u/Kaclium_o40

Hi everyone,

I’m a university student studying Environmental Studies, and I’m planning to take my first GIS course next year. I’ve recently become interested in remote sensing, especially how it connects to environmental work like climate change, forests, water, land-use change, conservation, and wildfire/flood mapping.

For anyone working or studying in remote sensing/GIS, how did you get into the field? What classes, skills, software, or projects helped you the most?

I’m still early in my degree, ( going into second year) so I’d really appreciate any advice on what I should focus on now to build toward a future career in environmental GIS or remote sensing.

Thanks!

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I’m 18 and I feel so lost in life right now. I know people always say, “You’re only 18, you don’t need to know what you’re doing yet,” but honestly… how am I supposed to not feel stressed when everything feels so serious?

School, money, careers, grades, family expectations, comparing myself to other people it feels like everything is happening at once. I might have to withdraw from my program, and it makes me feel like I’m falling behind or like I already messed up my future before it even started.

I hate how life has been lately. I feel like I want to change and become better, but I don’t even know where to start. I want to figure out who I am, what I’m good at, and what kind of life I actually want, but it feels overwhelming. Everyone says I have time, but it doesn’t feel that way when I see people my age already seeming like they have a plan.

I don’t want to give up on myself. I just feel tired, confused, and scared that I’m making the wrong decisions. I want to change but I feel stuck.

Has anyone else felt like this at 18? Did you withdraw, switch programs, take a break, or completely change your path? How did you stop feeling like you were behind?