example, I did not realize I wanted to pursue a master’s degree in health psychology until after I began my career as a speaker, helping individuals improve their health. I did not know that I wanted to pursue my Phd in humanistic psychology until after I finished my master’s. I learn new things about myself after every life decision, which helps me make better decisions moving forward. I never regret any decision I made in life, even though the past decisions might not have aligned perfectly with my current life.
> I would like to pursue a masters maybe in psychology but would that render my bachelor’s useless?
No it would not
Having a bachelor’s and a master’s in two seemingly unrelated topics can often be very useful depending on what type of job you are aiming for. For example to be a “patent lawyer” you need both a engineer related bachelors a degree from a law school (the really good ones make around $250,000 a year which is like double a regular attorney’s annual income)
A quick ChatGPT search shows that having a bachelor’s in legal study and master’s in psychology can get you these jobs:
– policy analysts
– crisis intervention therapist
– court appoint special advocate
– (there’s a lot more but I don’t wanna ramble on; type on chat GPT “what jobs can I get with bachelors in legal studies and master’s in [insert degree name]” if you want to see all of them)
Also if anything you can wait on taking the LSAT and become a paralegal than discuss with your firm on weather they are willing to fund your time in law school after you feel comfortable taking the LSAT
I’m 27 first gen college and the same as you in many way (anxiety, independent, never formed relationships, lost, etc.)
What have you been doing in that year since you graduated? If I could give myself some advice to younger me it would be to get job experience and not fret over school related stuff. Degrees past bachelors don’t get you many places in my opinion and often aren’t “worth” it.