Vol 4. Iss 3. No 5_WHAT am I supposed to do?

By Sophia Demetriades

 

In a world full of options, it can be challenging to discover your passion. There’s a lot of talk about passion these days. All of sudden we don’t get out of bed to go to work, we don’t even go to work to work, all is supposed to be guided by what we feel passionate about. But how we feel, only matters to ourselves, it is what we do that help us discover our passion.

 
Although I often spend my time reading about peoples passions and motivations, I also come across young people who have no idea what they are supposed to do or who they are meant to be. They are completely confused. They have accounting degrees but passionate about marketing, they have law degrees passionate about journalism, they have arts degrees passionate about engineering. Listening further to these kids I hear the all too familiar story about shattered dreams, lack of belief or confidence, or endless pressure to do what we think parents or society want us to do.
 

Having a degree or two has never hurt anyone. You can never have too much education and a degree is never a waste of time. But let it be a learning experience before you spend a year in the workforce. Why? For your own mental healths’s sake. Its incredibly exhausting to force yourself up in the morning to a job you don’t like, to hang out with people who don’t suit you, to please people who don’t appreciate you, and feel like  you’re not getting anywhere, or doing anything important. A life like that, has little meaning.
 
And then before we know it, we think we don’t know what we are passionate about, what we are good at, what we are meant to do or who we are meant to be.
 
Don’t worry, you are not alone. Perhaps it’s time to discuss your future with someone who knows how to help? You have my e-mail address, so shoot me any questions about work, internships, careers, you name it. I can’t wait to hear from you!
 

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