CAREER

 

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

As we reach the end of our schooling and teenage years, our free ride starts coming to an end. Hopefully we have leant something about responsibility, like caring for a pet, keeping our room tidy, working with our pocket money in a sensible way, etc because soon we are going to put up our own home which brings a whole new set of responsibilities. Our tree of life is going to branch into many different directions which all need equal attention. Most of us enter into adulthood with no foundation of what it entails and battle tremendously. Our school education does little to prepare us for the big world out there, so all we have is what we have seen and learnt at home, but for most part we don't know how to budget, work with finances or how to fit into the corporate world. There is an entire life ahead of us, the world spread out before us, we have to start earning an income and provide for ourselves and soon probably a family of our own. Continually keep the fires burning. Looking at a career choice is far more than a job and an income - it becomes a way of life. As we spend seven to nine hours every day in our workplace, we need to at least enjoy what we do to gain financially, otherwise we become terribly miserable and unhappy. We should carefully select from the immense choice of directions something that will suit our nature and personality. In childhood our choices change many times, we want to be this and that and the next thing, but how much do we really know about the actual day to day job.... what we are required to do? In the material world there may be sacrifices we must make for advancement. What are they and are we willing to make them and more importantly, can we live with ourselves after we have made them? Any profession takes training and the first few years are used up equipping ourselves for the life ahead. Every time we change our mind, we are delayed and need to start again. Certain jobs are more of a mission in life, expecting us to give a lot of ourselves, sacrificing family time for the sake of gain. Can we do this? What is more important to us? We are all born for a purpose greater than work and back and when we establish what that is, we will be in line with our true calling and find happiness and contentment in all we do. When we go against it, we will continually be pulled in different directions fighting with frustrations, blockages and anger. Search deep inside for our true mission and purpose and follow those paths. Keeping in mind to ensure a balance between work and family, we need time to play and spend with loved ones for they are the cement of a family......©

Tomorrow...how past "mischief" and actions may have an influence on career paths......