Are You Confused About Your Career? Just Plunge Deep into Your Soul

 

Plunge Deep Into Your Soul

How well do you know yourself? Do you exactly know what your true potential is? Or are you just looking at yourself from the social perspective. Yes, that’s not your fault! Maybe you never got the chance to explore yourself. Yes, in your childhood you loved exploring different colors, or maybe your melodious voice could soothe your heart, or may be your sweaty body after a tremendous football match could make you feel refreshed. But, you were always asked carry on with your studies well, as you need to have a secured and steady job. And as you grow up listening to this, you started to believe that this is the one and only way to lead your life. Thus, you enter into the rat race, considering all other dreams and desire as unrealistic, and meaningless. You see this advice is natural, but it is you who knows your potentiality, none else. So right in the beginning you need to argue with the advisors what you think of your career and stability in your life, only to prove yourself that you have your own strong vision of life.  

 Is it really possible to do something out of compulsion? You don’t enjoy it, nor do you like it, but you are still doing it because there is no other option. Gradually you turn into a robot, whose life just revolves around the ‘have to do’ principal. You convince yourself that you have to do this work to have a good life. How ironic! You are doing something you never wanted to do and yet expecting a good life out of it. As we know the famous quote “Money can’t buy you happiness”. Yes a certain job may pay you a good salary, or give you a luxurious life, but, can it guarantee you happiness and satisfaction in life? Maybe not. So it is very essential to identify your core strengths and weaknesses and decide the right path for yourself. Do everything that you love doing and not just what you are asked to do. Because, it’s your life, so anything you achieve is your success and everything you lose is your responsibility.

Most often you give up your hobbies or even force yourself to do certain things over others, because you consider your dreams to be unrealistic. But trust me dreams are not unnecessary at all. Our parents and well wishers want us to have a secure life, where we do not have to struggle much and can achieve success. So they try to channelize us into a path that they are sure of. But, they are not against our dreams. If we can prove ourselves through our hard work and dedication to our dreams, they will be the first person to support us. The journey is indeed difficult, but not impossible.

So, if you are confused about your life, because your parents want you to get a life that is different from what you wanted. Do not just obey. Remember! You are going to spend the rest of your life doing that job. And you cannot intentionally choose a life that you know will give you stress and frustration. But having said that, you can’t even choose a career out of your impulsive fascination!

† Henceforth, while taking any major decision in life ask yourself these questions

·       What is it that I love doing the most?

·       Why do I love doing this?

·       In which way will this make my life better?

·       What are my strengths and weaknesses?

·       Do I have the resources to do the work? E.g. knowledge, mental strength, patience to learn the skills, determination to do the task.)

·       What if I fail? What is the worst that can happen with me? Can I handle it?

And only if you find the answer to all of these questions, you can then decide what’s right for you and what’s not.

~Olivia Haldar

 

Be the best and the happiest version of yourself!