Good on you! It's never too early to start thinking towards the future.

My background is in interior design but right now I'm working as a project manager for a construction management firm. Basically, I act as an agent for the owner and protect their interests in agreements between them and the architects and contractors.

Not really.

It's kind of a middleman position and I can't help but think that our role is mostly superfluous in the construction process. I also very much miss design. There's nothing creative about what I do and I desperately need that kind of an outlet.

The number one positive is that I have a lot of time to surf the internet. I've had all kinds of time to catch up on politics, science, Microsoft's blunder of the day, who the RIAA is sueing now, what Linux is up to... whatever they have on Slashdot. It's the staple of my day. But seriously, the best thing is all the people I get to work with. I've cultivated great working relationships with many contractors, repeat clients and vendors.

The biggest negative, aside from the boredom, is the stress. It's not the stress of too much to do or not enough time... it's the stress of knowing that if I make a mistake, it could cost someone thousands or millions of dollars. I make construction schedules and budgets, I sometimes order materials, I estimate my time for project completion and we bill out based on that figure. If I'm wrong, or off, or forget to carry a 1, it could cost someone a lot of money.

I'm artistic, creative, outgoing when I have to be but a complete hermit when I can get away with it, disorganized and lazy but very personable.

In highschool... I loved English Literature. And Drama. That was it. I disliked everything else. Now, I wish I could go back and take history, poly sci and US government again. I never really developed a desire for learning until after I had completed all the g.e. courses and was in a private interior design school. That was really eye opening as I realized of how much fun studying and learning can be and how rewarding it feels to work really hard for something you care about.

Nothing academic that I learned in design school has been in any way relevant to my career, not even when I actually did design work. But what it taught me was how to push myself past what I thought I could do, how to believe in my ideas and how to respect both my talents and my limitations. That's just something you just can't put a price on.

Hope that helped!

Not that you asked... but... you're just starting highschool. If there's one thing I could do differently, I would have goofed off more, challenged my teachers a little, ditched class a lot more and got in a whole lot more trouble. You're only young enough to get away with it once. You've got the whole rest of your life after that to be responsible and mature.