Dear Military Nun Wannabe, 

With some it's the military, with others a career opportunity, with still others a young man or woman they meet, but most young people who are seriously considering a vocation (and many who had made their decision) run into a circumstance that knocks the wind out of their sails, at least temporarily.  

The good thing about this is that it makes them reflect on what a vocation is, and allows them to make a more mature decision. It is something allowed by God for a greater good. 

You ask what you should do besides pray to solve your dilemma. You should use your head, but letting it be guided by what your faith tells you. And then you should learn a lesson and make a decision. 

You have to think like a Christian. Fortunately, you are a person with a variety of interests and with the ability to pursue them, so you are not going to be "cornered" into a vocation - it is going to be a choice of love: you are going to choose it above other good things that attract you and you are free to do. You are going to learn the difference between love and infatuation, and choose love. So ask yourself which is more important: a career, a profession, or a vocation? Being a Christian you are going to be able to think in terms that put God first, souls first, and then make your decision based on that, even if it means going against your feelings.  

This is the important lesson to learn, and it is crucial because even after you begin the path of your vocation, and many years into it, it is always possible that something will come up that will want to distract you from the course you are committed to. The decision then is a love-decision: a gift of yourself without looking back.  

God bless.