I spent the last year of my undergraduate degree working at a Social Psychology Lab and as a volunteer at a local suicide line. After graduating at the start of the pandemic, I was unemployed for 6 months before finding work as support staff at a shelter. I've been with them 6 months now and also got hired as a paid crisis responder at the suicide line I was volunteering at. I think I tried my best to find opportunities, volunteer or otherwise that would allow me to work with people on a personal level, affecting their emotional states. It helped me realize I wanted to pursue counselling!