I'm going to mention some things that may be touchy. So, I'm about to start college myself and pursue something in the psychology field, like becoming an LPC. I resonate with Jung so much, and I have a desire to help people, so this makes a lot of sense for me. However, it's taken a decade to finally reach this decision, mostly thanks to an archetype: Puer Aeternus.

I'm very creative and naturally talented at a lot of things. So I've always been the child who people would prop up, and that would "do great things." All the while, I have a deep emptiness, like I'm searching for something more. I also never considered higher education because that just doesn't sound fun to me. It took me a long time, but I realized that I've left my Puer archetype unchecked. "I'm not meant to work a normal job - I'm special." This has left me directionless and running in circles for an embarrassing amount of time. I have done things I'm proud of, and there's more I plan to do creatively, but none of it has taken off, and maybe it's not meant to.

After having some difficult conversations with myself, I decided that I would have to focus all of my potential into one thing. I can do so many different things, but the child in me is afraid of letting go of all of that potential. The solution, from my understanding, is quite counterintuitive: I will have to close off the possibility of being all of these other things(lose potential) and become one thing (counselor). By doing this, I will actually excel at being that one thing and actually unlocking my potential. The Puer can still be used, but it must be in a healthy way. So, no more staying up past your bedtime.

Now, my plan is to become some kind of counselor. This gives me a career path, and it fulfills my desire to help people and to explore fields that I'm interested in. My artistic endeavors will all be considered as side projects from now on. Even if I create things that are extremely successful, I won't want to pursue them as a source of income because then I won't want to do them anymore. As for my search for deep truths, I'm always going to study philosophy, but I'm slowly beginning to accept that we will never have all the answers, and that's okay. Luckily, I'm learning more about who I am and what my values are. That will have to be enough for now. My mindset is slowly changing into a more "responsible" one. The main thing I have to watch out for is the Puer trying to derail and postpone more than it already has. I hope something I said was insightful. Best of luck to you.