What is wrong with someone who cant decide what career path to take?

I know that this seems like a simple problem but I change my mind almost daily and I am 31. I feel like a loser. I want to pick something and stick to it but I get bored easily. My talent is writing and my family has told me to stick with that and not pursue any other major career goals but I love the idea of owning my own business. This goes back to when I was a kid. I was a dreamer then too. How can you overcome this problem? I have a mediocre job and other people always tell me that I am selling myself short but I cant stick with a career goal for long enough to actually obtain it.

Answer:
Well friend , there comes a time in life when you have to decide on something & give it all you've got !

If writing is your passion & you're any good at it , get cracking !You will always do better if it is something you are passionate about ...so what have you got to lose ?
Too many of us are in jobs that serve a purpose but don't meet an inner need ! So there's the challenge ...pick up your pen & write !
Ya I'm in the same boat. I'm only 21 and I have changed my major in school many times, changed jobs many times. It seems I can't find some certain path to stick to and go down. I kind of worry about my future, like will I end up my whole life doing the same thing? Least I know I'm not the only one.
There isn't anything necessarily wrong with you from a psychological standpoint (though there could be). You suffer from a lack of self discipline at the least, something you can work on if you really want too.
I was like this and I'm 20. I never truly decided on a path and it was hard. Every time i chose a path i just started tearing it apart by only focusing on the problems and obstacles. I thought that I need to make sure I know everything about the path before i went on it. I then found out that you can never fully know about something until you just go and do it. Now i'm going to a music school in the fall since i've always loved music and it is one of the few things ive been passionate about. You eventually just have to take that scary dive and there is NO way around it.
That is not being abnormal, but being undecided and having more than one option available.

Some assistance can be found in psychology assessment on your interest, commonly used for young adults to chose an career as well as when people are interested in changing jobs etc. An example of test like this "STRONG".

Another thing to do is go over "all" available jobs fields and cross out the ones you can not consider etc. to narrow it down into particular field and then get some hands on experience.

Good luck!
You don't know yourself entirely and that you don't believe in yourself; that is what was wrong with you. You may know what are your talents and dreams but you don't believe in yourself to be great in one that's why you are shifting.

Right now, if you still had that habit, I think you don't know where you are going to be happy. So, I suggest, listen to yourself, ask yourself what are the things that could make you happy coz you haven't known it yet.

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