Who are you? Do you really know? Do you know who you want to be? Do you know what you want to become?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
For many of us, those questions are never answered – we coast through life, without a clear understanding of who we are, where we’re going, or where we should be going in the future.
Most of us have fallen into a job or a career, and we never really planned it that way. We started out on a different path, perhaps, but challenges along the way, decisions that were made on the spur of the moment, or various other chance happenings have brought us to a point where we don’t really know where we can go from here – or how to get there if we do.
There’s an old adage that we should concentrate on “what we think about when we don’t have to think about anything else.” In other words, we should concentrate on those areas of interest that excite us, motivate us, and inspire us. We should become the person we were always meant to become.
How do we get there? Most of the time, it’s not easy – and much of the time, we’re possibly on a fool’s errand – we don’t have a clear understanding of what it takes to change careers, make a life shift, and move in a different direction. But for those people who have the guts, the willpower, and the motivation, making a life shift into an area where they have an interest can be an important move toward making your life a better place.
Think, if you will, of someone who has the proper talent and motivation to be a lawyer or a doctor, but because of the demands of life, has spent his or her life in a menial job. Is it easy for that person to change? Certainly not – but it’s worth looking at.
For many of us, our changes will not be quite the seismic shift that you might think. Many of us have developed talents and careers that suit us quite well – and yet, we can always become better.
We’re now in the second quarter. It’s certainly a good time to make some changes in your life – including determining who you are, where you want to go with your life, and what you can contribute as a result of the changes you are about to make.
Don’t go into it blindly, by any means – do your homework, study out the dilemmas, and make a plan to turn your life into what you wish it to be – but don’t let the challenges of turning your life into a new path stop you from doing it.
As John Wooden once said, “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.”
You can do this… so go do it!!!!! Have a great weekend!
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