Finally I get a chance to write another blog! Its been a little crazy at work lately so I haven't had much time, but hopefully I can start writing on a more regular basis because I love writing my thoughts down. (nerd alert) I kinda feel like this blog is similar to Dumbledore's pensive. A place where I can just empty my mind by writing my thoughts down. It helps me think clearer, gives my foresight and hopefully assists in me making better decisions.
Literally all I do at work it walk up and down an aisle and label boxes and throw them on a conveyor belt for ten hours. It really is mindless and monitions work, and because I don't need to think about my work at all, I have a lot of time to think about other things, and more and more lately my brain has been steering my thoughts in the direction of my career. Its funny, when you're a senior in high school thats usually the time people start thinking about what they're seriously going to do, but everyone says if you can't decide now you'll have plenty of time later. Then when you get into college they say the same thing, "college students change their majors all the time." But despite this, It doesn't make me feel any better about the fact that I just can't seem to make my mind up about what the heck I wanna do with my life. I seriously am the most indecisive person when it come to choosing a career path. I am constantly changing my mind about what I want to do and I can never seem to narrow it down to just one thing I want to go for. So with all this time at work, I decided to try and make good use out of it. Because I can't just pick a career and be satisfied with that choice, I need to narrow it down somehow. So here are some things that I want out of my job. I want to work with people in some way or fashion. Right now at my job I am alone 90 percent of the time and I hate it. Next, and this is a slightly weird request, but I really want a job in which I can wear a suit. I like to dress nice as my friends know. I don't want, what some might call a blue-collar job anymore. I have worked several of those throughout my teenage years and I have not enjoyed one of them.
Great so that narrows it down to probably about a million and one jobs. So where do I go from here? How do I sort through it all? I keep hoping Im going to have some dream one night that will show me at my perfect job on a flashing neon sign and when I wake up I will say "thats it!" and just know. I really envy those kids who just know what they want to do from a very young age and work toward it their whole teenage life. Well my teenage life is behind me and I haven't really worked towards anything. I'm definitely not scared yet, but I worry a lot. Im the kind of guy who likes to be on top of things and know whats going on, and this is one thing that I just can't seem to get a grip on.
Let me know that you think about this issue. If you are an adult and you have a job that you enjoy, how did you go about figuring out that you wanted that job? If you are an indecisive kid like me, tell me how you are dealing with not knowing what you are going to do. And if you want to just make suggestions, well thats cool too (:
I’ve always thought that “the system” was a little odd asking teenagers to make career choices (by choosing High School/ college majors) when they were at the front edge of understanding themselves! None-the-less when you are in your teens/20 you do recognize what you enjoy. So here’s the “big advice” 1. Follow what you enjoy! 2. Be prepared for that to change along the way. 3. Your world (the future) will include very different work styles. I found a video from T.A.McCann that I like a lot, it has more to do with attitudes and outlooks than particular career choices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wd14DDxv428 I’ve been pretty fortunate, I have enjoyed my career tremendously, and I think I have a few good years left in me.
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