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[quote=Anonymous]OP, haven't read all the advice so maybe someone has said this.  Do informational interviews with people who are doing things that might be interesting to you.  Ask them about what they do, why they like it, how they got into it.  Send them a thank you note.  Connect up with them on LinkedIn.  (You have a LinkedIn page, right?)  This will do at least two things for you.  1) help you figure out what you want to do with your life and 2) connect you up with a network of people who know you are looking for work.

Two times in my life I was changing careers and I did informational interviews and I ended up getting jobs because people knew I was available and interested.  (And one of those jobs I shouldn't even have been hired for -but I think what happened was that they knew I was an old buddy of a staffmember at their major funder.)

You're quite young.  I understand that you feel anxiety about the future (most of us did) but you can work your way through this.  But it's [i]very[/i] important that you reach out to people and do informational interviews and then stay in touch with them.  It can really help you find your way.  Good luck![/quote]

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