Is it okay not to know what I want to pursue as a career?

It's more than okay to not know what career you want to pursue yet. In fact, many people change their majors while in college or choose a major which gives them many career options, such as business or economics or literature. People do vary in how they deal with uncertainty. Some people like to feel or appear certain, so they pick a direction which is appealing to them (or which their parents or friends have told them is a good field) and they announce that is their intention. Then they get to college and discover other fields of interest or find they don't enjoy getting deeper into the subject, so they change direction. That's fine, but don't let their apparent sense of direction confuse you about needing certainty yet.

If you want to get clearer on your educational and career direction, here are some good ways to go about it: Take one or two (free or inexpensive) career assessments, such as the Self Directed Search http://www.self-directed-search.com/ or the O-Net Interest Profiler. Your high school or a nearby college or community group may also offer career assessments. These tools will help you clarify your skills and interests, which will help you identify possible career fields for you. Then you can look for more information about those fields by, for example, finding the website for a trade or professional association related to that work. (If you don't know the name of those organizations, ask a librarian for help.)

You can also attend career fairs or a career day, either at your school or, again, through a nearby college, community group, or public agency. Look for those which provide career information in contrast to being hiring fairs or job fairs. Another way to learn is to talk to people who are already in a field that might be of interest. Ask around via your parents and your friends' parents, community groups such as Rotary or Kiwanis or a local Chamber of Commerce. Let yourself be open and curious, pay attention to what you learn. Ask questions about what people most enjoy about their work, and you'll gain a lot of clarity about your direction without rushing yourself.

It is absolutely okay not to know what you want to pursue as a career. Many people, much older than you are now, are still not sure what they want to pursue as a career. As Deborah mentioned, many of the people that seem set may change their minds when they get to college or are pursuing a path of someone else's choosing.

In addition to the resources Deborah recommends, I would also recommend reading Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type by Paul D. Tieger (Author), Barbara Barron (Author), Kelly Tieger (Author). It helps you identify your personality type then shows what types of careers are considered good fits for that personality. It might prove helpful to understand more about yourself and what you don't like as it does to find something you are passionate about.

I'd say it's 'normal' to not know your path. Sure some people will have a specific career path mapped out but even these will realise it changes with organisational change, demands, opportunities and possibly realising your strengths and weaknesses as an individual. Don't get get bogged down in specifics and exact job roles and descriptions just give 100% focus commitment and be ready to embrace and attack new opportunities and learning and the career will look after you.

Hi Bella!

Although it is common not to know what you might want to do; it would be good to do some exploration which would allow you to know yourself better. Here is a site that will help:
https://www.themuse.com/advice/14-free-personality-tests-thatll-help-you-figure-yourself-out

Best of luck! Keep me posted. I would like to follow your progress!