This cannot be my destiny!! !!

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Guys, I need help here. I cannot stop worrying about my future, and I keep making negative assumptions about what my parents want from me.

I keep picturing myself getting my associate degree, and then getting a low-paying accounting job so I only have enough money for the necessities, and then my parents making me move out, and I also worry about my boss not wanting me to get my bachelor's degree because he or she may not want me to move up to Accountant position because he or she may not want to pay me more money.

In addition, I also picture my Mom and Dad visiting me in my future condo, and trying to tell me about how good everything is going, and I picture myself pretending to be happy with what I have, even though my job pays pittance, and I cannot afford any luxuries I dreamed of owning as a kid and teenager.

The reason why I am writing this post is because these worries are interfering with my ability to actually enjoy life. I haven't read and of my sound and vision magazines in a year, for example. I also feel like acting like Mewtwo, and yelling out, "So, is this who I am? Am I just some slave who should work at a lowly job for the rest of my life?! THIS CANNOT BE< MY DESTINY!! !! !! !!"

Help please.

Accounting? Your profile says you like electronics and computers.
What do you enjoy doing? Let your heart lead you to your career and the money will follow. This works because: If you love it, you will do great at it.
Make your own destiny.

The funny thing of life is you never know what turns it will take.

I didn't finish my college due to various reasons...financial and lack of time amongst those. I was going from cust. service job to another dead end cust service job and could barely afford my own car.

yet a couple of years ago by sheer luck I found myself in a job I had never considered before. A job that I fell in love with, got real good at it, got promoted, financial problems greatly alleviated, I managed to travel overseas a lot and now im ready to finish my college @ 30yrs old.

Worrying about what you dont have control over is pointless. Go with the flow.

I have to agree with the 2 previous posts. There are more options out there than you could ever imagine. Thinking about the future, from time to time, is a good thing, but don't try to picture it because it won't be accurate. And the journey is more important than the destiny.

i know it's hard to stop worrying so once it's already in motion, but the reality is that your thoughts are creating your future. i know this cause i've created my own crappy dead-end jobs in the past. Try (when you catch yourself in that inner worry dialogue) to tell that inner voice to shut up, and replace it with something brighter. I quit my dead-end job finally (although i don't recommend that unless you have a back-up plan) to go back to school and learn how to create my own websites that will earn passive income. broaden your scope of possibilities, and (i know it sounds clich'e but) follow your dreams! surely you didn't dream of being an accountant when you were young, but if you did that's cool, too! the point is do what you love, do what you want, and don't let ANYoNE force THEIR dream on you. good luck!

I get super f*****g paranoid that my parents will kick me out and what kind of job I'll have. Hey, at least you think you'll be getting a degree.