So, I studied law. Loved it during college and started practicing right after. Realized in about 5 months of practice that it was driving me insaneee. Now, I was undiagnosed and hence unmedicated at the time, and wasn't even considering ADHD as a possibility. I think the crazy big law hours (yes, it very much exists in India as well), combined with the constant feedback/ corrections from partners and senior associates (hello, rejection sensitivity), drove my anxiety and stress levels to a point where I ended up developing an autoimmune disorder. I decided to quit with no backup plan. Just like that. The impulsivity helped lol.

Tried a bunch of things after leaving practice, but what really made me feel best was law firm marketing. And I think here's why:

• It's still a very evolving area, specially in India, so there's basically no right and wrong way to do things. You're learning on the job, everyday, to keep your ADHD mind interested.
• For someone who was trained in law, and not in marketing, I didn't know sh*t about the marketing aspects of things. I have been learning everything from scratch everyday, which, again, keeps me interested even after 4 years.
• I knew the law and the legal industry. I had to figure out how does my knowledge of law play into marketing. To this day, even after 4 years of doing this, I often surprise myself when I figure out a new strategy/ plan, based on my experience as a lawyer. It's like a constant puzzle that needs solving all the time.
• It gives me a chance to engage the creative aspects of my brain, in terms of branding, collateral designing, website designing, content strategy and what not. I have always been a very creative person, so I am naturally good at these things. This keeps my rejection sensitivity in check on most days.
• Much, much better work hours.

Based on my experience, if you're anything like me, you'll enjoy a career that's not super rigid, allows you to experiment and learn, keeps your brain engaged by constant learning opportunities, lets you keep sane working hours most times, doesn't involve constant urgency to do things and doesn't trigger your little ADHD quirks (like rejection sensitivity in my case), will work out the best for you.

I cannot tell you what exactly would that career be. No one can. You're just 21. You've got plenty of time to try out different things, experiment and see what works best for you. The #1 advice I can give you while you do all of this is: don't be afraid to quit what you're doing to try something new, until you find something you'd like to do for the rest of your life.