Sounds like you have a bit of a plan, so thats a start.

While its all nice and fuzzy getting a job doing something you love, you have to have a sprinkle of reality too, thus considering something that offers good employment oppourtunites and a good wage is needed. Sad but true.

I wanted to be a pilot and go to the Australian defence Force Academy. Good luck with that. You really do have to be the best to make it down that road thinking everyone gets to fly FA-18's... So opted for Engineering, in particular, Mining Engineering. Full employment, good money from the get go and pretty good work/life balance. (I pretty much work week on week off).

Luckily, I got my shite together early and did the right subjects in high school, to get into engineering. Its not my passion but it funds my leisure activities, which is what you work for right?

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