Hello! Apologies if this is in the wrong section of the forums - I wasn't 100% sure where to post and I think this is the most fitting. If it is in the wrong place please tell me and sorry in advance!

Anyway, hello. My name is John. I am 17 years old and I live in Ireland. I read the Millionaire fastlane book a while ago and it really gave me a new perspective on life. I thank MJ DeMarco so much for this. But however, I currently am at a bit of a cross-road stage in my life and I'm finding it very difficult and is creating me a lot of stress.

About last year (before I knew of this book), I was all set and had my life planned out. I was working very hard in school all set out to pursue my career as a Pharmacist. I wanted to become one as I did a weeks worth of work experience in a local chemist and I really enjoyed the work that I was doing in the dispensary, assisting the Pharmacist. I had high intentions and my family were proud of me for wanting such a high fly job that required an awful lot of work to gain a place in University for.

Fast track to around these last few months, ever since October about and I'm a totally different opinion. Along with the book changing my outlook on what life is and what to do with it, I also read up on a lot of the ethics of Pharmacy and giving out medicine to patients. As much as it is helping the community, I don't like the idea of being the person giving out medication to cover a problem, not addressing it. I don't like underlying problems of sorts. Despite it being good money, I don't know if I'll enjoy it for X amount of years. I will admit that I did really love it during the work experience though.

Rethinking of what I should aim my life at; I have always loved computers, the working of them and how programmes are made and used. I would love to have my own business making and selling such products as I have some very good ideas (at least I hope.) From the help of the book and other resources, I feel that it is suited towards my strengths of making a viable business and I believe going to college/Uni and studying a computer science degree will help me really getting to grips with skills I need of making a brand and business.

But with this, I'm being met with a lot of resistance from all ends of both family, friends and teachers. I find it very difficult to explain myself and my reasoning and when I manage to do so, I end up being matched with more resistance of how silly I am being. I'm at my last where it'll be the point where my family will force me to change my college course options back to Pharmacy/Biomedical science. Such arguments of a stable job is needed in this recession/I'm wasting my life by throwing my old dreams, etc. etc. Even my close friends are very surprised with my rethinking and are trying to talk me out of it.

I really am lost on what to do or how to go about this. I know this is a forum of very intelligent and sucessful people and I was hoping some advice could be given to me. I am calling for help!

PS: I love this forums feature of Auto-saving content. My internet died and I lost my content, but thankfully it was still there haha.