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    Anonymous
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    Dear Rachel:

    You wrote: “They (your parents) want me to make money so I can help support them and the rest of my family”- this is their self interest, what they want- for you to support them financially.

    “when all I ever really wanted to do was have a career where I could be happy and make a difference in the world”- this is your self interest: to be happy and make a difference in the world.

    “Where to go from here”?, the title of your thread. I vote for what you want, the second part: have “a career where (you) could be happy and make a difference in the world.”

    If you go for what they want, they will be pleased and you will be angry and miserable. If you go for what you want, you have a chance to make your life worth living, to look forward to the next day.

    It is toxic (the word you used) to sacrifice your well being so to please others. Those who want you to sacrifice your well being do not deserve your sacrifice. As a matter of fact, no one deserves that you sacrifice your well being.

    The distress that you will feel displeasing your parents is much smaller than the distress that you will feel, long term, if you please them.

    Your life is yours to live as you choose, according to what you value- this is your true responsibility.

    anita

    #149753
    Alien incident47
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      It’s not about money but how happy you are in your career.  The best currency is what you can offer other people, to help others. I heard that and now have learned that ,because I realize that my best times in life was when I struggle more just trying to get by. So I suggest to think and look for what would make you happy and more full filled in life . You came out of a hurtful relationship and you are doing right by focusing on yourself and have new goals.  You are not dumb for being in the situation you are in , you made choices from the heart and it didn’t work out for what you had hoped.  So set the past in the past and move forward with your future,  which ever path you choose.

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    Susannah
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    Dear Rachel,

     

    your heart knows the truth. The most fulfilling experiences in life are those that make you feel you can live from your heart. You have a good heart and want to do your share to make the world a better place. Whatever you study and wherever you work, never give up your values! They give you much more purpose than any well paid job without your heart would ever give.

     

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