I Just Graduated on Sunday

[TinCow]

Yes, I have both my masters and bachelors. The combination typically prepares one to prepare/take the CPA exam and become licensed in almost any state. Unfortunately, I've been having trouble finding work in public accounting so my future is a murky right now. I think I'll land something eventually, but even if I do, do I really want to be an accountant for the next 50 years of my life? I've just never really hand to consider these things too heavily before, but after 23 years it's time.

The job you are doing next year is not likely to be the same job you are doing 50 years from now. Like it or not, you've locked yourself into a career path for the immediate future due to your choices in college. Use the degrees you've obtained to get yourself a job and become financially stable. Once that is accomplished, you can start branching out in employment and look at other areas of work that interest you more. It is common for people to change career paths multiple times during their life. Your job is your real education, school is just what gets your the first job.

As for your first post, it's a great movie but it's not deep philosophy. The point of all of this is to be happy; if you are not, everything else is pointless. Your job is to first figure out what makes you happy, then determine how you are going to achieve that happiness. You will find the answers to both of those things in time. One thing to remember though is that maximizing happiness over the course of your life sometimes means doing things you do not enjoy in the short term.