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Thank you all so much for the information and thoughts! I'm going to talk to an accountant in my department to see if we can schedule a time for me to shadow. As for shadowing a nurse..I'm not sure who to talk to for that but i'll start off with my mom since she works at the women's hospital. Hopefully that will make my decision easier. I'll also try not to get too caught up in planning every step of my future out. Lol

I am just not sure if I can see myself sitting at a desk staring computer screens and numbers all day long for the rest of my life. I cant see myself coming into work at 7am to leave work at 9pm because I cant figure out where that .98 cent difference came from. But I also have never shadowed an accountant or a nurse so that's definitely something I want to do before making any decisions. Thank you for your input!

I am currently working full time at an Oil and Gas company. My plan is to quit my job and go to school full time. I have tried night classes and I just lose focus easily after a long day at work. I am an average student (mostly B's, some A's & C's here and there). I cannot, for the life of me, decide what degree I want to try for. I have always wanted to be a L&D nurse. The chance to help mothers and families in such a life changing event would be amazing. But I know I would have to most likely work my way there. On the other hand I have experience in the Oil & Gas industry and could get a job as an entry accountant or somewhere in the accounting department and work my way up to being a director. Both jobs are good, stable jobs with pretty good pay but I want to make sure I am at a job that I LOVE. I want to be able to get up and not dread going to work. I am 24 years old and I want to have a degree by the time I am 30. I want to have a stable career by the time I try to bring children into this world but I also don't want to have trouble having a child because of my age. I know things don't always go as planned but this is my plan so far. Lol. I have made a list of pros and cons for each and they both weigh each other out. I'm hoping a current nurse could give me any advice on how they picked nursing, pro's and con's a non-nurse like me doesn't know, is the debt going to nursing school worth the first/second year pay...anything at all! Please help! Thanks in advance! One more thing! I read in a forum that I should take into account my personality when choosing my major. I am a shy person but will speak up when I need to. I kind of keep to myself until I'm comfortable. This leads me to believe accounting is what I should be in but I feel like that is a silly way to choose what I will do for the rest of my life.