My first advise for you would be to never study something to please anyone but yourself. This is your life, not your parents and you are the only one to suffer the consequences of not following your own heart. Possibly living through a few years of their disappoinment is worth not suffering the rest of your life doing something you don't love. There are already too many miserable people on the planet, walking through life comatose, punching their time clocks at their crappy job, waiting to go home so they can bitch about their crappy job, and getting up the next morining to do it all again. I always thought my problem was not following through. If I could make money just coming up with ideas, I'd be a millionaire. There are just not enough hours in the day to pursue all the things I am intersted in, but it does not keep me from trying. I'm only 39 and I've been an aerobics instructor, a news director, a retail manager, a security systems technician, to name a few jobs working for other people. I've owned 4 successful businesses and currently have a architectural design company, and real estate investment company, I teach high school drafting, I am currently going to school to pursue an engineering degree, and I'm already brainstorming my next business venture. Yes, I am insane and I love it. That being said, someone previously asked what kind of jobs are there where we can put being a polymath to use. have found that architecture is the one area where I feel I can utilize all my life experiences and the more I continue to learn (about anything) the better I get at it without actually specializing. You can be an architectect and do okay, but the truly great ones have a vast knowledge of many subjects areas. It involves art, science, math, design, history, psychology, sociology, business, law, on and on. It is a great balance of left and right brain activity, creativity and logic, working as a team and independently, dealing with the public but not necessarily every day. There are a variety of jobs you can do related to it, not just an architect. And if you decide it's not for you, at least you have some practical knowledge for when you buy, build, or invest in a house or other structure.