How do I know what I want to do?

how about you write down your interest and see it from there?

You're 17 years young. You have PLENTY (and I do mean PLENTY) of time to figure out what you want to do. Don't fall into the cliques, get to know a little bit of everybody from every group at your school. That'll make you more open-minded and people will think of you as friendly and cool. Be outgoing but don't follow trends, set your own.

Be yourself, don't sweat the small stuff. Work on your spelling, and go with the flow. You'll be fine. They're just people. HAVE FUN! You will think oneday that you wish you could go back.

This year while doing events just find what brings you the most joy, because the career you choose is probably what you'll do forever.

No I'm just kidding, today you could go to college to be a rocket scientist find that you hate it and become a professional clown, whatever makes you happy, right now I'm working, just a summer job, landscape type stuff, and I enjoy it, but doing it forever, 40 more years would be very boring I'm already kind of bored.
Whatever you are into, just think you can do whatever you want, I am in the same boat as you I'm going to be a junior and I really want to go into the FBI but what does that even mean and no one is really giving me any help, pointers, good ideas on colleges.
Hope this kind of helps.

Get ready for college. Get with as many girls as you can because at this age you can hook up with any girl and you don't even have to do much. Enjoy your time in high school and make sure to hit the books. Experiment a little and get drunk every weekend. Ooe and don't forget to get some teenage head while you are it.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE TO DO?

Right now you should be gathering information. Take some aptitude tests, find some books about giftings, etc. "Discover Your God Given Gifts," by Don and Katie Fortune, is one that is Good. Learn as much about yourself as you can. Another book that could help you is "Why You Do What You Do" by Bobb Biehl. Don't limit yourself. Dream big. If you could do anything you wanted, what would it be, and look like? Once you gather all the evidence, and have an idea of what the dream would look like, check around and see what kind of jobs would allow you to work in that way, then see how you can get into the process of preparing for that job.

JD-Morris is right about finding places you can volunteer, or work parttime, or just hang out and watch. That is the best way to test your personality against the specifics of a job. If you don't like the things you see others doing, you won't like doing them yourself.

One last thing is to pray. Normally, I would put that first but, if you don't believe in God, or don't have a good relationship with Him, that can be a problem. All I can recommend there is that you ask God to make Himself God, in your life. He made you, and He can do whatever it takes to make Himself real to you. Read the Bible for yourself so you can learn how to tell Him from those who imitate, or claim to represent Him, while not doing so. It is amazing how much the enemy has distorted our view of God. He may not like some of the things you do, but He does like, and love, you. Not as your parents and other people do, although some people represent Him pretty well. God introduces Himself through His love letter and that is the best place to start, checking out how He related to people, and they related to each other, throughout time.

Well, my personal opinion is that life is too tough in so many different ways, so why make it harder? I say that you should do something that you will enjoy doing. Think of a career that you would enjoy doing for a good part of your life and take steps to reach that goal. Sit down with a pen/pencil & a piece of paper and list as many jobs/careers that you can think of. Next, seriously think about how you would feel if you had to work at each one for an amount of at least 3 to 5 years, at least. (This is about how long most people stay at jobs nowadays.) Then, think about jobs/careers that you would love to do all of your life. When you think about jobs/careers that you would like to do all of your life, money should not be a reason for choosing a career or job in your life or else you will continue to only work for money, which will not be the right reason for picking a job or career. Think about your strengths and what you already enjoy doing, such as in school or other activities. Once again, do not take a job/career just for the money unless you absolutely have to while you are pursuing a goal that you really would like to achieve, because if you do, you may end up miserable in life. Cross out any jobs you think you would hate doing for the rest of your life. What's left should be jobs that you wouldn't mind doing. There may be other jobs/careers out there that you are not aware of as well. Don't limit yourself to what you think you could or should do in life. Also, don't allow your lack of skill in certain areas that you feel you would enjoy to dictate whether you decide to go for your dream job! Learn to dream big. Set a vision in front of you of what you would like to do and go for it! Remember that there is no limit to what you can accomplish if you want to do it! Good luck! :) Also, you can talk to people such as your guidance counselor & tell him/her what you would like to do & ask for any help he/she may be able to give you. Talk to people around you as well in order to find ways to reach whatever goals you would like to accomplish in life.

I'm sure your finished school for a few months - best thing to do now is find things your even half interested in - and ask if you can volunteer or just observe for a few hours - see all that's involved - talk to a few people

Its a lot easier to try things now then in a year or two when you have to make a choice

I've floated around a lot of jobs since I was 15 - found out a lot about myself that otherwise might have come back to haunt me in 10 years

I've always been physically active -i tried to work 9 to 5 and almost lost my mind - sitting in the same place - working on a computer

And I hated making a lot of money for someone else while I did all the work and got little for it

And I know in a few years - I couldn't put a job before having a family of my own

at the moment I'm trying to start up my own little business - But the worst thing is I could have made that decision 2 years ago!

So now is the time - list all that is or will be important to you


So that's a start -

Do you like Daily Routine or Change
Work better on your own or with others?
Being Active? or sitting down all day and being comfortable?