My Revelation:
It’s Sunday night, I’m sitting in-front of a Computer applying for various careers. It’s been a long week; I have been hopelessly trying to find a new career - which doesn’t seem to be getting any easier. I have written many letters, and put in countless hours of research. The work/research for a new career never seems to end, and I get the feeling that it just never will. It’s not really a pessimistic outlook; maybe it’s just me realizing that life is hard work. If it’s searching for work... well that's just it - it’s got to be a real job. But at the end of it all, what’s left? What do you get from all of this work? The fact of the matter is that you don’t really get anything substantial, nothing but self-gratification. That is of course, if you like, not even love, what you do.
So here’s my point, make sure you like what you are doing with your life. If you are in a job that you don’t like, don’t do it. If you are in a relationship that you are unhappy with, get out of it.
At this point in my life, I can only talk about what I have experienced thus far. For me, that means a few relationships, my best friend's.... I can remember myself wanting to go into careers that range from being an artist, a lawyer, a vet, or a writer. In high school, I really could have done whatever I wanted. I could have gone into anything, had I chosen to challenge myself with the classes. I could have gone into business, once again if I had challenged myself with the classes or I could have gone into general arts; the one challenge that I took both in high school and upon entering College. The problem is that there is a broad range of classes that you can take in the Arts faculty at any College, but as I quickly learned (amid the strikes), a College diploma won’t do a lot for you...
Instead, I want to do something that I enjoy. But what is that exactly? I like to draw, and paint, but that’s not really a career. I like to bike, and swim and do all sorts of things, but none of those are a career. So here’s the dilemma, I need to choose a career. At least that’s what everyone keeps telling me, indirectly of course....
That is where I leave off for now...
2006-08-29
16:56:56
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