Please help me with my life purpose

[Pilgrim]

Hello, I am new member.. but have been involved with self-actualization and Leo's channel quite a bit. 

I though maybe you could help me on my situation.  I am 26 years old and have an undergraduate in business. I don't want to work in a typical 9-5 desk-job in a regular company. I tried and I was very bored and unmotivated. I felt like the good part of life was already over. I don't want to act like an entitled millennial and I know I cannot always have what I want. I am also afraid that the instability and uncertainty of being self-employed will get on me, however I think I need to try this route. I worked in the startup scene as well, it was better than the old economy however still not ideal and worse payed. I am an INFP on Myers Briggs and very interested in psychology, I also have a highly creative site. A part of the INFP personality is also a very altruistic nature, which is probably also why I do not really like the business environment. 

Now I am pondering on two options for a new orientation of my professional path: 

Option 1)

- Study again and do a Master program in Counseling in Somatic Psychology 

- Additional Education in Art Therapy 

leaves the possibility to essentially work as a therapist. Could be interesting though in a business field as well, because of my undergraduate. Do you think companies would hire me with this background for coachings/seminars as well? I could also imagine organising workshops and seminars apart from a business environment and be self-employed. 

Option 2) 

- currently working as a nanny (20hrs/week; covers my needs) 

- the rest of the time I can invest into creative projects, such as painting, writing a blog, writing a screenplay, e-books, self-education 

With this option, I would basically cover my needs with the nanny job and give me the freedom to explore my creativity and see where this is going to lead. Possible income streams could be the blog or corporations with other artists (when I get to know them in the area), or for the highly unlikely case that I am at least sort of "successful" with the screen play . (Although, I think the draft is not toooo bad)

Option 2 is more playing around (I love that though) and sometimes wonderful things happen out of nowhere and it also pretty much fits my personality type, but it does objectively not really have that much potential in generating income. I am not really losing anything though either, because I can support myself with the nanny job. Option 1 is more serious, but involves a lot of costs as well. The master program is very expensive. It makes me more trustable though for companies and private clients because of the official education and degree. However, self-employment always involves a certain risk and being self-employed would also mean that I need to finance the beginning stage as well. I see a lot of potential here, but I fear that I will end up in so much debt that it becomes too overwhelming. 

Most important factors for me in a job 

1. Meaning 

2. Freedom; quite location-independent and flexible schedule 

3. Money

What do you think? Any ideas what could be interesting as well? 

Thanks a lot  

 

 

 

 

Edited August 27, 2018 by Pilgrim

[RichardY]

Well @Pilgrim , only after you eat the peanuts Out of my Shit! Sorry couldn't resist.

You seem pretty well put together. Whatever you do, don't lose heart or momentum. "Come and learn to dance".