I will try my best to keep this post short, however I am going to try and include the entire situation I am facing so that you can get a "feel" for the position I am in.

The problem: I cannot figure out what I should do career wise, though I feel "passionate" about aviation, there are a few concerns that I have.

1. I went for my 3rd class medical this past April and failed my color vision test (though I previously was able to obtain a 1st class, no restrictions) and had the "no night flying" restriction placed on my medical. So, I went with a my dad and his friend from the FAA and practiced for the light signal test, and I don't see any issues with passing this in the future, however this is still a factor that may come back to haunt me in my career. I have actually temporarily solved this problem as I called Oklahoma and told them that I wanted to upgrade to a 1st class and went back to my previous AME and passed with no restrictions, again.

2. I have always run into financial issues as far as the feasibility of completing my flight training has been concerned. Therefore, I do not have my ratings yet and I am 26 years old. I have simply been working on completing my degree, with very little since of direction as far as what to study. However, I am now in a position to borrow the money but I am having a hard time committing to this as I hate the idea of so much debt with the possibility of my color vision "biting" me in the future.

4. Again, I am very very passionate about aviation, helicopters specifically. Honestly, airplanes seem like a way to get a foot in the door as far as flying is concerned and it is better than nothing, but my actually passion is in helicopters, everything about them. I understand the competition as well as the supply and demand issues with this, but I cannot help that I love helicopters. I am not very thrilled with the idea of flying as an airline pilot (nor most other fixed wing jobs with the exception of bush flying), as I am very hands on and like "low and slow" flying. Problem is, with helicopters I am looking at considerably more debt, with considerably fewer jobs at the entry level.

5. I have some interest in business, finance, entrepreneurship, economics, and positive psychology (random, I know, but I read a lot on these topics and enjoy them.) Problem is, I feel lost as far as "real world" application goes with these topics as well as how to plan a career progression in these areas. All of my "mentors" are developers and entrepreneurs that I met while working at an FBO. I was actually very good at networking with the people getting off the back of the jets rather than the front. The passengers always seemed a lot happier than the pilots (no offense haha), and every time we talk (on the phone or in person) I get a lot of encouragement to pursue wealth, blah blah blah, but my problem is there is no guarantee of a "career path" in those types of things nor of any type of success.

So I know there may not appear to be a question here, but the question would be, given these things how would you respond in my shoes? I am certainly looking for any wisdom and advice available. I want to do everything I can to ensure a successful future, and would really like to hear some new perspectives. What decision do I make, and how do I get started today?

Thank you guys so much!!