Wednesday, November 26, 2008

When I grow up, I want to be


What is it that makes us want to be a particular thing? Is it something we grew up with and experienced as a positive? Is it what our parents exposed us to ? Are we just trying to make them proud of us, based on their criteria? Maybe we are driven by financial gains and the lure of happiness through wealth. Most of the time, whatever "it" is , does not seem to be so clear. Some of us will spend all of our lives waiting for that magical moment when we wake up and suddenly know exactly what "it" is . Unfortunately, that day never comes. Between financial, parental and society's pressures, we are unable to clearly see what it is that we want for ourselves. We spend our lives in a tug of war between what we seek as individuals and what the rest of the world tells us we should be. Don't spend the rest of your life waiting for divine intervention. Take a chance, let your freak flag fly, and who knows, you might even end up doing what you want to do, rather than what everyone else wants you to do.

1 comment:

Michael said...

Since high school, I've wanted to be an attorney, a dentist, a music producer, a graphic designer, and now a creative director in an advertisement firm... All of these were because of interests I had in those fields of work, although I also considered the amount of money to made in them...

I want a career in which I can express my creativity (which is why I left law and medicine), and in which I can make enough money to comfortably support a family (and by this I mean full support... a lot of time with the family, not with the job)...

But I also look for something more than that... I want a career that will empower me with influence...

I look for this because people that have great influence can bring about great change... I want to be one of the guys pulling the strings, not one of the guys dancing at the end of them...

I guess Alex probably knows this because I walk to the rhythm of my own drum (literally LOL)... but I think it's important for people to look at the big picture when deciding to do what they want to do... figure out how you can contribute to this bigger picture, not because society says so, but because you say so.