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Tough love time? Tough love time.

I am unaware of any particularly lucrative careers that come out of a BS in psychology. You're going to have to find money from somewhere else for a while, while also volunteering.

There are probably a few paid positions in amongst those organizations. There are lots more volunteers. Most of those volunteers make a living doing something unrelated to what they're volunteering for. You become friends with them because you'e like-minded. You learn the process of the individual organizations you're working with. You make connections and you learn stuff. You develop a skillset highly refined to the types of positions you're seeking. Before too long you're Stephen Miller.

Know the difference between volunteering and apprenticeship? Apprentices stick with it. If you want this, if you mean this, if you want to live this, do it. Stick it out. Meet the people. Learn the routines. Become the guy they call when they have a little money. And drive for Uber or whatever for a while. Because really, a BS in psych is great if you're going on in academia and if not, it doesn't really set you apart much from many other entry-level positions. Not saying don't look for them. But don't turn down free stuff if you just graduated. It's damn tough in this day and age to find a job related to what you love with a BS in something that isn't STEM; you have to put in the time.

But once you put in the time, who knows the places you'll go.