Ever
since high school ended, I have spent considerable amount of time thinking over
what I really like, what I want to do in life and if passion and work can come
hand in hand.
Deciding
on what I wanted to do in life was hands down the hardest decision I have had
to make in my life. So many factors to take into account - the career
opportunities, what I like, what are my talents, costs, places, etc.
I like
languages, but what can I do with it? I like fashion, but then again what can I
do with it? I like traveling - so does everyone else and wait a minute. Is it
even necessary to turn your passion into your career? Would it be healthy even,
because I feel that our passion and hobbies are what we turn to when we're sick
of our daily routine, and when we're sick of our hobbies, what then do we turn
to?
I like doing business. I enjoyed running my business but I know for sure that I don't like accounting. For a start, I find it way harder to motivate myself to study for my business modules for my lack of interest, while it's so easy for me to devour hundreds of pages of my history textbook or do stacks of German grammar exercises - simply because I love them. It doesn't help that the
accounting class in NUS is extremely competitive because well, I'm not willing work 24/7 for them straight As. I don't think it's worth it. I go to school to learn, not to chase perfection in a piece of scroll that would just be worth a glance by your future recruiters.
Accounting could be fun, I don't know. I won't really know until I get the industry exposure - I'll let you know what I feel after my winter internship.
Do you
guys feel the same way about your career? How did you guys end up where you
are? Are you happy about it? Does happiness come into the equation when
deciding what to study or what to do in life? Is being happy with what you do too
much to ask for? Are we the ungrateful, selfish generation who expects
everything to go our way? Am I now asking too many questions?
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