I was recommended to not go to grad school by my main history prof that I took all his classes but go into finance due to $ and research ability acquired at school. So my recommendation is, unless you really feel the calling, get a regular job and use your history skill to work in your local history field— there are so many stories to tell.

I am currently in grad school working on my masters. I originally envisioned getting a Ph.D. but I might leave that for a later time. Currently I work at my university in the History Help center. We aid mostly undergrads but can help grad students as well with questions about classes, papers, ect. I also help out department members who need help such as digitizing documents and proctoring test. The job also gives me a lot of free time to get my research done for my work so thats a good benefit for me. I could get involved with my parents real estate business but its not really what I want to do. My main aspiration is to do museum work.