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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I'm an only child, but I can really relate to your plight about making bad decisions and low self-esteem resulting from making bad decisions.

I, too, feel like I made a lot of bad decisions and have no idea why I make so many bad decisions and continue to make them (mostly career related).  Here is a list of my bad decisions: 1) majoring in a liberal arts field (history) that is completely useless, 2) going to law school (which I had no interest in, was pressured into it by my parents), 3) graduating, but deciding not to practice law and instead going into another field, which led me to never have an actual career, just a series of low-paying jobs, 4) getting a second graduate degree in a low-paying field that's hard to find a job in, and 5) delaying having children which resulted in an easy first pregnancy/birth but then resulted in secondary infertility (which I'm currently dealing with).

I don't know why I made so many bad decisions, which really negatively impacted my life and have resulted in where I am today: a SAHM with little to no career potential.  It's really sad.  I was so smart in high school/college, graduated with honors, etc. but today I feel like I wasted my potential.

I am trying to turn things around though.  I see a therapist, I try to mindfully make only good decisions, and I try to change things about my life that I don't like.  [/quote]

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