Saturday, October 20, 2007

where am I going in life?

Growing up I never really gave a lot of thought to what I would be when I grew up. I assumed whatever I decided on I would love and I would be good at my choice of job. I thought that I would have a ton of money and probably live in some big city like chicago or new york. Also, when I was younger I did not realize what age really meant, I thought 17 seemed old, and 24 (how old I am now), well that seemed ancient, so I would definitely be married, and maybe even have kids by then. I would be really old!

well... now I am 24, and I am living on the west coast in seattle. Seattle, which I love, yet, as a kid probably didn't even know existed. Seattle is an absolutely beautiful city and tons of fun. I am working as an industrial engineer and I am completely confused as to where I want my career to go. One minute I am thinking lawyer, the next minute it's psychiatrist, next minute businessman, and recently it has been rabbi. Of course I am doing tons of career exploration, and this is both fun and frustrating at the same time. I have done several informational interviews with people in various careers and try to notice what I find interesting. My biggest frustration is that I want to know the end result now. What do I like? what is the name of the job? My career coach says to just look for atributes and then for a job that contains all those attributes, but I am very keen on just jumping into the first thing that sounds interesting. Right now, I am restraining myself from doing this. There are definitely a lot of aspects about being a rabbi that interest me, and now I need to explore further. I also really want to go back to school, and need to determine what I think I should study. I have no clue!! I am a mess career wise. Well, not a total mess because I am employed and doing pretty well for myself.

So, my question to you, is what is your passion? Do you know your passion? If you do know your passion are you working at something that is your passion? And if not, why aren't you? Is it because your passion is teaching and yet you cannot survive on the salary? Let me know.

1 comment:

SleeplessInSeattle said...

You guessed it...my passion is to be an 8th grade algebra teacher!! I have no idea why either :)