I truly need advice! Please!

[musicnme_nurseicldb]

I am very desperate, I have been praying and i believe that God is speaking to me, but im afraid i just may be ignoring his signs. I have spoken to leadership and family and everyone encourages/insists that i continue and complete the lpn nursing program. I am in my sec semester, but attempting to complete the same courses as last. See i stopped mid-semester, last semester, i gave up, i got bored, frustrated and my passion for nursing is so limited, i have stronger passions else where. I apologize, I am 24, just turned, jan 31. I have always been told that i would make a great doctor/nurse, i love to help people, encourage, take care of, protect, so i made alot of mistakes for a good four years, wasted alot of time, but learned a lifetime of lessons. I came to my sis and bro in law one day, which turned into a month, and kept talking about nursing, bc that was the only thing i thought i was capable of doing and that would be realistic. I am since been changed inside out, through God, and i love to draw, write, read, i love to research history/art, love theatre, love to express myself through art and music, have always dreamed of becoming a singer. Its my number one passion and desire. My family uses that, by saying, "well if you get your nursing degree/diploma you will be able to afford to pursue your music. I in this long process, to make a very long story short, have started to hate nursing, i get distracted and only study very hard to make a passing/good grade, to please those around me. I am wondering if i am trying to just talk myself out of nursing bc i love music/art so much, or if just maybe, i should follow my heart and listen to what's inside of me, or is my true love/passion, being a distraction to me right now??????? Could anyone someone, please help me, i need some direction, i dont want to fail anymore, make anymore unrealistic decisions that will cause me to be 24 living in this trailor for the rest of my life... lol I dont want to get out of bed some mornings, bc i just dread this program! I am too busy, i do worship leader for our youth group and we practice, we do other activities like sing at nursing homes and will be branching out more, i am in an allstate youth choir, i sing in church and i am so busy i cant breathe some days, and the only thing i can imagine giving up is nursing.... i truly want to help people, but am starting to believe this isnt the route i am to take.

Please help me, I am all ears, desperate for direction!

[Music in My Heart]

Well, if you're not going to follow the advice of your family and your "leadership" then why would you listen to a bunch of anonymous folks typing on the internet?

[musicnme_nurseicldb]

I am listening to them, i am still in the nursing program, but i am unhappy and i dont know if it is just something that is normal. I am asking people who are going through or may have gone through something similar. Sometimes, our family and people that dont have similar passions, cant see past the fact that they just want you to be stable.

[Music in My Heart]

You need to earn a living and the music industry is a notoriously brutal one... a very small number of people make a ton of money and most of the rest just struggle to get along.

Nursing is not an easy way to make a living but it's not the worst one, either.

Perhaps, though, you should look into becoming an art or music teacher. At least your vocation would have more in common with your passion.

[musicnme_nurseicldb]

Thats what i've been leaning towards, in my heart. Thank You very much, sometimes, I don't trust my emotional instinct, so i reach out, to make sure I'm not doing things for the wrong reason.

Thank You very much!

[itsmejuli]

The only person in this lifetime that can make you happy is yourself. Do what makes you happy and fulfills YOU.

If nursing is not your passion, don't do it.

Just because other people tell you to do something doesn't mean you have to do it. You are an adult and its your life, not theirs.

[redalert7777]

I understand where you are coming from. I think every nursing student I've ever talked to questions if they are on the right path, and I've been there myself, getting disenchanted. But then something will happen that will remind me why I chose to become a nurse, and why I want to help people. For me, personally, I figure, I've gone through SO much to get where I am, and am SO close to being done, and I can still pursue my other interests after I have my degree. There is so much you can do with a nursing degree, and you do have to be able to afford to survive, because like someone else had mentioned, the art and music is notoriously difficult to be prosperous in. Even if nursing is used just as a stepping stone for you to get to where you want to be, or to afford to do those things. You do have to be happy in life, but you also have to survive I've found out, to be happy as well, lol! Just my advice or two-cents :) Good luck to you!